[Q]:Generate Unique ID's

Mel Wilson mwilson at the-wire.com
Mon May 26 11:34:24 EDT 2003


In article <3ED124D8.BEAE2594 at alcyone.com>,
Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
>Mel Wilson wrote:
>
>>    If economic development in China and India goes the way
>> they'd like there could be 2**34 systems cranking out GUIDs
>> for whatever GUIDs will be used for real soon now.
>
>Another 17 billion systems?

Can't do logarithms in my head.  Must stop trying.
I meant a billion.  So a million is only 2**20 and a thousand ..
.. 2**30.

        Sorry.          Mel.




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