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> but you'll have a non-zero rate of pages you think you've downloaded but you actually haven't, depending how you tune it. My (not-very fresh) memory of what
by pooriaazimi 14y ago
> but you'll have a non-zero rate of pages you think you've downloaded but you actually haven't, depending how you tune it.
My (not-very fresh) memory of what bloom filter actually is tells me that this "non-zero rate" you're talking about must be HUUUUGE. In order of millions of pages. Am I right?
- JoshTriplett 14y agoYou can construct a bloom filter with an arbitrarily low error rate.
- cypherpunks01 14y agoYou're right if OP was using a small bloom filter, and wrong if it was a big one. Hence, the phrase, "depending how you tune it."