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Re:Simple proof that GUID is not unique by RyanMcGreal on Monday May 31, 2010 @09:53AM (#1392509)
>It is licensed under the following terms: you must pay me $0.0001 per hour per CPU core you run it on.

Reminds me of the Wheat and Chessboard Problem.

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Re:Simple proof that GUID is not unique by BoppreH on Monday May 31, 2010 @07:35PM (#1393798)
Only difference is that the guy will have to wait some millennia to get any significant amount of money.

Because we know that the guy who asked the question will not be using a supercomputer.

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