At 8:08 pm -0400 on 6/18/97, Jeff Simmons wrote:
You might call it luck, but at the time the key was found, the combined keyspace searched by the three groups was a bit over 50%, even counting in the expected number of duplicate keys searched.
Which, of course, is the expected time to find a key in any random search. Statistics: It ain't a good idea, it's reality. :-). Stochastically yours, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/