> If you use a large enough space for the number you can reduce that
> probability of an accidental collision to much less than that of
> catastrophic hardware failure at which point it isn't noticably better
> than having no chance of collisions.
I find the comparison unconvincing - if my hardware crashes, I know it
and can decide how to recover. If two UIDs collide, my system may
silently do something that may never be detected.
- John Burger
MITRE