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From: Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] compare-by-hash
Date: Mon,  2 Jun 2003 07:37:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0306020731320.12159-100000@athena> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ED953A8.2020806@ameritech.net>

> 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?

I do believe that Rob's answer to this question at FAST
last year was,

	``The probability that all the atoms on one side
	of the universe will up and move to the other.''

Now, whether that's scientifically accurate or simply good
for dramatic effect is another issue. :)

I still laugh when I think about the seat shifting that
occurred when he said (app), ``look, you just have to get used
to not deleting anything.  It's not a problem.''

Sam




  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-06-02 11:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-31 23:58 philw
2003-06-01  0:00 ` Russ Cox
2003-06-01  1:15   ` northern snowfall
2003-06-01  0:23     ` Russ Cox
2003-06-01  1:23       ` northern snowfall
2003-06-01  0:24     ` Dan Cross
2003-05-31 23:49       ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-06-01  5:52         ` Dan Cross
2003-06-01  8:57           ` Charles Forsyth
2003-06-01  9:06             ` lucio
2003-06-01  9:25               ` lucio
2003-06-01 15:36                 ` David Presotto
2003-06-01 16:24                   ` David Presotto
2003-06-02  4:14                     ` lucio
2003-06-02  4:03                   ` lucio
2003-06-01 22:55             ` Geoff Collyer
2003-06-01  0:28     ` William Josephson
2003-06-01  1:46       ` northern snowfall
2003-06-01  1:38         ` William K. Josephson
2003-06-01  1:57           ` Scott Schwartz
2003-06-01  2:58           ` northern snowfall
2003-06-01  2:57             ` W. Josephson
2003-06-01  4:07               ` northern snowfall
2003-06-01 15:11                 ` boyd, rounin
2003-06-02 11:37     ` Sam [this message]
2003-06-02 12:41       ` boyd, rounin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-08-03  4:39 Andrew Simmons
2003-07-31 17:24 Joel Salomon
2003-07-31 17:50 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-07-31 17:51 ` Sape Mullender
2003-07-31 17:53 ` rog
2003-07-31 18:03 ` jmk
2003-08-01  2:45 ` Joel Salomon
2003-08-01  2:52   ` Geoff Collyer
2003-08-01  3:42     ` jmk
2003-08-01  4:12       ` Geoff Collyer
2003-08-01 15:23       ` Jack Johnson
2003-08-01  9:03     ` Anthony Mandic
2003-08-01 15:11     ` Jack Johnson
2003-08-01  9:02 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-05-31 23:48 Taj Khattra
2003-05-31 23:48 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-05-31 23:50 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-05-31 23:54 ` Russ Cox

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