Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 13:24:36 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports INDEX Message-ID: <200005071924.NAA72800@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 May 2000 21:17:44 %2B0200." <20000507211744.D3267@cichlids.cichlids.com> References: <20000507211744.D3267@cichlids.cichlids.com> <200005071133.EAA79913@freefall.freebsd.org> <200005071729.LAA71485@harmony.village.org>
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In message <20000507211744.D3267@cichlids.cichlids.com> Alexander Langer writes: : Where do these p's and q's come from? RSA encryption? Yes. You pick two primes, P and Q, and keep them secret. Once a while ago when Satoshi-san committed a prime number I made this comment, and a joke got started. With all these primes committed lately, I've continued the joke and made a different once too. In the US when one is being extra polite, one is said to be minding one's p's and q's. I have no clue where this saying came from, but it predates the computer age. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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