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NODE f0793c3dwhoops! jet@netcom.com (J. Eric Townsend)Mon, 11 Oct 93 17:46:24 PDT

I just sent mail saying I had 1/72 of 2^56 bytes of storage.  I was
wrong, it seems I dropped 'a few' zeros.

In reality, there's 1/72057th or so next door.  That's a bit different
than 1/72.

Never mind,

NODE 3e401344Re: whoops! "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>Mon, 11 Oct 93 19:31:05 PDT

J. Eric Townsend says:
> 
> I just sent mail saying I had 1/72 of 2^56 bytes of storage.  I was
> wrong, it seems I dropped 'a few' zeros.
> 
> In reality, there's 1/72057th or so next door.  That's a bit different
> than 1/72.

Ah, reality catches up.

You also forgot a factor of 8...

Perry