The Lounge - CodeProject

First Prev Next

GOTD

Shameel24-Sep-13 23:02

Shameel

24-Sep-13 23:02

{FFC01FB9-F42E-4742-A786-01E6A19A9603}

Re: GOTD

vonb24-Sep-13 23:11

vonb

24-Sep-13 23:11

The signature is in building process.. Please wait...

Re: GOTD

Argonia24-Sep-13 23:14

Argonia

24-Sep-13 23:14

Its a guid. Or else a unique id of a class or interface which can be used though COM.

Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

Re: GOTD

Mark_Wallace24-Sep-13 23:18

Mark_Wallace

24-Sep-13 23:18

That much we know, but it's not present on the machine I'm sitting at, and gets zero google results, so I (and probably others) have no way of knowing what it's for.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: GOTD

User 5924124-Sep-13 23:20

User 59241

24-Sep-13 23:20

So it's unintelligible to all but the OP. Fairly typical.

Peter Wasser

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa

Re: GOTD

Mark_Wallace24-Sep-13 23:24

Mark_Wallace

24-Sep-13 23:24

I'm hoping that it's a baby-block destroyer for Windows 'ate.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: GOTD

Ankur^\m/25-Sep-13 1:42

Ankur^\m/

25-Sep-13 1:42

Mark_Wallace wrote:
it's not present on the machine I'm sitting at

And the probability of having one would be about 50% if every person on earth owns 600 million GUIDs. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

..Go Green..

Re: GOTD

Mark_Wallace25-Sep-13 1:49

Mark_Wallace

25-Sep-13 1:49

I think you may be missing a few factors in your equation.

i.e. some GUIDs are somewhat more ubiquitous than others.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: GOTD

Ankur^\m/25-Sep-13 2:26

Ankur^\m/

25-Sep-13 2:26

Mark_Wallace wrote:
i.e. some GUIDs are somewhat more ubiquitous than others.

Certainly. But that's a probability, which is always calculated based on some assumptions.

And that figure was taken from Wikipedia - Globally unique identifier[^]. Smile | :)

..Go Green..

Re: GOTD

vonb24-Sep-13 23:19

vonb

24-Sep-13 23:19

I saw that. What confused me: why in the Lounge?

The signature is in building process.. Please wait...

Re: GOTD

Shameel25-Sep-13 0:09

Shameel

25-Sep-13 0:09

We have an OTD for everything, why not GUID?

Re: GOTD

chriselst25-Sep-13 1:06

chriselst

25-Sep-13 1:06

Quite.

A thought it was a good joke, although I see you have been reported for it.

Reporting is replacing downvoting more and more, and very rarely is what gets reported either abuse or spam.

“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks

Re: GOTD

vonb25-Sep-13 2:22

vonb

25-Sep-13 2:22

Well, I had once a Swiss weather quote of the day.. Got downflagged pretty quickly..

The signature is in building process.. Please wait...

Re: GOTD

Rage25-Sep-13 1:06

Rage

25-Sep-13 1:06

Argonia wrote:
unique

It is not unique. It has a high probability of not already being used somewhere.

~RaGE();

I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

Re: GOTD

Mark_Wallace24-Sep-13 23:16

Mark_Wallace

24-Sep-13 23:16

{Mornington Crescent}

I WIN!!!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: GOTD

CBadger24-Sep-13 23:51

CBadger

24-Sep-13 23:51

the answer is obviously "ÿÀ¹?B?GB?x?æ¡š–"

Loading signature...

. . . Please Wait . . .

UOTD

Keith Barrow24-Sep-13 23:19

Keith Barrow

24-Sep-13 23:19

FFC01FB9-F42E-4742-A786-01E6A19A9603*

*Not guaranteed universally unique.

PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

Re: UOTD

Shameel25-Sep-13 0:10

Shameel

25-Sep-13 0:10

Keith Barrow wrote:
Not guaranteed universally unique.

Shouldn't it be enough if they're globally unique? (Unless of course, we learn about aliens who use them)

Re: UOTD

Keith Barrow25-Sep-13 3:04

Keith Barrow

25-Sep-13 3:04

I read an actual discussion about this very thing elsewhere, believe it or not, which is what prompted my reply.

Not guaranteed unique is always true both GUIDs and UUIDs BTW, though the chances of generating the same two IDs are vanishingly small for truly random sets. The UUID I supplied, is the same as the OP, meaning neither my nor his UID are unique, negating them as either Universally or Globally unique IDs.

PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

Re: GOTD

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson24-Sep-13 23:20

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

24-Sep-13 23:20

what a waste of a guid, you are aware that we are running out of them? and here you are wasting the few we have left, you should be ashamed

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Re: GOTD

H.Brydon25-Sep-13 5:24

H.Brydon

25-Sep-13 5:24

No sweat ... By the time we get close to running out, we will have come up with GUIDv6.

Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo.
- Harvey

Re: GOTD

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson25-Sep-13 23:56

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

25-Sep-13 23:56

I have always wondered how they tell when we have run out? do we get a big error message stating

"sys error" no more GUIDs available

(probably with a sound clip going "na na na")

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Re: GOTD

Pete O'Hanlon24-Sep-13 23:31

Pete O'Hanlon

24-Sep-13 23:31

{000cea5e-deed-f4ce-babe-le550b501e7ed}

Chill _Maxxx_

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

Re: GOTD

OriginalGriff24-Sep-13 23:49

OriginalGriff

24-Sep-13 23:49

*Yawn*

Seen that one before...

The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.

Re: GOTD

Ingo25-Sep-13 0:04

Ingo

25-Sep-13 0:04

If you post a GOTD here every day, I mustn't have to use a Guid-Generator. That would be great. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

SharePoint Consultant and Developer at acocon
Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem

I'm the ninth in a row of seven!

Last Visit: 31-Dec-99 18:00 Last Update: 18-Jun-24 4:52

Refresh

ᐊ Prev 1...20705 20706 20707 207082070920710 20711 20712 20713 20714 Next ᐅ

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.

Welcome to the Lounge