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In response to "see, this is why Spawn's feat last night is so amazing to me! can't even do it twice in a row ;( -- nm" by Fednog

there's an unlimited number of boards, you can relax. -- nm

Posted by Andie Cane (aka Andie) Dec 15 '09, 08:38

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Depends on what variable Berry used to store the board ID. Technically we will run out someday :) -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:39 14
- If we can run out of boards...some folks are gonna have to choose their posts more wisely! -- nm - Jim Dec 15, 08:59
- yes, although the field can be upgraded by mysql if necessary (I think it's an unsigned int, so about 4.3 billion (2^32) ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:42 10
  - nitpick: (2^32)-1 -- nm - decline Dec 15, 08:50 3
    - That is an extraordinary small nit to pick. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:53
    - nitpick nitpick: he said "about". (nm) - musubi Dec 15, 08:51 1
      - aboot -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:54
  - Do you track the rate of growth for posts. I see we're almost to 900k. We should have a special note for the 1m post -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:45 1
    - occasionally if I'm bored I'll run some stats. Nothing major, though, and I haven't done it for a while. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:47
  - so, we're good for, what? 10, 15 generations? -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:43 3
    - unless someone's last name is posted again. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:50 1
      - heh -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 08:54
    - Yep. -- nm - Beryllium, The Architect Dec 15, 08:43
- *checks size of unsigned int* -- nm - ST Geeks Dec 15, 08:39 1
  - I think we'd run out of posts before boards though -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:40

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