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It does narrow it down, but not to any useful level. For all intents and purposes, trying to pick someone from a pool of 150 million vs 7 billion is essentially
by leoedin 14y ago
It does narrow it down, but not to any useful level. For all intents and purposes, trying to pick someone from a pool of 150 million vs 7 billion is essentially the same level of impossible.
- daeken 14y agoReally interesting article on using information theory to narrow down suspects of crime: http://www.gwern.net/Death%20Note%20Anonymity http://www.gwern.net/Death%20Note%20Anonymity
- leoedin 14y agoThat is pretty interesting. The wikipedia edit time example is particularly revealing. The AC hum stuff is truly fascinating!