Hans Forbrich wrote:
> According to the *nix family (and others), the universe started with a big
> bang on Jan 1, 1972. For the 32-bit members of this family the universe,
> as we know it, will end on January 19, 2038 (see
> http://www.deepsky.com/~merovech/2038.html)
Hmmm...not only is the 2GB limit really 4GB (as Mark Bole pointed
out), but the universe started 2 whole years earlier than that - in
1970. Well, that's when Unix starts counting on it, anyway.
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Received on Thu Sep 02 2004 - 22:27:12 CDT
