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<LI><em>From</em>: "Shawn Halpenny" <<A HREF="mailto:rsh#dos,nortel.com">rsh#dos,nortel.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 10:18:05 -0400</LI>
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On Apr 8, 9:07pm, Jeff Kesselman wrote:
> Subject: Re: Greetings. :)
> At 11:45 PM 4/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
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> >
> >BTW Does anyone know how to create a "magic number" from any given size
> >block of memory?
> >
>
> Magic nume how? Somethign that uniquely ids the block, how abotu the base
> address?
>
> Somethign that ids the contents, how abotu your basic CRC. Thatsd perty
> quick if coded effciciently and IDS teh contenst pretty effectively.
>
> JK
Yeah, a CRC32 would give you a magic number for the block (I'm assuming you
mean something unique-per-block?). Or if you really wanted to go out the
window with it, perhaps MD5? There's some MD5-related stuff (enhanced
performance alternative) at <A HREF="http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~fishkin/md5/">http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~fishkin/md5/</A>
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Shawn Halpenny
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00055" HREF="msg00055.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 10:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00056" HREF="msg00056.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 10:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00058" HREF="msg00058.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 11:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00059" HREF="msg00059.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:rsh#dos,nortel.com">rsh#dos,nortel.com</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 21:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00060" HREF="msg00060.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:rsh#dos,nortel.com">rsh#dos,nortel.com</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 21:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00062" HREF="msg00062.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 21:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00063" HREF="msg00063.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Thu 10 Apr 1997, 01:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00064" HREF="msg00064.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 10 Apr 1997, 04:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00067" HREF="msg00067.html">Re: Greetings. :)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 10 Apr 1997, 12:20 GMT
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