Kudos to Mike Ingle for his diligent record keeping and powers of observation. As much as I like the computational solution for these problems, there's no substitute for documenting a mistake that blows somebody's cover.

Curtis D. Frye

The S. Boxx = LD correlation has been obvious for several weeks. In one notable case, S. Boxx quoted directly from private mail that had been sent by Eric Hughes to L.D. When confronted by this, L.D. waffled a bit and then mumbled something about "of course cooperating with my colleague S. Boxx." For the next several days he was careful to make casual references to "my colleague." As someone else told me, L.D. is a true casualty. I'm trying to avoid discussing his situation on the List. The whole matter has probably already driven people off the List, and more folks may be on the verge. They joined the List to talk about the stuff we are supposed to be discussing, and instead they get a dozen rants a day from Detweiler and as many followups flaming him. ObCrytp Note: Just got the English translation in paperback of the Japanese-published "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics," a large 2-volume set with detailed articles on many branches of math. If the math talked about in crypto is sometimes obscure to you, check this out. The cost is $59, a real bargain these days. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Note: I put time and money into writing this posting. I hope you enjoy it.