LLUUID collisions - was Re: [sldev] Cache speed experiment & results...

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On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:48 PM,  <darien_caldwell at comcast.net> wrote:
> This reminds me of something I once pondered. Do you think the UUIDs
>  are random enough, that one could rely on a comparison of only the
>  first 8 digits as a sort of quick and dirty identification? What would the
> chance be of a false match in such a case?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem#Generalizations