From: Jano Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T00:07:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Random Generation of Characters

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 07:58, Tj Superfly <nonstickglue@verizon.net> wrote:
> Perhaps this would be more practical if it was put into a MySQL
> database?
>
> This isn't much of solving a problem then it is of completing the list.
> Basically, these codes are used for images, some already exist and some
> don't. I already have a program that checks to see if images exist and
> deletes them from the file, so once I have a list, it would be easy for
> me, but a long process for the computer.
>
> I'm not sure, 2.8 trillion is a lot, perhaps I should give up. x_X

I guess you should change the other part of your program to not rely
on having the list explicitly available.
The list itself is over 20 TB in size, not counting any overhead.
For example, if you just store a list of deleted items and available
images, you may save
a lot of time and memory/disk.

So once again, what problem are you trying to solve? (Hint: it looks
like it's something about images)
If you describe your intent from the high-level perspective, somebody
may help you with a different approach.
It's like painting - most of the time you have to be close to the
canvas, but from time to time you have to step back and
see the whole picture.