Does Q’s bandwidth test have to do with the nearly perfect linear postingvrate here? Is bandwidth driving the spooky linear trend or is there something else?
True, but even a constant rate of posting has implications. A bandwidth limit is one explanation that doesn't lead down the crazy path.
That's plausible, because I can't see a way for bandwidth to do this. Limited bandwidth would mean that not everyone who tries to post will be successful (or at least the post would be delayed by a lot). The fact that posts/breads rate of appearance is linear shows that there has been no change to the rate of posting/bread creation since the beginning of this board. No change? We've neither gained nor lost any posters in that time? I can't get my head around it, but I think that there is something important here that I am missing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_flag
The Z flag has special meaning in Japan (as well as in naval history generally) due to its connection with and symbolizing of the great Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima.
At the Battle of Tsushima on May 27, 1905, Admiral Tōgō raised a Z flag on his flagship, the Mikasa.[3] By prearrangement, this flag flown alone meant, "The fate of the Empire rests on the outcome of this battle. Let each man do his utmost."
Also plausible. Interdasting….