Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 20:36:22 +0100 From: Joe Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports INDEX Message-ID: <20000507203622.E38795@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <200005071924.NAA72800@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, May 07, 2000 at 01:24:36PM -0600 References: <20000507211744.D3267@cichlids.cichlids.com> <200005071133.EAA79913@freefall.freebsd.org> <200005071729.LAA71485@harmony.village.org> <20000507211744.D3267@cichlids.cichlids.com> <200005071924.NAA72800@harmony.village.org>
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On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 01:24:36PM -0600, 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. It probably started over here - we use this one too. I've no idea what it means either. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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