..........so I have 65,535 unread PMs, and 23 total

prytocorduroy
prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
edited April 2007 in Technical Stuff and Help
:confused:

What the fuck?
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    those are all from MTV......they're telling you they're gonna release unplugged........:)...........seriously, this problem has happened before but i don't remember the solution.........that or you're just really popular.....:D
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    cutback wrote:
    those are all from MTV......they're telling you they're gonna release unplugged........:)...........seriously, this problem has happened before but i don't remember the solution.........that or you're just really popular.....:D
    Yeah but when I go to read it............
    .......no new mail :(


    Nobody loves me.
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    I fixed it! :cool:
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    quit lying. davanita sent you 3,000 pm's.
    9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    iluvcats wrote:
    quit lying. davanita sent you 3,000 pm's.
    But how does that explain the other 62,535 "unread" PMs? They're gone now anyway.
  • rockford
    rockford Posts: 151
    Computer programmers typically store numbers in 16-bit integers, which is a combination of sixteen 1s or 0s. So, that's 2^16 mathematical possibilities for an unsigned integer, or 65536 total combinations. A programmer using this kind of integer can store all numbers from 0 -> 65535.

    So, why would 65535 appear for your total Unread messages? My guess (and I've made this bug myself, it's very easy to do), is that they are "off by one" and have a computer bug subtracting 1 from 0. In an unsigned integer, 0-1=65535 (since there are no negative numbers for unsigned integers, the value just carries over to the maximum value on the other side).

    Was this too much information? :-)
    rock musik rockar röv.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    rockford wrote:
    ..............Was this too much information? :-)

    :eek: YES!!! :eek:

    I started glazing over after the first sentence!!!! :o

    Now excuse me while I go lie down and slip into a coma.....................;)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • rockford
    rockford Posts: 151
    Jeanie wrote:
    :eek: YES!!! :eek:

    I started glazing over after the first sentence!!!! :o

    Now excuse me while I go lie down and slip into a coma.....................;)

    :)

    I wouldn't have said anything, but someone asked... ;)
    rock musik rockar röv.
  • mrwalkerb
    mrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    rockford wrote:
    Computer programmers typically store numbers in 16-bit integers, which is a combination of sixteen 1s or 0s. So, that's 2^16 mathematical possibilities for an unsigned integer, or 65536 total combinations. A programmer using this kind of integer can store all numbers from 0 -> 65535.

    So, why would 65535 appear for your total Unread messages? My guess (and I've made this bug myself, it's very easy to do), is that they are "off by one" and have a computer bug subtracting 1 from 0. In an unsigned integer, 0-1=65535 (since there are no negative numbers for unsigned integers, the value just carries over to the maximum value on the other side).

    Was this too much information? :-)


    It's like that scene from scrubs when dr cox is yelling at JD "how can you be a good doctor if you don't follow up on these things" and then his head explodes and without missing a beat cox is like "how can you be a good doctor if your head explodes?" that's how I feel.
    "I'm not suicidal, except when I drink. That's why we don't all drink at the same time, there'd be no-one alive to drive home..."
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    rockford wrote:
    Computer programmers typically store numbers in 16-bit integers, which is a combination of sixteen 1s or 0s. So, that's 2^16 mathematical possibilities for an unsigned integer, or 65536 total combinations. A programmer using this kind of integer can store all numbers from 0 -> 65535.

    So, why would 65535 appear for your total Unread messages? My guess (and I've made this bug myself, it's very easy to do), is that they are "off by one" and have a computer bug subtracting 1 from 0. In an unsigned integer, 0-1=65535 (since there are no negative numbers for unsigned integers, the value just carries over to the maximum value on the other side).

    Was this too much information? :-)

    or you could ask this guy
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    rockford wrote:
    :)

    I wouldn't have said anything, but someone asked... ;)

    huh? :confused: Oh yeah! That's right!! Who was that??? ;)

    Nah! It's all good rockford!! I'm a complete moron when it comes to this stuff, so your little post, just kinda sucked me back to the days when I would stand at the IT department door and ask the guys what I thought was a simple question, and then wish to buggery I hadn't asked!! ;):D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    cutback wrote:
    or you could ask this guy


    LMFAO!!!! :D Thanks cb! Well not for my coffee coming out my nose! ;)
    But the laugh was good! :D

    Now excuse me while I go clean myself up!! ;)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • rockford
    rockford Posts: 151
    Jeanie wrote:
    huh? :confused: Oh yeah! That's right!! Who was that??? ;)

    Nah! It's all good rockford!! I'm a complete moron when it comes to this stuff, so your little post, just kinda sucked me back to the days when I would stand at the IT department door and ask the guys what I thought was a simple question, and then wish to buggery I hadn't asked!! ;):D

    Hah... Oh well. Kinda funny that I take a break from my programming job to check the forum to find people puzzled about mysteries of integer overflows.Next time, all encompassing trip only... :)

    That picture could be me someday- hah! :D
    rock musik rockar röv.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    rockford wrote:
    Hah... Oh well. Kinda funny that I take a break from my programming job to check the forum to find people puzzled about mysteries of integer overflows.Next time, all encompassing trip only... :)

    That picture could be me someday- hah! :D

    Well most of us computer illiterate types only learn what we need to get by rockford!! :D
    Most of us could probably tell you all about the mysteries of lavalife and how to burn stuff but not so much on the how we manage it!!! :D

    So our puter learnin' is a hybrid creature!!! ;)

    Well I reckon it's a pretty cool pic! So make sure you post it for us!!! ;):D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    rockford wrote:
    Computer programmers typically store numbers in 16-bit integers, which is a combination of sixteen 1s or 0s. So, that's 2^16 mathematical possibilities for an unsigned integer, or 65536 total combinations. A programmer using this kind of integer can store all numbers from 0 -> 65535.

    So, why would 65535 appear for your total Unread messages? My guess (and I've made this bug myself, it's very easy to do), is that they are "off by one" and have a computer bug subtracting 1 from 0. In an unsigned integer, 0-1=65535 (since there are no negative numbers for unsigned integers, the value just carries over to the maximum value on the other side).

    Was this too much information? :-)
    Yeah........that went over my head.......but I'll agree with your response.
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    I have that many now too.. who knew I was SO popular :p

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