Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 07:28:05 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports INDEX Message-ID: <200005071928.HAA04773@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200005071924.NAA72800@harmony.village.org> References: Your message of "Sun, 07 May 2000 21:17:44 %2B0200." <20000507211744.D3267@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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On 7 May 00, at 13:24, Warner Losh wrote: > 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. Two theories: one is Pints and Quarts as in drinking (don't drink too much etc), the other is that p and q are quite similar, so don't mix them up or get them confused. -- Dan Langille [I'm looking for more work] http://www.langille.org/ | http://www.unixathome.org/ http://www.racingsystem.com/ | http://www.freebsddiary.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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