Some other math/crypto sci-fi

[mmotyka at lsil.com]

>Fubar wrote:
>
> I enjoy a scene from a recent Bond film - where James is called on the 
> telephone whilst he is in a compromising position with an academic at 
> Cambridge University. He suavely navigates the telephone call, and when 
> finished, his female companion remarks "James, you were always a such 
> cunning linguist". My memory of the scene may differ slightly, but hopefully 
> you pick up the play on words. The academic was a languages specialist, and 
> if course, she was gorgeous.
> 
That joke predates the Pierce Brosnan Bond movie by decades - making the
use of it stale and crusty.