19 Jun
2009
19 Jun
'09
7:35 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
Be careful, Dan.
There is a subtle, but significant difference between somebody not knowing
what they are talking about V talking about a different subject.
Indeed. <chuckling>
If you figure out a better way to factor large numbers
into their prime
factors, send a credible description to the personnel department at the
NSA, and they will send a black helicopter to pick you up. Actually, you
don't even need to contact them, just talk about it on a phone line or
email that passes between Washington and Baltimore.
Hey, you don't even need to do that. I was hanging around the computer
building in college, and gave a whoop of triumph when I discovered that
the encryption method I had been developing actually did provide
(mathematically proven) unbreakable code. Within 24 hours, I was
talking to a couple gentlemen from an unnamed security agency, who
advised me to avoid publishing my work. I told them that before I'd
consign my work to the trashcan, I'd need a good reason. They provided one.
Warren