"Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > > > [ snip ] > > > > What?!? Only 64-bit? Sun has announced that they have a > > 128-bit capable filesystem (3.4E38 bytes)! We __must__ > > respond to this blatant attack by announcing a 512 bit > > capable filesystem. This is approximately 1.34E154 bytes. > > We'll just convert the entire structure of the Earth into a > > data repository to contain this amount of data <yeah, sure>. > > According to some physicists, there aren't that many atoms in the known > universe, so somebody would have to invent a new means of "virtualizing" > that much storage. :-) > > -jc-
I think that is no problem, recall the saying "640K is more than enough...". More recently there was a discussion how to fill the 64bit memory range with data. To begin with, every sandgrain on earth could be put in there. But then again, each grain has a color, a structure, a composition, found on some place on earth, age, history etc., so it is like storageroom on the loft of your house: whatever its size, it will always eventually fill up and you will need more space. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
