Twitter Moves Up The Twitpocalypse. All Hell May Break Loose Today. - GoFuckYourself.com

halfpint · 06-12-2009, 02:49 PM

OHHH noes its the end of the interwebs as we know it

Taken from Techcrunch

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/12...er-in-2-hours/

Twitter users, the Twitpocalypse is upon us.

Twitpocalypse is the name given to a bug that?s about to be exposed. Apparently, it?s similar to the Y2K bug in its nature, and stems from the fact that every tweet sent out has a unique numeric identifier. This identifier is about to hit 2,147,483,647. This number is the signed integer limit and apparently when some third-party Twitter clients start hitting it, the identifiers will start turning negative, and those apps are likely to crash as a result.

This crash was supposed to happen sometime tomorrow, according to the countdown, but it looks like Twitter has just moved up the Twitpocalypse time to 21:00 GMT, which is 2 PM Pacific/5PM Eastern time today. Yes, in a couple hours.

They?re forcing the failure now so that all hands are on deck working on the issue, rather than having it go down in the middle of the night.

This Google Group thread run by some developers working at Twitter explains more. Engineer Matt Sanford originally explained:

The overflow of the 32-bit signed integer value for status ids (a.k.a ?The Twitpocalypse? [1]) is fast approaching. The current estimate is around tomorrow at around 11am GMT, or 3:00am Pacific time in the case of Twitter. There is some discussion internally about accelerating things so we?ll be in the office and able to cope. Nobody is their freshest at 3:00am, not to mention it would be nice to not have apps broken throughout the weekend if one-person developer teams don?t notice. No decision has been made yet but I wanted to get something out to you all so you know what?s going on in the event we decide to do this.

More here

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/12...er-in-2-hours/

Twig · 06-12-2009, 02:51 PM

I hope Twitter implodes.

halfpint · 06-12-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twig

I hope Twitter implodes.

lol... I love twittering on twitter

tiger · 06-12-2009, 05:21 PM

Best news I have heard all day.

cherrylula · 06-12-2009, 07:15 PM

hell yeah let's go speed things up...

::tweet tweet::

CaptainHowdy · 06-12-2009, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twig

I hope Twitter implodes.

!

mikesouth · 06-12-2009, 07:27 PM

i just sent a few twitters to help it along hopefully the failure is catastrphic

Agent 488 · 06-12-2009, 07:31 PM

cool. bored with that shit anyway.

Loryn · 06-12-2009, 07:32 PM

I haven't twitter at all, well not true I sent three twits, or whatever, to Vanilla about 5 months ago and that is all. People have twitted me but it doesn't seem interesting at all, I don't get all the excitement about it!!!

Iron Fist · 06-13-2009, 03:14 AM

Oh look... TweetDeck updated with a new version...

Sorry folks, looks like Twitter will still be around as always.

James124 · 06-13-2009, 03:57 AM

I hope that shit dies...

voa · 06-13-2009, 04:02 AM

damn that is so bad, lot of people will have some problem with that.

dirtymind · 06-13-2009, 04:14 AM

well i twitter but its not that fun. just do it to keep my adult surfers up to date and they seem to love it. So rather have them save twitter from dying

who · 06-13-2009, 04:17 AM

Twitter is evidence that the world is insane.

Farang · 06-13-2009, 04:40 AM

Doesn't bother me at all...

Darkland · 06-13-2009, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by who

Twitter is evidence that the world is insane.

You got that right... And I doubt ANY of it was true, there was no danger of imploding, they just successfully drew in more people to pile on the twits. Maybe even those who would otherwise never have done it, in an attempt to try and help it crash sooner. I say successful marketing campaign for the continued proliferation of idiocracy.

Hmmmm, wait a minute...

Twit:
1. an insignificant or bothersome person.
2. Slang A foolishly annoying person.

Well... There you have it folks.

See avatar... I wish it weren't true.

halfpint · 06-13-2009, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkland

Twit:
1. an insignificant or bothersome person.
2. Slang A foolishly annoying person.

Well... There you have it folks.

See avatar... I wish it weren't true.

LOL

06-12-2009, 02:49 PM	#1
halfpint GFY's Halfpint Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UK Posts: 15,223	Twitter Moves Up The Twitpocalypse. All Hell May Break Loose Today. OHHH noes its the end of the interwebs as we know it Taken from Techcrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/12...er-in-2-hours/ Twitter users, the Twitpocalypse is upon us. Twitpocalypse is the name given to a bug that?s about to be exposed. Apparently, it?s similar to the Y2K bug in its nature, and stems from the fact that every tweet sent out has a unique numeric identifier. This identifier is about to hit 2,147,483,647. This number is the signed integer limit and apparently when some third-party Twitter clients start hitting it, the identifiers will start turning negative, and those apps are likely to crash as a result. This crash was supposed to happen sometime tomorrow, according to the countdown, but it looks like Twitter has just moved up the Twitpocalypse time to 21:00 GMT, which is 2 PM Pacific/5PM Eastern time today. Yes, in a couple hours. They?re forcing the failure now so that all hands are on deck working on the issue, rather than having it go down in the middle of the night. This Google Group thread run by some developers working at Twitter explains more. Engineer Matt Sanford originally explained: The overflow of the 32-bit signed integer value for status ids (a.k.a ?The Twitpocalypse? [1]) is fast approaching. The current estimate is around tomorrow at around 11am GMT, or 3:00am Pacific time in the case of Twitter. There is some discussion internally about accelerating things so we?ll be in the office and able to cope. Nobody is their freshest at 3:00am, not to mention it would be nice to not have apps broken throughout the weekend if one-person developer teams don?t notice. No decision has been made yet but I wanted to get something out to you all so you know what?s going on in the event we decide to do this. More here http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/12...er-in-2-hours/ __________________ Get FREE website listings on Cryptocoinshops.net

06-12-2009, 02:51 PM	#2
Twig Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ICQ - 703894 Posts: 1,949	I hope Twitter implodes. __________________

06-12-2009, 05:21 PM	#4
tiger Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,986	Best news I have heard all day. __________________

06-12-2009, 07:27 PM	#7
mikesouth Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My High Horse Posts: 6,334	i just sent a few twitters to help it along hopefully the failure is catastrphic __________________ Mike South It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.

06-12-2009, 07:32 PM	#9
Loryn Super Connector Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 12,853	I haven't twitter at all, well not true I sent three twits, or whatever, to Vanilla about 5 months ago and that is all. People have twitted me but it doesn't seem interesting at all, I don't get all the excitement about it!!! __________________ ~ loryn@loryntaylor . com ~ RIP TD

06-12-2009, 07:15 PM	#5
cherrylula lol Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 15,969	hell yeah let's go speed things up... ::tweet tweet::

06-12-2009, 07:31 PM	#8
Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	cool. bored with that shit anyway.

06-13-2009, 03:14 AM	#10
Iron Fist Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,400	Oh look... TweetDeck updated with a new version... Sorry folks, looks like Twitter will still be around as always. __________________ i like waffles

06-13-2009, 03:57 AM	#11
James124 So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 261	I hope that shit dies...

06-13-2009, 04:02 AM	#12
voa Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 16,532	damn that is so bad, lot of people will have some problem with that.

06-13-2009, 04:14 AM	#13
dirtymind Confirmed User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,348	well i twitter but its not that fun. just do it to keep my adult surfers up to date and they seem to love it. So rather have them save twitter from dying __________________ skype: codercarlos

06-13-2009, 04:17 AM	#14
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	Twitter is evidence that the world is insane.

06-13-2009, 04:40 AM	#15
Farang one sick puppy Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Where the worst of the West meets the worst of the East Posts: 11,514	Doesn't bother me at all...