Nathan Russell wrote:

>> 12348829 103   F  9722991869324431663702571958950  22-Feb-01 07:48
>> SCUM           C7375CE26
>
>
> Is this a bug in the reporting software?  I don't have the tools to 
> work it out exactly, but a 103-bit number should be slightly larger 
> than 2^103, or
> 10141204801825835211973625643008.
> the factor
> 9722991869324431663702571958950
> is one digit too short, and thus appears to be truncated. 

2^103 is the upper limit I believe, not the lower limit.

YotN,

Henk

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