Computing Limits · Exhibit No. 3 2,147,483,647 The number where computers run out of room In December 2014, a pop song did something no hacker had managed. It made the most famous video site in the world admit it had a problem with counting. The song was "Gangnam Style." The number it was racing towards was 2,147,483,647 . It is one of the most important limits in modern computing - and it has quietly broken games, airline schedules and even aeroplanes. ↳ a party approaching a cliff edge Section I The video that watched the counter PSY's "Gangnam Style" appeared on YouTube in July 2012. By December that year, it had become the first video ever to pass one billion views . It kept going. By early December 2014, it was heading towards 2,147,483,647 views - the largest number YouTube's original view counter had been built to hold. YouTube responded with a wink.…