total_number_of_possible_blathes Ptolemy DCLVIII I think it would be: ( 37 ^ 50 ) - 1 However, if you count _ and ' as being different, then: ( 38 ^ 50 ) - 1 Am I missing anything? Is this way off? 060217 ... Ptolemy DCLVIII That is, blathes that can be blathed to and read from (since more than 50 chars doesn't show). abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890_' [-1] because there's no page for 0 I read? 060217 ... meta meta 060217 ... Ptolemy DCLVIII Now that I think about it, someone else already pondered this elsewhere. The question is...WAS IT YOU? 060217 ... SHUTUP ANDRU 060217 ... u24 shutup shutuper. not being a maths geek, I don't know, but it sounds about right. interesting.. 060217 ... One down...kraktillions to Go! iv5iwk2wdu 060217 what's it to you? who go blather from