13 Feb
2009
13 Feb
'09
8:06 p.m.
Question about 2k38: Aren't most Unixoid systems using 64-bit clocks now? On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> wrote:
Once upon a time, Ravi Pina <ravi@cow.org> said:
Yes... that is more like the y2k38 problem on 03:14:07 UTC 2038-01-19...
Oddly enough, the end of the current Unix epoch is a prime. Not only that, it is a Mersenne prime, 2^31 - 1. Even more, it is the largest known Mersenne prime where its Mersenne number (31) is also a Mersenne prime (2^5 - 1).
You can always count on numerology. This means something! -- Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.