[1]http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/daily/11/01/minesweeper.html from the article: "Proving the conjecture false would mean that modern encryption technology, the foundation of electronic commerce, would be open to easy attack." Isn't that a little general? Possibly jumping to some hasty conclusions about P versus NP as well? ok, Rush References 1. http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/daily/11/01/minesweeper.html