On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Sam Ismail wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Geoff Roberts wrote:
>
> > >Whether participating in distributed crypto challenges (like RC5)
> > >qualifies as "unsavory" is yet to be determined.
> >
> > Nah. I suppose some might think it "unsporting", but it's just
> > jealousy...:^)
>
> I don't think that's unsporting at all. With the latest and greatest
> Pentium, all you have to do is plug a stupid little mini-tower into a wall
> outlet. Victor and his gang will have to haul this huge behemoth home,
> then figure out how to get the right power to it, then figure out how to
> get the right cooling into it, then *pay* for that power and cooling to
> run it, etc.
>
> If anyone is audacious enough to take on such a challenge then they
> deserve the advantage :)
Ok, upon reading further it seems that this is not quite the challenge
that I had imagined, but still, if they have to carry this up a flight of
steps or something then they deserve the advantage :)
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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