[Q]:Generate Unique ID's

[Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de)]

Anton Vredegoor wrote:
> However, there's also a slight possibility that putting some photons
> in a straightjacket by deterministically fixing the order of all
> bridge dealings beforehand might degrade the number of possible paths
> the future can take.
> 
> I wonder which Python zen applies here, "Refuse the temptation to
> guess" or perhaps "Practicality beats purity" ? 

Careful, the PSU reserves for itself the right to meddle
with the fundamental quantum reality of the universe.
The last time someone did that, they retaliated by
releasing a plague of half-alive cats.

-- 
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg