Re: [9fans] thoughs about venti+fossil

[Geoffrey Avila <avlg@sdsc.edu>]

This reminds me of a joke:

A man was asked by his neighbor to watch the neighbor's house while he
went away to a conference. The conference was only for one day, but the
neighbor was gone a week. He explained to the man that the extra time was
due to driving there and back. The neighbor, a statistician, explained
that he was unwilling to fly, having calculated that the odds of a bomb
being on the plane were too high for his taste.

Not long after, the man needs to fly someplace, and is surprised to see
his neighbor the statistician in the row next to him.

"I thought you didn't fly?"
asks the man.

The statistician replies that while the odds of being on a plane with
_one_ bomb are too high for him, the odds of being on a plane with
_multiple_ bombs are infinitesimal.

"I just pack a bomb in my carryon, to be safe."
says the statistician.

-GBA


> I concur and offer the great venti challenge.
>
> I am willing to personally give $10,000 to the person who experiences
> the first venti collision. (I know it's not a million but call me
> cheap.)
>
> The rules are simple. To enroll in the contest send $10 to charity and
> send me a copy of the receipt. First in best dressed. Additional rule
> - anyone who continues to whine should feel morally obliged to send
> $10 to charity for each transgression. No funny business or you'll be
> struck by lightning.
>
> brucee
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:18 AM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
>> This topic just isn't worth all the anguish it is causing.
>>
>> If you are worried about SHA-1 collisions,
>> turn on the flag that looks for them.
>> Then you can sleep at night knowing that
>> all your writes have been collision-free.
>>
>> And if one day you do get a collision,
>> venti will tell you and then you can evaluate
>> your choices.
>>
>> Russ
>>
>>
>>
>