Re: [OT] was Re: Rational

[David Kastrup]

Karlin High <address@hidden> writes:

> On 5/23/2018 9:21 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
>>> Yes, due to an integer overflow bug, Gandhi's initially hard-coded
>> aggression value of 1 could end up being lowered such that it
>> wrapped around to 255.  And then nukes.
>>
>> BWAHAHAHAHA!  =)
>> K.
>
> Same here. :)
>
> A reference to the "Sid Meier's Civilization" computer games, I
> assume? Never played those, but read somewhere about its
> Gandhi-as-nuclear-madman thing.

Looking at more recent election results I cannot help but wonder whether
voters were speculating on a different kind of wraparound.

-- 
David Kastrup