Warp wrote:
>   Another interesting (and nerdier) example:
> 
>   Assume we have a 3GHz processor, and that it can increment a 32-bit
> register at each clock cycle. How long does it take to go through all
> the values of that register?

Ooo... 2^32 = 4 billion. 3 GHz = 3,000,000,000 incriments per second. So 
we have... a little over 1 second.

>   Now assume that it's a 64-bit register instead. How long does it
> take now?

2^64 = (2^32)^2, so if 2^32 takes 1 second, 2^64 should take 4 billion 
seconds (which is about 136 years). So... a ****ing long time then.

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