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Re: OID generation (was: Re: wishing upon a star)
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Date: 
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:43:12 GMT
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Robert Munafo wrote:

In lugnet.db.brictionary, Todd Lehman writes:
[...] or are there more robust methods for generating OIDs?  (Let's
assume WoLOG that 2^32 is a sufficient maximum number of OIDs; it
could just as well be 48 or 64 bits.)

Just to save others the effort --

"wolog" occurs 3 times on Hotbot and 28 times in Alta Vista. The best
interpretation in this context appears to be an abbreviation for "without loss
of generality".

If you didn't already know that.... you have to ask yourself... do you
feel lucky? huh, do ya? ... <slap> whoops. wrong thread.

you have to ask yourself, are you geeky enough to be on this group?

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  Re: OID generation (was: Re: wishing upon a star)
 
Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote (...) Come on Larry, even *I* had to check hotbot to find that out. And I thought it was only 27 times on Alta Vista. Moz (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: OID generation (was: Re: wishing upon a star)
 
(...) Just to save others the effort -- "wolog" occurs 3 times on Hotbot and 28 times in Alta Vista. The best interpretation in this context appears to be an abbreviation for "without loss of generality". - Robert Munafo (URL) LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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