At 11:11 PM 3/1/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:

At 6:52 AM 3/2/96, Alan Olsen wrote:

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The author has failed to call me back. I do have some serious concerns about the code. (There is not a single XOR used, except to clear registers!) I am starting to suspect that it is based on a mathematical progression based on the numbers 40, 28, 36. I need to spend a bit of time ^^^^^^^^^^ Ah, note that the magic key, 42, is not included. Coincidence, or stupidity?

Actually it is an obscure reference to a movie called "Our Man Flint". It was the basis of the code used in the movie.

Alan, there is not enough time in the universe to waste it on those who will not learn even the basics. The "author," who I had understood to be a friend of yours (though apparently a more distant relationship is involved), is apparently developing something John Dee would have been proud of.

He is more aquaintence than friend... Someone who is a close friend asked me to get involved. As for the other reasons for asking for the references, it is more a matter of personal curiosity. I expect his project to fail anyways for reasons i have already stated... --- Alan Olsen -- alano@teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon "I, Caligula Clinton... In the name of the Senate and the people of Rome!" - Bill Clinton signing the CDA with the First Amendment bent over.