[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes:

>     For example the value
> 1234567890 taken in isolation could be anything from my ICQ number
> to my shoe size in kilo-angstroms, but if you view it as the pair {
> <ICQ domain>, <locally unique number> } then it makes sense
> (disclaimer: I have no idea whether that's either a valid ICQ number
> or my shoe size in kilo-angstroms).

It's clearly not your shoe size in kilo-angstroms, unless you have
MIGHTY large feet.  According to 'units', that works out to 4860
inches.

-derek
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       Derek Atkins
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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