[Pdx-pm] 32 bits? Seconds? For shame!

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Sat Sep 18 17:34:37 PDT 2010


>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> writes:

Keith> So, we should represent time
Keith> in computers as a 264 bit quantity. 

Darn it - I can't assign each of those moments in time a unique IPv6
address!  Time for IPv8, maybe?

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