By '33 bits', I understand that you're referring to the minimum amount of information to identify an arbitrary person on Earth? 2^33 ~= 8.5 billion. Interestin

By '33 bits', I understand that you're referring to the minimum amount of information to identify an arbitrary person on Earth? 2^33 ~= 8.5 billion. Interesting idiom. I hadn't heard it before, but the usage makes sense.