Subj : Re: same as it ever was
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Mon Feb 19 2018 18:41:12

-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 13-Feb-2018 04:44 <=-

 NB>> and hopefully for not too much...  ;)

 MK> For sure that is the key.  I am planning to check next week and might
 MK> take the plunge if the price is right. 

And was the price right....?  Or wasn't it even available...?

 NB>> So then random number actually is a coded version of the BBS's
 NB>> id, the time and the user's name...

 MK> Exactly except there is no randomness in this particular version
 MK> despite the format being the same as the random version. 

I think the non-random would be more useful, then... and less likely to
cause any duplications inadvertantly....

 NB>> I can see where that would end up being essentially unique... :)

 MK> Yes up to a certain datetime, depending on whether it is signed (~3400
 MK> AD) or unsigned (~5236 AD). 

That sounds far enough away that we shouldn't have to worry about it,
then... :)

 MK> Also there are limitations as to how many UUIDs can be generated per
 MK> cycle between version 1 and version 2 datetime based UUIDs with version
 MK> 2 being more limited (1 per 7 seconds) which is a very big problem if
 MK> the UUID is generated by the node as opposed to the user generating it
 MK> when creating the message.  I don't know how long it takes you to
 MK> generate messages but I know it takes me more than 7 seconds even for a
 MK> oneliners.  I still think the purely random version 4 UUIDs is the way
 MK> to go especially if the node is generating them. 

It takes me much longer than 7 seconds.... :)  But I have noticed that
when I upload a reply packet to a bbs, the datetime stamp on all the
messages in the packet sometimes is changed to the time it was
uploaded... and that can be 10-12 messages all within 1 or 2 seconds...   

 MK> Anyhow it was an interesting idea while it lasted.

Indeed... ;)

ttyl       neb

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