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I see. Thanks! Highly unlikely that 129 people in a row respond like that though... More likely is that someone destroys the USB device in anger, dismantles i
by Aardwolf 12y ago
I see. Thanks!
Highly unlikely that 129 people in a row respond like that though...
More likely is that someone destroys the USB device in anger, dismantles it, is too shocked to do anything, doesn't interpret the number as a counter, or doesn't want to ruin other people's computer. And, of course, that many people in a row stealing a USB device from a backpack is already unlikely in itself.
- elwell 12y agoYeah it would have been clearer if he didn't use a power of 2 for his counter's current state. Made me think it had to do with the device's storage capacity.
- jader201 12y agoI'm assuming the original story was actually told as a joke, where the "128" number was intentionally misleading until the punchline at the end where he incremented the number and "payed it forward".