You see, when they started Slashdot, nobody in their right mind thought a million people would ever read it, so they didn't allocate enough space in the database for a seven-digit number. Like Y2K, when the millionth user tries to register, the site will implode. The end is nigh.
Take a url that includes the UID number, e.g. http://slashdot.org/zoo.pl?op=check&uid=472072 [slashdot.org] and substitute 999999 for the uid -- no such user. Not even 990000. (I didn't try any others)
No they haven't (Score:2, Funny)
You see, when they started Slashdot, nobody in their right mind thought a million people would ever read it, so they didn't allocate enough space in the database for a seven-digit number. Like Y2K, when the millionth user tries to register, the site will implode. The end is nigh.
Re:No they haven't (Score:2)
So when we finally hit a million monkeys, err I mean people, will we see Shakespearean writings?
Nope (Score:2)