-=> 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... ;)   
      
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