Subj : Re: same as it ever was
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Fri Jan 26 2018 19:08:08

-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 23-Jan-2018 04:57 <=-

 NB>> What's the guarantee that some other machine wouldn't generate
 NB>> an identical number by random

 MK> For version 4 (random) variant 1 UUIDs, the odds are 1 in 5.3x10^36
 MK> (5.3 undecillion).  The odds are cut in half for variant 2 UUIDs since
 MK> an extra bit is required to distinguish it from variant 1s.  Given the
 MK> total traffic for Fidonet, nevermind just this echo, the odds are
 MK> against it given a half-decent random number generator. 

Ok, you've lost me... but I think I almost follow...  No guarantee, just
rather unlikely...  :)

 NB>> I thought you were going to try to save the 15yo

 MK> I said from the onset, and I quote, "Don't bet the farm on it".  The
 MK> only thing I guarenteed was that it would last until 2018-01-01.  It
 MK> achieved that much ... and beyond.  As we speak, the bottle sits on a
 MK> side cupboard in the kitchen in plain view of anyone looking in that
 MK> direction.  Given this, as well as 2019-01-01 being 343 days from now,
 MK> what do you think the odds of making it to 2019-01-01 are? 

Originally, you had said you'd probably put it out of sight... which
would make the odds of lasting a little higher... ;)  If it's out where
it can be seen, yeah, more likely to be imbibed.... ;)

 NB>> Might be a disappointment like the Gold...  Apparently it doesn't
 NB>> have an age listed either...?

 MK> I noticed that.  Also the Gold wasn't a disappointment, it just wasn't
 MK> worth the additional cost comparing it to 12yo Glenlivet.  If someone
 MK> shows up with a bottle to share I would let them in. 

Some things are best bought by someone else... ;) 

 NB>> Ah, so another Linux echo

 MK> Sort of.  I believe the intent was to cover scripting but to be honest
 MK> the packed msg format isn't really friendly to scripting formats (eg
 MK> tab stops). 

It tends to compress them away....?

ttyl      neb

.... My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

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