Simple proof that GUID is not unique

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I'd like to prove that a GUID is not unique in a simple test program. I expected the following code to run for hours, but it's not working. How can I make it work?

BigInteger begin = new BigInteger((long)0);
BigInteger end = new BigInteger("340282366920938463463374607431768211456",10);  //2^128
for(begin; begin<end; begin++)
  Console.WriteLine(System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString());

I'm using C#.

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30 Answers

The only solution to prove GUIDs are not unique would be by having a World GUID Pool. Each time a GUID is generated somewhere, it should be registered to the organization. Or heck, we might include a standardization that all GUID generators needs to register it automatically and for that it needs an active internet connection!

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