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Old 01-30-2013
Thanks for explaining bakunin.

To further illuminate, the total number of Bits in our system has been fixed from the beginning. That number is exactly 1,886,666,252. So, this means that there are a fixed number of activity bits in the system, we don't just "create them out of thin air".

That means that "the central bits banker" must reclaim bits from inactive members because we don't just "create bits from thin air"... so we are actually better than "a government" because they just "create money from thin air" when they need more money; which devalues all the currency in circulation.

If we just "manufacture bits" like governments do currency, then everyone's bits will have less value over time. So, unlike governments we don't do this; we fix the total economy and reclaim bits from inactive members because we are a virtual community that is defined by forum activity.

So, we really have no choice but to reclaim bits from inactive members because we are, by definition, defined by our activity - no activity after six months, bits are reclaimed for others who are active.

Stay active, at least one post every six months (and we reserved the right to change this in the future to even less time), and you will keep your bits. Not active, bits will be reclaimed and redistributed automatically (on a nightly basis, anyone who has not posted in six months - their bits are auto-reclaimed by the system).
 

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atomic_and(3C)															    atomic_and(3C)

NAME
atomic_and, atomic_and_8, atomic_and_uchar, atomic_and_16, atomic_and_ushort, atomic_and_32, atomic_and_uint, atomic_and_ulong, atomic_and_64, atomic_and_8_nv, atomic_and_uchar_nv, atomic_and_16_nv, atomic_and_ushort_nv, atomic_and_32_nv, atomic_and_uint_nv, atomic_and_ulong_nv, atomic_and_64_nv - atomic AND operations SYNOPSIS
#include <atomic.h> void atomic_and_8(volatile uint8_t *target, uint8_t bits); void atomic_and_uchar(volatile uchar_t *target, uchar_t bits); void atomic_and_16(volatile uint16_t *target, uint16_t bits); void atomic_and_ushort(volatile ushort_t *target, ushort_t bits); void atomic_and_32(volatile uint32_t *target, uint32_t bits); void atomic_and_uint(volatile uint_t *target, uint_t bits); void atomic_and_ulong(volatile ulong_t *target, ulong_t bits); void atomic_and_64(volatile uint64_t *target, uint64_t bits); uint8_t atomic_and_8_nv(volatile uint8_t *target, uint8_t bits); uchar_t atomic_and_uchar_nv(volatile uchar_t *target, uchar_t bits); uint16_t atomic_and_16_nv(volatile uint16_t *target, uint16_t bits); ushort_t atomic_and_ushort_nv(volatile ushort_t *target, ushort_t bits); uint32_t atomic_and_32_nv(volatile uint32_t *target, uint32_t bits); uint_t atomic_and_uint_nv(volatile uint_t *target, uint_t bits); ulong_t atomic_and_ulong_nv(volatile ulong_t *target, ulong_t bits); uint64_t atomic_and_64_nv(volatile uint64_t *target, uint64_t bits); These functions enable the the bitwise AND of bits to the value stored in target to occur in an atomic manner. The *_nv() variants of these functions return the new value of target. No errors are defined. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Stable | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ atomic_add(3C), atomic_bits(3C), atomic_cas(3C), atomic_dec(3C), atomic_inc(3C), atomic_or(3C), atomic_swap(3C), membar_ops(3C), attributes(5), atomic_ops(9F) The *_nv() variants are substantially more expensive on some platforms than the versions that do not return values. Do not use them unless you need to know the new value atomically. 13 May 2005 atomic_and(3C)
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