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offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2017-02-24 23:27 [#02514035]
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SHA-1 is a "hash" algorithm.

you take some arbitrary file (mp3, jpg, text, whatever) and
feed it into (SHA-1), which converts it --> into (a short
string that is purportedly guaranteed to be a unique
representation of the file).

the idea is that you can compare the codes it spits out (a
couple hundred characters) and this is way, way quicker than
comparing every byte of a file (millions or billions of
characters).

in extremely rare circumstances, two completely different
files will result in the same "unique" code. at this point,
the mind of perfectly reliable software experiences what
humans would call a paradox, and promptly shits a brick:

"According to the above-linked bug report, the WebKit
repository became corrupted late Thursday night when someone
wanted to test how the system would handle the PDFs. Almost
immediately, the system experienced failures. The errors
persisted into Friday and eventually prompted one user to
ask, "Is it fixable, or are we just totally hosed? Are we
going to need to delete all the SVN history since this
commit from the server in order to avoid the hash
collision?"


no word yet on whether or not their server bled out pi
spiral goop.


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-02-24 23:31 [#02514038]
Points: 30707 Status: Regular



unforseen, perhaps thats how world was created, god smashing
pdf files together


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2017-02-24 23:33 [#02514039]
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the PDF format isn't the work of god. it's the devil


 

offline Hyperflake from Wirral (United Kingdom) on 2017-02-24 23:33 [#02514040]
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yes i have to agree,


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2017-02-25 00:26 [#02514062]
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When you play a c5 note, space, c5 note. The 2 c5s are...
the same. The only difference is their time coordinate. It
could be that the first c5 has a million c5s on it, you just
can't tell because they all have the same exact data, even
time. Which brings me to counting I guess. There's only 1
thing, the universe. Everything to count is really a tiny
decimal, like 1 apple is 0.000000000000000001th of a
universe, only more zeros. If you try to put a number other
than 1 at the top, everything starts to curve back in on
itself. I know this because I'm a real scientist of gay
nigger theory. Sorry my brain was memetically hacked to
replicated those last words.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2017-02-25 01:42 [#02514064]
Points: 23981 Status: Addict | Followup to w M w: #02514062



you speak of the donkularity


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2017-02-25 01:45 [#02514065]
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have you heard of gay niggers from outer space?


 


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