Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Ok, these phantom PMs have gotten out of hand

A screenshot of the BlogNomic main page, claiming I had “4294967295 new private messages”, has been removed. A wiki link is here: http://blognomic.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Darth_Cliche/4294967295

That’s right, I have over 4 billion PMs, according to EE.

Comments

Darknight: he/him

23-09-2009 02:35:30 UTC

i had almost 5 billion lol.

Klisz:

23-09-2009 02:41:01 UTC

And I thought phantom PMs would be fixed with the upgrade…

Apathetic Lizardman:

23-09-2009 04:02:59 UTC

Lawl.

Qwazukee:

23-09-2009 04:11:00 UTC

I still have 0. But your screenshot is messing up my frontpage.

Klisz:

23-09-2009 04:17:30 UTC

Sorry…

ais523:

23-09-2009 15:25:59 UTC

4294967295 = 0 - 1 in 32-bit unsigned arithmetic. So it looks like you got a /negative/ number of PMs.

Klisz:

23-09-2009 18:09:10 UTC

Maybe the server isn’t 32-bit.

redtara: they/them

23-09-2009 19:14:31 UTC

I think it’s more likely what ais said than some weird sort of coincidence…

Wakukee:

23-09-2009 22:27:27 UTC

Let me look into somthing. Can 1 person, anyone, send me a single pm, and then post here that they have done so so that I don’t get spammed with too many?

Wakukee:

23-09-2009 22:55:04 UTC

Wait, but did you guys with several billion have any pms?

Klisz:

23-09-2009 23:53:38 UTC

I did not have any.

Klisz:

23-09-2009 23:54:54 UTC

PM sent.

redtara: they/them

24-09-2009 01:42:02 UTC

At least we know if they’re real or phantom PMs now

Darknight: he/him

24-09-2009 01:43:46 UTC

I had 2. it still showed 2 unread when i logged on but it might just have been a stuck cookie lol

Darknight: he/him

24-09-2009 01:44:12 UTC

annnd the glitch just cam back… bugger

Qwazukee:

24-09-2009 01:49:49 UTC

Mine said 2 and I had 1. Then it said 2 and I had none. Now it says 4294967293 new private messages

Wakukee:

24-09-2009 02:30:15 UTC

Tell me if you get anything saying you hae ANY pms.

Wakukee:

24-09-2009 02:37:54 UTC

nvm.

Wakukee:

24-09-2009 02:40:17 UTC

Its still working fine for me. Waaait… Qwaz, are you using IE or Firefox?

Qwazukee:

24-09-2009 03:00:43 UTC

IE. And I don’t know if there are any women currently playing BN.

Klisz:

24-09-2009 04:10:01 UTC

@Qwaz: You use IE? YOU ARE EVIL(\!*)

Qwazukee:

24-09-2009 04:11:47 UTC

Your name has the term “Darth” in it. . . .

redtara: they/them

24-09-2009 10:32:41 UTC

What does women have to do with anything?

Klisz:

24-09-2009 14:46:58 UTC

@yuri: It was a joke on “PMS”.

redtara: they/them

24-09-2009 19:15:21 UTC

Oh yeah. Silly yuri.