At 04:21 PM 1/23/96 -0800, Simon Spero wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Alan Horowitz writes:
[...] Okay. I think I understand. You're a fruitcake. Easy enough.
The official pastry of the 1996 Cypherpunks.
One might note that Zimmerman isn't, er, a common name for yer typical Neo-Nazi... This sort of accusation is sufficient grounds for libel in the UK (such accusations have been found to be defamatory, and would almost certainly be settled within a few days.
Of course Phil (Hallam Baker) has more experience with this sort of thing... Simon
Maybe this is common knowledge, but the name "Zimmermann" and crypto had another relationship, in World War I. If anybody knows more about this incident than my vague recollection of the famous "Zimmermann cipher" would you care to tell the story?