# Is handy going to roll over?

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**Created:** [August 1, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-handy-going-to-roll-over/27665 "2000-08-01T04:25:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-handy-going-to-roll-over/27665/1 "2000-08-01T04:25:02Z")

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Actually, I mean, “Is **handy** ’s post count going to roll over to zero like the odometer of an old-time car?” He’s more than halfway to 10,000 and it got me wondering.

A cursory search of other boards that use vBulletin (and that enable the members database) shows no user with more than 7,000 posts.

In short, can vBulletin support five-digit post counts? I’m hoping no, since it would give the rest of us our only chance to catch up. I’m guessing the answer is no, however.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-handy-going-to-roll-over/27665/2 "2000-08-01T05:37:19Z")

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Given the way computers work, I’d say he has a much better chance of rolling over after he hits 32,767 and go to -32,768. This, of course, could happen any day now. It’s even _more_ likely that the rollover won’t come until he surpasses 65,535.