Try using the hostid, gethostid(2).
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______________________________________/Through the darkness, the future past,
Trevor Paquette ICBM:51'03"N/114'05"W|The magician longs to see.
{ubc-cs,utai,alberta}!calgary!paquette|One chants out, between two worlds,
paquette at cpsc.ucalgary.ca |"Fire, walk with me."