From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Wladimir Mutel Message-ID: References: <20020624224954.AE67C1999B@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Identity Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 10:47:59 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c4fa3088-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > // my wife would like to know how Amidala managed to fit > // quite so many changes of clothing into one small suitcase. > the suitcase was a physical venti: similar portions of the > various garments were only stored once. since storage and > retrieval time of a suitcase is seldom much of an issue, > the venti could be configured with a very small block > size, resulting in substantial savings. How small ? Not less than the length of SHA1 hash, or else savings would not be substantial . :>