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Who is Researcher 200000?
Mina Posted Aug 12, 2002
I probably shouldn't tell you this, but it was 6.01 GMT. 
Shhh, don't tell anyone that I told you. 
Who is Researcher 200000?
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 12, 2002
Told us what? 
Who is Researcher 200000?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 13, 2002
For what it's worth, the same champagne
bottle was on the PS of the 100,000th
researcher to register. I suspected that
the same person had nabbed the U200000
number. However, I believe he was taking
a vacation from H2G2 at the time. 
Who is Researcher 200000?
Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Aug 13, 2002
maybe just a copycat?
what about other interesting numbers?
U5000 seems a 'normal' researcher, and U15000 just registered and never posted again.
What a waste of such a number
Who is Researcher 200000?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 13, 2002
I don't understand why those two
numbers were interesting, Marjin.
Who is Researcher 200000?
Shea the Sarcastic Posted Aug 13, 2002
Why not? Lots o' zeros is always nice ...
Who is Researcher 200000?
Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) Posted Aug 14, 2002
Moi??
*waves to lady in a tree*
Who is Researcher 200000?
Lady in a tree Posted Aug 14, 2002
*waves back at Alec*
We have to eliminate you from our enquiries! Just a couple of questions sir, then you can be on your way...
How and when did you hear about U200000?
Is it you???????
Who is Researcher 200000?
pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Aug 14, 2002
"hip hops like a rapper":
will real U200000 researcher stand up? please stand up?
I am not the one, but I curious as a 
I am not loose one of my nine lives...
"mumbles on like rapper"
Who is Researcher 200000?
Lady Scott Posted Aug 20, 2002
I was gone all this time....
Has everyone given up on figuring out who U200000 is? Or did they come forward and I missed it?
Who is Researcher 200000?
Jonny Posted Aug 21, 2002
Why does that work?
Or have I missed something in the backlog?
Who is Researcher 200000?
26199 Posted Aug 21, 2002
It works because of integer overflow... which means... PCs have a limit on how large a number they can store, and if you go above the max, it wraps around.
Net result, you can add 2^32=4294967296 to a user number as many times as you like without changing it.
You can also access negative user pages
Who is Researcher 200000?
Jonny Posted Aug 21, 2002
Oh yeah! I didn't think of that!
So therefore I'm U4295146170 too!
Jonny
Who is Researcher 200000?
26199 Posted Aug 21, 2002
Yep... now, whether this was intentional in order to prevent people going after nice high numbers is another question
(As is what happens when we get to researcher two-million-and-a-bit and everything goes negative 
)
Who is Researcher 200000?
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Feb 24, 2003
Hmmmmmm.
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Who is Researcher 200000?
- 61: Mina (Aug 12, 2002)
- 62: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Aug 12, 2002)
- 63: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Aug 13, 2002)
- 64: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Aug 13, 2002)
- 65: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Aug 13, 2002)
- 66: Shea the Sarcastic (Aug 13, 2002)
- 67: six7s (Aug 14, 2002)
- 68: Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) (Aug 14, 2002)
- 69: Lady in a tree (Aug 14, 2002)
- 70: Lady Scott (Aug 14, 2002)
- 71: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Aug 14, 2002)
- 72: Lady Scott (Aug 20, 2002)
- 73: 26199 (Aug 20, 2002)
- 74: Jonny (Aug 21, 2002)
- 75: 26199 (Aug 21, 2002)
- 76: Jonny (Aug 21, 2002)
- 77: 26199 (Aug 21, 2002)
- 78: GreyDesk (Aug 21, 2002)
- 79: Researcher 220000 (Feb 24, 2003)
- 80: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Feb 24, 2003)
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