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Hey August!

 AA> The ftsc write-ups could serve as a guidebook for solutions and
 AA> examples and help remove ambiguity and false interpretations.

FTA-1006 might be of interest to you wrt the subject at hand.

 AA> Even 2038 maybe of little concern for most of here right now. :(

Arguably we're still stuck back in 1995 or at best 1998 which makes the tagline below rather ominous given that was when I thought the two digit year should have gotten the heave-ho.  :-|

I think my tinfoil hat might need readjusting or perhaps I should turn off the random tagline thingy ... or both?

 AA> Yes.. it is sad that there is not much new or alternative
 AA> emerging in the "ideas" department for FTN.

I think they are out there lurking.  Before the election in FTSC_PUBLIC there was some chatter happening about the winds of change that hopefully will be restarted soon.

 AA> I do hope to see what transpires commencing 2038.

For me it is in the realm of possible but I don't know how active I'll be then ... if I make it that far that is.  However I think I am well equipped for it and have been for quite some time now.  Heck I have been experimenting with 2106 which I am positive I won't be here to see but am still highly interested in playing with the idea of it and hence the flexible seconds field of my so-called proposed MSGID serialno.  Here is what I see happening exactly one second after the 2106 expiry date;

  100000000-00000000

Note that the first hex field is now 9 hex characters instead of 8, while the nanosecond part following the ascii dash remains fixed at 8 hex characters.  The first hex field will increase to 10 hex characters one second after "36812-02-20 00:36:15.000000000+00:00" in rfc-3339 speak.  What are the odds that fidonet will have finally gotten over it's hardon for the two digit year before then?

Life is good,
Maurice

... Eall ¨‘t mon untidlice ongin¨, n‘f¨ hit no ‘lt‘¨ne ende.
    Anything begun at the wrong time will never have a good end.
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