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Lord Vader
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 Posted: 11/11/02 - 17:44 Post subject: Prime Numbers
Math discovery rattles Net security
Pretty interesting article. I wonder how long it will take to discover the factoring problem? Whenever that happens, the internet is screwed.
Prof. Agrawal said factoring will have to wait a few years; he wants to warm up with something easier, like “derandomizing polynomial time algorithms,” for instance.
Yeah...“derandomizing polynomial time algorithms” sounds pretty easy.
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flarunner
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 17:53 Post subject:
Guess I'll have to stop shopping online and actually go out to the stores.  Which is a pain, especially at this time of year and in this nasty weather 
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Lord Vader
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 19:17 Post subject:
I wonder what will happen to online banking. I'm sooooooo used to doing online transfers and such. Yes, that will suck.
I wonder how online auction sites like eBay will be affected. I've never used them, so I'm not sure how many secure transactions they do.
It's the end of the world, as we know it....
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shelflifers
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 19:31 Post subject:
Ebay-internet= Bay (not good)
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copteacher
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 20:57 Post subject:
wow that guy is one smart dude
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 21:08 Post subject:
They'll just find another secure way to encrypt things. But in the mean time, everyone can send me their credit card numbers and I'll keep them safe.
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copteacher
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 22:20 Post subject:
crap john we cant talk encryption anymore...joel will be able to decode it now
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 22:24 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | crap john we cant talk encryption anymore...joel will be able to decode it now |
I'll send you a new decoder ring.
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Cappy
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 22:26 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | crap john we cant talk encryption anymore...joel will be able to decode it now |
I'll send you a new decoder ring. |
Joel's a math whiz 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 22:30 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | crap john we cant talk encryption anymore...joel will be able to decode it now |
I'll send you a new decoder ring. |
Joel's a math whiz |
But he doesn't like Ovaltine.
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omega lambda
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Posted: 11/11/02 - 23:10 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Cappy wrote: |
Joel's a math whiz |
But he doesn't like Ovaltine. |
I'm having trouble connecting these dots.
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 11/12/02 - 01:04 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | crap john we cant talk encryption anymore...joel will be able to decode it now |
I'll send you a new decoder ring. |
Joel's a math whiz |
But he doesn't like Ovaltine. |
Does he listen to Little Orphan Annie's radio show?
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Cappy
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Posted: 11/12/02 - 06:18 Post subject:
| omega lambda wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | Cappy wrote: |
Joel's a math whiz |
But he doesn't like Ovaltine. |
I'm having trouble connecting these dots. |
Yeah me too 
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