Why is my Experience going up so fast? I got two points for being here, and an average of 1/3 point for each of 16 Reputation votes, so I should have about 7. Instead I already have 15, in just a few hours. Where would the others be coming from, assuming the writup is correct and the random numbers uniform?

Second, I saw an XP box appear once, saying I had a change and telling me 5 more points 'till I can vote. But then it went away again. Is this something that appears once when it does change, and then goes away next time a page is loaded whether I noticed it or not? The docs say it won't appear at all unless voting is possible (and not used up for the day).

—John

In reply to yet another XP question or two from an initiate by John M. Dlugosz

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