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65,535. The largest value possible for a 2-byte integer field.

Thank you for helping us out JohnRob! I guess we have the definitive answer to our question.

This means that there is no rush at all to change threads now, that we might make it to late November, after the release of the Director's Cut DVD of FOTR, but with this increase in posting it may be too close. Perhaps we should follow Hair's approach, make the next theme 'Waiting for TTT', and start it at out leisure this summer. Then the next thread after this new one would last all the way through the main release period of TTT and would be properly focused on that book and movie. Just my suggestion of course. (Then the next one will be celebrating the new right wing Congress, and waiting for ROTK, but I may be getting ahead of myself here)

This means that there is no rush at all to change threads now, that we might make it to late November, after the release of the Director's Cut DVD of FOTR, but with this increase in posting it may be too close.

If we are going to break at 10,000 that will be between Saturday and Monday, I suggest breaking later, as I mentioned, in a month or so, unless those doing the creative stuff are sure they will be done in less than 48 hours. I think waiting till fall is a risk, and the best time is between the Fourth of July and Labor Day. What do you guys think?

65,535. The largest value possible for a 2-byte integer field.

So if we're trying to sneak up on the magic number 65,535 and someone posts 65,536 using the shotgun approach, will the server crash?