At 00:36 2015-07-26, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote:
Each person on earth would have to own 600 million GUIDs for there to be
a 50% chance of a collision.
Your math is likely very wrong. It is not the linearity you
seem to think it is. Look up the birthday problem.
How many randomly-selected people does it take to have 50%
chance that two share the same birthday? The answer is likely rather
lower than you think. It is ...
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Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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