[clug-progsig] Unix epoch

[s. keeling]

Incoming from Chris Berry:
> Nick W wrote:
> >IMO they should start now and think 128 bit. That should last like a
> >trillion years...
> 
> A bit longer than that. Back of an envelope says a 64-bit extension of
> the current 32-bit value will last about 250 billion years, so extending
> to 128 would last... erm... ~5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
> years.

Now that's uptime!  Just imagine running that _other OS_ and having to
reboot ~5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 * 12 times (at
best).

    :-)

Sorry Jarrod.  They DO deserve it, and we should not be ashamed to
point it out.


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