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Twitter "Twitpocalypse" Snags Mac, iPhone Apps

Posted by kdawson on from the y2k-all-over-again dept.

awarrenfells notes coverage in Macworld of what is being called "the Twitpocalypse" — Twitter applications breaking as the number of tweets exceeds 32 bits. "The first apparent victim of the Twitpocalypse was The Iconfactory's Twitterrific for iPhone, which stopped working immediately following the event. ... Atebits Software's Tweetie has also been affected by the Twitpocalypse. The program continues to function for browsing and posting tweets, but searches no longer work in the Mac version and results appear one at a time in the iPhone version."

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  1. Overflowing 32 bits by AuMatar · · Score: 5, Funny

    So that means there are 2-4 billion messages (depending on if they meant signed or unsigned)? There goes the last of my faith in humanity.

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    I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  2. And... by dangitman · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... nothing of value was lost.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.
  3. I must be getting old... by religious+freak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Funny computing names like beans, cookies and web were pretty cool and hip... then came blogs, vlogs and pods, which I found rather to be rather silly words... but Twitpocalypse??? WTF?

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    If you can read this... 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011
    1. Re:I must be getting old... by Snarf+You · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just wait until 64 bits becomes too small... yes, I am referring to Twittageddon.

  4. On a related note by MLS100 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm quickly running out of synonyms for 'pointless' to troll all these Twitter stories.

  5. "Twitter itself was unaffected" by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. When I first saw mention of this I got my hopes up but they were soon dashed.

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    Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
  6. Re:Twitpocalypse? by selven · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait for the Twitargeddon. And then the Twapture. Hold on a sec, let me open up my trusty thesaurus. Twitastrophe. Twinihilation. Holotwaust. Twataclysm. Twitimation. End of the tworld. Don't let Elmer Fudd find out about this cause that would be a great big Twagedy!

  7. Re:Why is twitter hate so cool around /. by dpille · · Score: 2, Funny

    More on Internet drops avg IQ Thus explosive growth MySpace etc now Twitter Relevant in 140 chars? Twtr Tolstoy reads: sh*t happens 2 peeps There, fixed that for you. Sorry to make you counter your own argument.

  8. Re:Twitpocalypse? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...Twitastrophe. Twinihilation. Holotwaust. Twataclysm. Twitimation...

    I think I saw a porno named twataclysm once...

  9. Correct name should be Twitterdammerung by elwinc · · Score: 3, Funny

    The correct name for the Twitter Apocalypse is "Twitterdammerung" first mentioned in http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/04/gop_twitterdammerung.php

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    --- Often in error; never in doubt!