URLs, IPs and interception

[Peter Fairbrother]

Tom Thomson wrote:
> -- Peter Fairbrother
> Sgriobh Peter Fairbrother [zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk]
> 
> (snip)
>> but that alone *doubles* the IPv4 address space
> (snip)
>> [*]((2^32 - 1)/2^32, for those who are as pedantic as I can be when
>> drunk.. or being mathematical ..)
> 
> As an ex-mathematician, and at least as drunk as Peter, I can be equally
> pedantic:  what notation is it that uses right to left lexical
> precedence for operators ^ and -?  Usually one assumes either left to
> right precendence or that ^ takes precedence over -, which gives
> approximately 1 for the quoted formula (1 less one part in about 4
> billion) instead of approximately 0.5.


No notation I know of - it should read (2^33-1)/2^32. My apologies.

Which would be 2 times (not 0.5 times), less a gnat's bit.




I did notice the mistake, and post a correction, earlier though, if that 
counts ...


:)


-- Peter