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Oct. 27th, 2004 08:19 amI'm re-reading Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson.
And I'm so curious as to wheterh he's talking out of his ass or not.
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gianp, oh font of all things comp sci, what is the significance of the number 65,536? Or 256? (Anyone else can also apply. But it doesn't count of you've read the book, sixth_light .)
And I'm so curious as to wheterh he's talking out of his ass or not.
So,
gianp, oh font of all things comp sci, what is the significance of the number 65,536? Or 256? (Anyone else can also apply. But it doesn't count of you've read the book, sixth_light .)
