Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 13:18:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Roger Bryner <bryner@atlas.chem.utah.edu> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com On Wed, 22 Jun 1994, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
The conversation was predicated on the notion that no major breakthrough in factoring has occured, as I explicitly said. A minor What reason do you have to believe that this will be the case? Why is it foolish to use available and cheap computer power to hedge your bets?
Because you might be reading your mail on an HP-100LX with a silly-pissant 8088. Cheap and availabile? Only if you're willing to carry a heavy computer around with you. -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | ask4 PGP key 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 (9201 FAX) | Quakers do it in the light Potsdam, NY 13676 | LPF member - ask me about the harm software patents do.