17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Terence Joseph Mallon writes:
"When people talk of encryption they use the word break, they are approaching from one way but not the only way. I am at present trying the reciprocal, that is, to mend."
Why do I sometimes feel that personalities that once were drawn to design of perpetual motion machines or techniques for squaring circles may very soon flock to cryptographic "research"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Nobody's going to listen to you if you just | Mike McNally (m5@tivoli.com) | | stand there and flap your arms like a fish. | Tivoli Systems, Austin TX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~