[dave@horsfall.org: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Charles Babbage!]
Interesting - I didn't know Babbage dabbled in crypto.. Apparently the "Vigenere Cipher" was considered unbreakable for ~3 centuries, although Babbage and others broke it and variants of it at various times up to and in the 19th century... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher ----- Forwarded message from Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> ----- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:58:47 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org> Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Charles Babbage! User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (BSF 202 2017-01-01) Charles Babbage KH FRS was born on this day in 1791; pretty much the father of the computer, a model of his "difference engine" built to the standards of the day worked, complete with its printer. What is not so well known about him was that he dabbled in cryptography, and broke the Vigenère cipher; unfortunately for him it was classified as a military secret, so one Friedrich Kasiski got the credit instead. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ----- End forwarded message ----- -- GPG fingerprint: 17FD 615A D20D AFE8 B3E4 C9D2 E324 20BE D47A 78C7
Thanks a lot, John! Loved the original message and all your comments! <3 I confess I always love Dave Horsfall's messages, but this one was specially fantastic for having an interesting subject and because was sent to "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society", hahahaha!!! ;D God, I did really *love* this name! I was needing to laugh, thanks for the unexpected inspiration, hahaha!! <3
TUHS and Minnie go way back. 3c501 and MFM/RLL/ESDI, who still has those :) Props, and to those who were and are there.
On Dec 26, 2017 18:41, "grarpamp" <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote: TUHS and Minnie go way back. 3c501 and MFM/RLL/ESDI, who still has those :) Props, and to those who were and are there. Did I mention today how much I love you, my dear grarpamp? More than I love cute cupcakes, aww! <3 Oh, God, now I am very, very curious and feeling a stupid noob... Well, I definitely am a complete noob, considering the only Minnie that I know is Mickey's girlfriend, d'oooh! #fail #sorry :P
On Dec 26, 2017, at 5:01 PM, Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka@gmail.com> wrote:
On Dec 26, 2017 18:41, "grarpamp" <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
TUHS and Minnie go way back. 3c501 and MFM/RLL/ESDI, who still has those :) Props, and to those who were and are there.
Did I mention today how much I love you, my dear grarpamp? More than I love cute cupcakes, aww! <3
Oh, God, now I am very, very curious and feeling a stupid noob... Well, I definitely am a complete noob, considering the only Minnie that I know is Mickey's girlfriend, d'oooh! #fail #sorry :P
Haha, Minnie is the server that hosts The Unix Heritage Society (TUHS) mailing list :). Minnie.tuhs.org. I believe the name dates back to when it ran on Minix... there’s some info at the site. As for TUHS, I just lurk on that fascinating and entertaining list, and try to read as much of it as I have time for... Cheers John
On Dec 26, 2017 21:50, "John Newman" <jnn@synfin.org> wrote: Haha, Minnie is the server that hosts The Unix Heritage Society (TUHS) mailing list :). Minnie.tuhs.org. I believe the name dates back to when it ran on Minix... Oh... So "TUHS" means "The Unix Heritage Society" and Minnie is a server, not a cute mouse with ribbons... Hmm... <embarrassing silence> :-/ John, my dear, thank you for all the patient explanations. Warren must probably think I am very retarded, but accepted me yesterday on "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society" List, hahahaha!!! ;D After two days of non-stop crying with almost no rest, I was deeply exhausted, but so curious and fascinated with the awesome name of that list that I asked to Warren if I could be a member of it, even not being a "hysterical eunuch", hahahaha!!! ;D My last message before falling asleep was for him, saying "thank you!". I was very happy and smiling a lot when met the Sandman last night... I bet all my three deceased friends would approve my participation on that list and I promised to be a good girl there! Only there, of course! :D God, I need more rest... My body is still so painful and tense that seems I was smashed by Hulk dancing can-can with a kaiju over me... :(( I am late with important answers in other lists, but I will try to get some sleep before for avoiding more bizarre messages, hahaha!! Wish you all an awesome day, full of joy, sincere smiles, and good music! ;D Love you very much, John! Thank you a lot, dear! <3 Ceci, zzzz... ( -_- )* zzzz...
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