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I love that. It's a great lesson to programmers that we should think about the extreme cases and have set lower and upper bounds on our algorithms. Sanity check

I love that. It's a great lesson to programmers that we should think about the extreme cases and have set lower and upper bounds on our algorithms. Sanity checks should be in your code for most applications and inputs.

ambiguity 16y ago
Amazon should put an upper bound on the maximum price a product can be. Can credit card companies even process a transaction in the tens of millions of dollars?
- caf 16y ago
  I remember hearing about someone buying a multi-million dollar artwork with their platinum amex once, so it would seem so.
  - joshu 16y ago
    Platinum Amex I doubt. Maybe with a Centurion card.
    - patrickgzill 16y ago
      The so-called "Black Amex" card has been used to purchase a ~$30 million aircraft, according to American Express.
      - madh 16y ago
        Mark Cuban bought a Gulfstream V over the internet with his American Express card.
        gcb 16y ago
        Only yahoo to create basement dweller millionaires
- smackfu 16y ago
  So they make it $10k, and the post is about the $10k book instead.