Countdown from 1,000,000
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*edit* we're definitely 1 off. every new page should end with a 0, not a 9
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*edit* we're definitely 1 off. every new page should end with a 0, not a 9
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Kay, so wait... Are we going by post number or the number of replies? Because the post number is always one ahead of the number of replies, because the OP doesn't count as a reply, so... We shouldn't be going by the post number right? Because the OP was 1,000,000? But wait, that means if we subtract the post number by 1,000,000 then that means the second post would be 999,998 which is out of order!
Damn it, this is more confusing than it seems! Does this mean we go by the number of replies? Because subtracting the number of replies at the start of the topic would be 1,000,000 minus 1, which is 999,999 which is in order! So either the OP should have started at 999,999 because the post number is one and a 1,000,000 minus one is 999,999 OR we should be subtracting the post counts!
*pant*... So, that's established, I HOPE, now to work with that. Now, if the OP started at 999,999 we'd be right by subtracting by the post number, and since 999,999 ends with 9, we're still on track. BUT, if we are subtracting the number of posts, pages would start with 0 because 1,000,000 ends with zero. So... which is right?
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Kay, so wait... Are we going by post number or the number of replies? Because the post number is always one ahead of the number of replies, because the OP doesn't count as a reply, so... We shouldn't be going by the post number right? Because the OP was 1,000,000? But wait, that means if we subtract the post number by 1,000,000 then that means the second post would be 999,998 which is out of order!
Damn it, this is more confusing than it seems! Does this mean we go by the number of replies? Because subtracting the number of replies at the start of the topic would be 1,000,000 minus 1, which is 999,999 which is in order! So either the OP should have started at 999,999 because the post number is one and a 1,000,000 minus one is 999,999 OR we should be subtracting the post counts!
*pant*... So, that's established, I HOPE, now to work with that. Now, if the OP started at 999,999 we'd be right by subtracting by the post number, and since 999,999 ends with 9, we're still on track. BUT, if we are subtracting the number of posts, pages would start with 0 because 1,000,000 ends with zero. So... which is right?