Re: The 1n command

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:16:13 +0000
spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Nick Leverton <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
In article <slrnficm0q.8a7.news06@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ian Rawlings <news06@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2007-10-29, Jim Howes <jimhowes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I thought the silly mistake counter was increased to 32 bits from 10 in
version 2.0.36 ?

I hope not, I was hoping that mine was going to wrap to zero soon, or
a negative number if it's signed.

It's OK, it was made writable in 2.4.8 and since 2.6.13 you can
#define CONFIG_AUTO_DECR_SILLY_MISTAKES 1
to have it reduce each time you do something right ...

Still got to be careful though. Cos nasty things can happen if you do enough
silly things and it does wrap around to a negative.

Turns your whole life upside down, it does. Suddenly walking out into
traffic or keeping pet big cats in the house is considered the normal thing
to do... :)

I wish to apologise to the O.P. for this thread diversion (perversion?).

It was clearly silly mistake numbe <click> Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

--
Will J G
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