Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes:
>> For example the value
>>1234567890 taken in isolation could be anything from my ICQ number
>>to my shoe size in kilo-angstroms, but if you view it as the pair {
>><ICQ domain>, <locally unique number> } then it makes sense
>>(disclaimer: I have no idea whether that's either a valid ICQ number
>>or my shoe size in kilo-angstroms).
>
>It's clearly not your shoe size in kilo-angstroms, unless you have MIGHTY
>large feet. According to 'units', that works out to 4860 inches.
Obviously it's my hat size then.
Peter.
