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Re: Wasted space
From: Austin Schutz <tex () shrubbery net>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:29:06 -0700
IMO this seems much like those people who hoard domain names, except worse because ipv4 space is finite.domain names are finite. 254 char limit drawn from an 8-bit char set.
$ bc
256^254
49311837877366649323600580884811328064642490645928167773636391338386\
00942820417921935608125537553934278674005267623599165972833122328326\
58311281622107670335702985799671951234310153163915857728680359766210\
69439038508288907840911493166867209378778336289339669574030006474132\
65364309855012299736389026478635486131947843882498538312526670313197\
24958132568898411896638150110768600863536200871492771279798342546336\
76061407041110011837155687183077462622686306172536143846476937385117\
82868915581833149250995402477804959206649465186461985527496130098804\
49926596639031121858756000207590413184793166384097191709192063287296
256^4
4294967296
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