Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi!sunc.osc.edu!xipe.osc.edu!djh From: djh@xipe.osc.edu (David Heisterberg) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Be Prepared... Message-ID: <1388@sunc.osc.edu> Date: 14 Feb 91 21:10:18 GMT References: <1991Feb13.160718.25759@visix.com> Sender: news@osc.edu Organization: Ohio SuperComputer Center, Columbus, OH, USA Lines: 11 Nntp-Posting-Host: xipe.osc.edu In article wolfe@vw.ece.cmu.edu (Andrew Wolfe) writes: >I have been told that it is estimated that 64-bits will address all of the >subatomic particles in our universe. If that were true you know the U.S. Post Office would jump on it. And I though ZIP+4 was bad. However, 2^64 is less than Avogadro's number (6.023 x 10^23) and 12 grams of carbon contains that many atoms. -- David J. Heisterberg djh@osc.edu And you all know The Ohio Supercomputer Center djh@ohstpy.bitnet security Is mortals' Columbus, Ohio 43212 ohstpy::djh chiefest enemy.