Adrian Midgley wrote:
> It actually seems quite mind-boggling to me that firstly such a
process could
> be done so as to fail (when all that was needed was inspection of the
> existing ID strings and changing the few that collided, if indeed there were
> any at all - I've never heard anyone claim to have actually found a
> collision) and secondly that the solution proposed could be to start again
> with an alternative system - I do hope nobody has suggested the latter.
Actually a collision is likely for once 21000 people are on the system.
Birthday paradox.
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