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From: jjensen@convex.UUCP (James Jensen)
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Subject: Re: Be Prepared...
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.001508.22313@convex.com>
Date: 15 Feb 91 00:15:08 GMT
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In article <WOLFE.91Feb14104818@vw.ece.cmu.edu> wolfe@vw.ece.cmu.edu (Andrew Wolfe) writes:
>
>Better yet;
>
>I have been told that it is estimated that 64-bits will address all of the
>subatomic particles in our universe.

Reality check time:

The number of atoms in 1 gram of hydrogen = 6.02 x 10^23(22? remembered from
chemistry long ago.) This takes around 80 bits to represent.

Maybe you were told 64 bytes, Which seems more likely to me.

Jim Jensen - jjensen@convex.com