The Progress Bar

[TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]BBS Progress Bar[/B] Done[/TD] [TD][▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒] 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 76[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [CENTER][ATTACH type=”full” alt=”48″]48[/ATTACH] [I]The Progress Bar[/I] [/CENTER] At about 10:15 PM GMT (5:15 PM EST) on March 3rd, a new prompt appears when you connect to the BBS. It includes an ETA, which changes randomly and is likely useless (and is sometimes humorous), and a progress bar, which has reached 76/76 as of 1:04 PM GMT (7:04 PM EST; 10:04 AM PST).

[SIZE=5][B]Information[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]The progress bar is 76 characters wide (78 if you count the borders).
[*]Each ▒ is considered one block.
[*]The : character appears to equal half of a ▒. [B]Update: This appears to have only happened at 38.5. While 38.5 was seen multiple times, the : character has not been seen in the progress bar since.[/B] [*]The progress bar was first sighted by CatZilla, on March 3rd, 2010, at 9:51 PM GMT (1:51 PM PST). It was at 38 and a half blocks.
[*]For Images found in the BBS before, during and after the progress bar, look at the Known Images section.
[/LIST] [SIZE=5][B]Sightings[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]First Sightings[/B][/SIZE]

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[TABLE] [TR] [TD]Progress/76[/TD] [TD]Date[/TD] [TD]Time first seen[/TD] [TD]Time since last[/TD] [TD]No. samples since last[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]38.5[/TD] [TD]March 3[/TD] [TD]13:51[/TD] [TD]NA[/TD] [TD]NA[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]39[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]40[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]41[/TD] [TD]March 3[/TD] [TD]17:10[/TD] [TD]NA[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]42[/TD] [TD]March 3[/TD] [TD]18:15[/TD] [TD]65 min[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]43[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]44[/TD] [TD]March 3[/TD] [TD]20:44[/TD] [TD]NA[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]45[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]46[/TD] [TD]March 3[/TD] [TD]21:23[/TD] [TD]NA[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]47[/TD] [TD]March 3[/TD] [TD]22:42[/TD] [TD]79 min[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]48[/TD] [TD]March 3[/TD] [TD]23:54[/TD] [TD]72 min[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]49[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]01:25[/TD] [TD]91 min[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]50[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]02:14[/TD] [TD]49 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]51[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]52[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]05:30[/TD] [TD]NA[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]53[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]06:45[/TD] [TD]75 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]54[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]07:20[/TD] [TD]35 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]55[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]09:00[/TD] [TD]100 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]56[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]09:40[/TD] [TD]40 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]57[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]11:10[/TD] [TD]90 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]58[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]12:15[/TD] [TD]65 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]59[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]13:20[/TD] [TD]65 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]60[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]14:31[/TD] [TD]71 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]61[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]15:41[/TD] [TD]70 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]62[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]17:04[/TD] [TD]83 min[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]63[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]18:38[/TD] [TD]94 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]64[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]20:02[/TD] [TD]84 min[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]65[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]21:02[/TD] [TD]60 min[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]66[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]22:19[/TD] [TD]77 min[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]67[/TD] [TD]March 4[/TD] [TD]23:28[/TD] [TD]69 min[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]68[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]00:42[/TD] [TD]74 min[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]69[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]02:10[/TD] [TD]88 min[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]70[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]04:03[/TD] [TD]27 min[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]71[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]04:36[/TD] [TD]74 min[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]72[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]05:50[/TD] [TD]74 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]73[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]07:08[/TD] [TD]78 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]74[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]08:19[/TD] [TD]71 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]75[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]09:32[/TD] [TD]73 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]76[/TD] [TD]March 5[/TD] [TD]10:04[/TD] [TD]62 min[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [SIZE=4][B]All Sightings[/B][/SIZE]

March 3rd, 2010:
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[TABLE] [TR] [TH]Time[/TH] [TH]Progress[/TH] [TH]Comment[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1:51 PM PST[/TD] [TD]38.5/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5:10 PM PST[/TD] [TD]41/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5:30 PM PST[/TD] [TD]41/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5:41 PM PST[/TD] [TD]41/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5:48 PM PST[/TD] [TD]41/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6:00 PM PST[/TD] [TD]41/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6:15 PM PST[/TD] [TD]42/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6:38 PM PST[/TD] [TD]42/76 blocks[/TD] [TD]could have been 42.5/76 blocks (corrupt due to bad dialup connection)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:10 PM PST[/TD] [TD]42/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:44 PM PST[/TD] [TD]44/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:23 PM PST[/TD] [TD]46/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:44 PM PST[/TD] [TD]46/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10:42 PM PST[/TD] [TD]47/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11:45 PM PST[/TD] [TD]47/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11:54 PM PST[/TD] [TD]48/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

March 4th, 2010:
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[TABLE] [TR] [TH]Time[/TH] [TH]Progress[/TH] [TH]Comment[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12:02 AM PST[/TD] [TD]48/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12:21 AM PST[/TD] [TD]48/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12:31 AM PST[/TD] [TD]48/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1:25 AM PST[/TD] [TD]49/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2:14 AM PST[/TD] [TD]50/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5:30 AM PST[/TD] [TD]52/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6:45 AM PST[/TD] [TD]53/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7:20 AM PST[/TD] [TD]54/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:00 AM PST[/TD] [TD]55/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:40 AM PST[/TD] [TD]56/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11:10 AM PST[/TD] [TD]57/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12:15 PM PST[/TD] [TD]58/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1:20 PM PST[/TD] [TD]59/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2:42 PM PST[/TD] [TD]60/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3:41 PM PST[/TD] [TD]61/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4:08 PM PST[/TD] [TD]61/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4:11 PM PST[/TD] [TD]61/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4:16 PM PST[/TD] [TD]61/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4:25 PM PST[/TD] [TD]61/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5:04 PM PST[/TD] [TD]62/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6:38 PM PST[/TD] [TD]63/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7:27 PM PST[/TD] [TD]63/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:02 PM PST[/TD] [TD]64/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:30 PM PST[/TD] [TD]64/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:35 PM PST[/TD] [TD]64/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:42 PM PST[/TD] [TD]65/76 blocks[/TD] [TD]Not an error[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:44 PM PST[/TD] [TD]65/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:48 PM PST[/TD] [TD]64/76 blocks[/TD] [TD]Not an error, confirmed moving backwards[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:59 PM PST[/TD] [TD]64/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:02 PM PST[/TD] [TD]65/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:26 PM PST[/TD] [TD]65/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:50 PM PST[/TD] [TD]65/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10:19 PM PST[/TD] [TD]66/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10:42 PM PST[/TD] [TD]66/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11:10 PM PST[/TD] [TD]66/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11:28 PM PST[/TD] [TD]67/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

March 5th, 2010:
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[TABLE] [TR] [TH]Time[/TH] [TH]Progress[/TH] [TH]Comment[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12:08 AM PST[/TD] [TD]67/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12:34 AM PST[/TD] [TD]67/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12:42 AM PST[/TD] [TD]68/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2:05 AM PST[/TD] [TD]68/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2:10 AM PST[/TD] [TD]69/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2:22 AM PST[/TD] [TD]69/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2:48 AM PST[/TD] [TD]69/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2:56 AM PST[/TD] [TD]69/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4:03 AM PST[/TD] [TD]70/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4:36 AM PST[/TD] [TD]71/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5:50 AM PST[/TD] [TD]72/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7:10 AM PST[/TD] [TD]73/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8:19 AM PST[/TD] [TD]74/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9:32 AM PST[/TD] [TD]75/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10:04 AM PST[/TD] [TD]76/76 blocks[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [SIZE=5][B]Estimated Progress Bar Completion Time[/B][/SIZE] [CENTER][ATTACH type=”full” alt=”49″]49[/ATTACH] [I]Now these points of data make a beautiful line…[/I] [/CENTER] To calculate the average amount of time between tick advancement, only the first time that a certain tick value was reached counts towards the average rate. This means that upon multiple occurrences of the same number in a row, only the first time counts.
The average rate of tick advancement is: [B]72.483 minutes per tick[/B] (Official as of 0708 PST (UTC-8))
The amount of time remaining based on this average rate is: [B]3.624 hours[/B] (Counting from 0708 PST (UTC-8))
This puts the approximate time of 76/76 ticks at: [B]1045 PST (UTC-8) on 3/5/2010[/B] (Other timezones…)
This also approximates the start time (0/76 ticks) at: [B]1456 PST (UTC-8) on 3/1/2010[/B] At 2:45 AM PST the contributor that did this, volt, went to sleep. –Volt 10:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
If you want to have a hand at updating the numbers above (and the image), download the file here: File:Data.xlsx
At 8:00 AM PST Voltas has started updating this (Voltas is unrelated to Volt)

[B]READ HOW TO DO IT:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Add date+time and tick number to bottom of left side
[*]EDIT ORANGE CELLS ON RIGHT
[LIST=1] [*]Type digits of new slope (y = slope*x+number) into top box at right
[*]Subtract 1 from the “ticks left”
[*]Correct the “Now” time
[/LIST] [*]UPDATE WIKI WITH GREEN CELLS
[*]Screencap Excel, crop, and update the old image with the new image
[/LIST] [SIZE=5][B]Various Estimated Time Remaining Messages[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]about seven
[*]96 Fortnights
[*]Late Eocene
[*]91 Weeks 46 Days 95 Hours (Approximately)
[*]5321 Millennia
[*]1946 Geological Eras
[*]66 Femtoseconds (Or Smaller)
[*]Last Thursday (Except on Weekends)
[*]NEXT TUESDAY (UNLESS OTHERWISE REDETERMINED)
[*]12:00AM FEBRUARY 30TH, 15,354BC
[*]EARLY DECEMBER, FURONGIAN EPOCH
[*]39 Cubic Steradians
[*]AFTER THE HEAT-DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE
[*]89 INVERSE ACERS (UNLESS OTHERWISE REDETERMINED)
[*]Y2K
[*]91 Weeks
[*]2871 GEOLOGICAL ERAS
[*]49 Weeks
[*]EARLY PRECAMBRIAN
[*]64 MONTHS 10 MONTHS 45 MONTHS (EXACTLY)
[*]4781 MILLENNIA
[*]LATE EVENING, EARLY ORDOVICIAN
[*]100 INVERSE ACRES (UNLESS OTHERWISE REDETERMINED)
[*]Cave Johnson’s Birthday
[*]MORE LIKE SIX DAYS
[*]When the cows come home
[*]68 FORTNIGHTS
[*]36 DAYS BEFORE NEXT SATURDAY
[*]PRECISELY
[/LIST] Possible references:
[LIST] [*]about seven
[LIST] [*]Raminator from the forums at .
[*]On the contactinfo page, the email address is [EMAIL]everyone.else@last-thursday.org[/EMAIL]. “Everyone Else” is featured in the movie ‘Knowing’ represented as two backward capital E’s (33) and signified the remainder of humanity would be destroyed.
[*]More likely this.
[/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]66 Femtoseconds
[LIST] [*]Turning metal black (65 femtosecond laser )
[*]Surgery
[/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]96 Fortnights
[LIST] [*]is 1,344 days, 32,256 hours, 1,935,360 minutes, etc
[/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]91 Weeks 46 Days 95 Hours (Approximately)
[LIST] [*]is 16,487 hours, 989,220 minutes, etc
[/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]EARLY PRECAMBRIAN, EARLY ORDOVICIAN, FURONGIAN EPOCH, LATE EOCENE
[LIST] [*]All are major extinction events in the history of Earth:
[/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]MORE LIKE SIX DAYS
[/LIST] [LIST] [*]Valve Time
[/LIST] [LIST] [*]MFM Disk Error featured in one of the Fourth Contact images (MFM makes use of “clock bits”:
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