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learn_more · 2016-10-13 23:27:37

I was just wondering, if a post got an infinite amount of 'thanks', would boards eventually explode ? Experiment here.

13-10-2016 11:27pm

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I was just wondering, if a post got an infinite amount of 'thanks', would boards eventually explode ?

Experiment here.

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#2 13-10-2016 11:28pm

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Been there, done that. The count resets at a million.

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#3 13-10-2016 11:29pm

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You have Moxy I'll give you that.

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#4 13-10-2016 11:31pm

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Frank Sinatra wrote: »

You have Moxy

Should he see a doctor? :eek:

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#5 13-10-2016 11:40pm

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Steve wrote: »

Been there, done that. The count resets at a million.

But wouldn't you be scrolling forever to get to the next post?

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#6 13-10-2016 11:45pm

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learn_more wrote: »

But wouldn't you be scrolling forever to get to the next post?

Only if you had no more thanks. That would result in a divide by zero error.

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#7 14-10-2016 4:07am

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You'd never find that out.

Zaph never thanks - so you'd always have infinity -1 thanks

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#8 14-10-2016 5:05am

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Thinly veiled nobody thanks me thread ..

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#9 14-10-2016 5:10am

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A cheap attempt. I feel bad for you.

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learn_more wrote: »

But wouldn't you be scrolling forever to get to the next post?

.thanks { display: none; }

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#11 14-10-2016 9:29am

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Not much thanks on this thread so far

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#12 14-10-2016 9:35am

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Not even one bite. Scarlet for your ma for having you.

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