@alto777, that is a good question. That mechanism is pretty useless for seasoned users hence the funny (or unamusing) effect of getting a new badge every day. They are actually designed for newcomers because they reinforce positive behavior and facilitate learning-by-doing. They usually help forum moderators in mitigating the inappropriate behavior from new users.
You can read more in this write up: The Gamification
So for the first days we will all be granted many badges, but of course this will settle after we reach the "normal user" state. We will definitely be able to fine-tune them after seeing how thing go.
In addition, there are the badges like Shannon Member, Faraday Member etc. which were ported from the old forum. They are mapped to number of posts. We're going to post the scale very soon. 