Subj : same as it ever was
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Feb 21 2018 19:06:16

Hey Nancy!

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

I haven't checked yet.  From the web site they claim that it should be 
available at the store next door to where I normally buy groceries but I have 
yet to come up with an excuse to potentially liberate a bottle if indeed it is 
available and the price is right.  It may have to wait until Sept. 24th when 
the "99 Bottles of Beer" routine kicks in as that is the nearest date of 
interest to me ... unless you can come up with one in the meantime.

 NB> I think the non-random would be more useful

Potentially yes given that a proper date (ie four digit year) and source node 
with user number can be derived from it.  Even if the datetime stamp is the 
BBS's as opposed to the user's it is of consequence as opposed to the FTN 
datetime stamp alone which is obsolete (2 digit year) and lacks timezone.

 NB> That sounds far enough away that we shouldn't have to worry about
 NB> it

Given how long it has been since the official declaration of obsolescence of 
the FTN datetime format I question whether it even matters whatsoever.  Also I 
have doubts that MS based nodes will ever have a suitable uuid generator/parser 
without Fidonet providing one.  However, given that Windows can generate a 
proper email datetime stamp (four digit year) I believe the current accepted 
datetime stamp could be updated without causing any grief ... errrrr ... 
probably.  ;-)

Life is good,
Maurice

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