-=> 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....?   
      
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