Or maybe, it was just one poor sole who thought that the field ID being 32 bits gives a maxint of about 2 billion so why not give Remedy about ¼ of that space and customers ¾ and then to say that OK, a way to do that is 2^29 since 2^31 is the total, that is about ¼ so let's go with that....
..... Doug Mueller From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Miller Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 10:05 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Ha! Remedy Developer T-Shirts ** 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 :) [cid:image001.png@01CEAAF0.B12F67B0] http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/?input_amount=536%2C870%2C912+&input_units=bits¬ation=legacy On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Longwing, Lj <llongw...@usgs.gov<mailto: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<mailto: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. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org<http://www.arslist.org> "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
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