Re: Ha! Remedy Developer T-Shirts

[Norbert Bolmer]

2^29 = 536870912


Am 06.09.2013 um 19:04 schrieb Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com>:

> **
> So I started to wonder why 536870912 at the beginning. Seems a bit of on odd 
> first ID number.  I wonder if it was because that is 512 megabits?  Because 
> it is 64 megabytes?  There must be some kind of meaning.
> 
> Engineer 1:  Hey, we need a really large number for the first field ID in the 
> customer range
> Engineer 2:  What is 64 megabytes in bits?
> Engineer 1:  536870912
> Engineer 1+2:  Yeah, let's use that
> note: this is a reenactment of how it may have happened.  It is possible 
> Engineer 1 and 2 was the same person :)
> 
> <image.png>
> http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/?input_amount=536%2C870%2C912+&input_units=bits&notation=legacy
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Longwing, Lj <llongw...@usgs.gov> wrote:
> **
> I would hafta say that because that the 'current' first field ID :)
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:06 AM, John J Reiser <john.j.rei...@lmco.com> wrote:
> Might be showing my (Remedy) age hear but why 536870913 instead of 536870912. 
> (before VUIs)
> That number will forever be burned into my brain as the first user defined 
> field.
> 
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