From: Joel Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Venti and the hash / public key in plan9
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:49:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7871fcf50602061149m19becdc2n976243de947da4b1@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14ec7b180602060951i4293b02arc103379fd7415c82@mail.gmail.com>
On 2/6/06, andrey mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com> wrote:
> ---copy/paste---
> > Still, the knowledge that collisions have a probability
> > of occuring is slightly unsettling. What are the statistics
> > regarding probability of collisions in the venti, anyways?
>
> Extremely low. It's much more likely the disk will spontaneously
> levitate first.
>
> - Dan C.
So, not for use near Infinite Improbability Engines. That should be
documented somewhere… ;)
--Joel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-06 19:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-06 16:36 Lluís Batlle
2006-02-06 16:58 ` Russ Cox
2006-02-06 17:16 ` Lluís Batlle
2006-02-06 17:21 ` "Nils O. Selåsdal"
2006-02-06 17:33 ` uriel
2006-02-06 17:37 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-02-06 17:55 ` Lluís Batlle
2006-02-06 19:45 ` Russ Cox
2006-02-06 17:51 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-02-06 19:49 ` Joel Salomon [this message]
2006-02-06 17:25 ` Ronald G Minnich
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