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|    August Abolins to Maurice Kinal    |
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|    10 Apr 21 20:58:00    |
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ef493f6e   
   REPLY: 1:153/7001 60722d6f   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   Hello Maurice!   
      
   ** On Saturday 10.04.21 - 22:57, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>> -={ 2021-04-10 17:48:03.371541649+00:00 }=-   
    AA>> ^^^^^^^^^   
      
    MK> If you count the decimal places it is 10^-9 which is nanoseconds.   
      
   Amazing.   
      
    MK> ...The reason for the nanosecond display is for uniqueness   
    MK> of messages for a potential MSGID upgrade when the time   
    MK> comes ... if indeed it comes. I am a good boy scout - be   
    MK> prepared is the motto they live by or so I am led to   
    MK> believe.   
      
   For msgid purposes why not just generate a 6 to 9 character hash    
   based on the content of the message? That would ALWAYS be    
   unique and never repeat for a l-o-n-g time.   
      
   The current approach for msgid has been to have serial number.    
   But why can't it be a simple hash?   
      
   FSC-0033 of June 11, 1989 proposes and interesting version for    
   msgid:   
      
    ^AFMSGID:DDDYYHHMMSSLLNNNNOOOOPPPP[ZZZZ][Domain]   
      
   But I think progams today stick with the 8-char hex form. It    
   would be hard to get existing systems to work with anything    
   outside of that format now.   
      
   Synchronet systems have come up with another unique approach to    
   the MSGID line which seems to cooperate with existing systems    
   quite well.   
      
    MK> I use a text browser with no mouse for that. The 'd' key   
    MK> provides that functionality.   
      
   I hear that you use text-based on pretty much everything these    
   days.   
      
    MK> ..and the obvious dirty spot never moved with the camera.   
    MK> Time to think about spring cleaning. ;-)   
      
   That window was the worst. There is a 15 ft drop to the ground    
   outside that particular window. The only way to clean it is to    
   disassemble the window from the inside. That's a lot of work. I    
   haven't cleaned that one for years.   
      
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    ../|ug   
      
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