damienguard: @gruber: No, they'll just adjust the pump to display the price per half-gallon and adjust measurement accordingly. Probably. 1 minute later reply fix threading

tjogin: @gruber I'm heading for the shelter right now, armed to the teeth and with supplies to last me through the winter. 2 minutes later reply fix threading

swotam: @gruber if gas goes past $9.999/gallon I think everyone will just start riding horses again. 4 minutes later reply fix threading

chubbybat: @gruber It happened here in the UK a year or so ago, they just add a 1 at the start with electrical tape. :) 6 minutes later reply fix threading

simX: @gruber: Oh please let that be true. $10/gallon gas would be heaven. 8 minutes later reply fix threading

brentsimmons: @gruber Do you remember when this happened in the '70s? They did half-gallon prices for a while. 15 minutes later reply fix threading

tapster: @gruber did you see they already hit the Y2K effect with the old-school mechanical pumps that top out at 3.99. time for them to upgrade 17 minutes later reply fix threading

ameir: @gruber that already happened with old pumps that have flip cards displaying prices and not being able to go past $3.99/gallon 28 minutes later reply fix threading

chrisgrande: @gruber It happened once before with the bound price books that didn't go over $3, and for weeks I saw hand written prices on pumps. 32 minutes later reply fix threading

danwood: @gruber the other flaw about web-apps for iPhone is that they are like Hypercard stacks - ALWAYS second-class citizens compared to real apps 34 minutes later reply fix threading

wesvasher: @gruber Not an issue, they'll start selling per half gallon. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

msilverman: @gruber the workaround, it will be sold by half-gallon. Already occurring for many old manual pumps which don't go past $3 or so 40 minutes later reply fix threading

jiayongou: @gruber o。 about 1 hour later reply fix threading

jiayongou: @gruber or you can use the metric system. You know... The one the rest of the world uses. about 1 hour later reply fix threading

jspahr: @gruber already happened. Older gas pumps with rotary numbers only went to 3. $[0-3].[0-9][0-9]. http://tinyurl.com/56newo about 2 hours later reply fix threading

tsarna: @gruber Already happened to older pumps: http://tinyurl.com/69ht47, and to signs http://tinyurl.com/5fxr2y about 2 hours later reply fix threading

pvanb: @gruber Already happened in Canada a couple of years ago to get past 99.9 cents/L. about 2 hours later reply fix threading

rayparkerjr: @gruber What, you're saying that Ghostbusters 3 *isn't* a good idea? Come on, now! You know you want it! about 3 hours later reply fix threading

mikesusz: @gruber the upcoming video game will likely be very cool: http://tinyurl.com/3nj2f2 about 3 hours later reply fix threading

jschoenwald: @gruber Scroll down to "9:00" http://tinyurl.com/6d4wjw about 3 hours later reply fix threading