-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Simon Spero wrote:
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:38:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu> To: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu> Cc: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com> Subject: Re: Borders *are* transparent
On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Peter D. Junger wrote:
I am afraid that the number of machines needed would trivialize even the most non-trivial cash prize. But for what its worth, I can give you a lot of spare cycles on a couple of 486 Linux boxes.
Not really - you just give the prize to the first person to return the correct key (just like a real lottery).
But who's money?
BTW, if you use a central site to allocate ranges to search, this site should not know the correct key, as otherwise it could decide who gets the chocolate bar with the golden ticket.
Definatly.
If this project is run, I can't see it getting a hit for at least six months unless its _really_ well promoted. The java approach would be a cool hook - a slowish applet for your web page with something along the lines of
"You may already have won 20c; whilst you're reading this page, your computer is playing the cypherpunks challenge. For a better chance of winning, download this free high performance screen saver and game piece."
Or better yet... use an applet and a cookie... you pass it a cookie, the applet figures the processor type and runs a certain number of cracks, (within a specified range, listed in the cookie) changes the cookie, and returns it (that may or may not have been sarcasm ;) --Deviant Whatever occurs from love is always beyond good and evil. -- Friedrich Nietzsche -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMfXQWDAJap8fyDMVAQHudwf9HRjkXkToQcUb4dnmfLYl4LO3PFa0RCrF ADOZmOpdOGlHhSFmzXRM/mdd/hnPnbltVpAULC8Pkb+ztGOyAUbSyYyZaBszNKNE dF0ri0e+NXs6UNDFQonGriM3Qi+3Pvb4fVXYvJ5Of1NIvDlO+rSOzrymo6j1wb6A 1HA7/jj3xtpy0vV/175QNgnqmIcGFEn89biR/nVQpGuFBEXw+JGajjibohAbcvbv xeaxuKvNg3rMk0ynqUDL2/5sYGUf9q4VzLzmjt9c12OIt83lUWH4YAj7gDCrpCyx Lxsxln3Y9b6DoeBmtMY1RT9rUiNHziBOD7r1ePeGcrdAAVjFuR5QNg== =lltr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----