- From: Jon Hanna <jon@spin.ie>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:27:37 -0000
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> > > How can one tell that the parameter to the object tag is trying > > > to invoke an Active-X object ? Is there some central registry > > > > The whole point of guuids (Microsoft globally unique IDs) is that there > > is no need for a central registry, as the chances of a collision are > > negligible. > > Huh? Are we talking something pseudo-random here? I guess anyone > with a clue about combinatorics is a junior programmer noone > listens to, until they grow a suit and pointy hair and "get the > bigger picture". > > "This'll be out of service long before the year 2000 ...." It is neither pseudo-random, nor for that matter Microsoft created (its an Open Software Foundation invention). There will indeed be a risk of UUIDs/GUIDs (same thing, different name) created around 3400 colliding with UUIDs created around 1990 on a machine with the same IEEE 802 address.
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