From owner-cvs-all Sun May 7 12:38: 1 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [212.74.0.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B22E037B798; Sun, 7 May 2000 12:37:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@pavilion.net) Received: from genius.systems.pavilion.net (genesis.tao.org.uk [194.242.131.254]) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA50780; Sun, 7 May 2000 20:35:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe@pavilion.net) Received: by genius.systems.pavilion.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 2CA412CF; Sun, 7 May 2000 20:36:22 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 20:36:22 +0100 From: Joe Karthauser To: Warner Losh Cc: Alexander Langer , Satoshi Asami , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports INDEX Message-ID: <20000507203622.E38795@pavilion.net> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200005071924.NAA72800@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, May 07, 2000 at 01:24:36PM -0600 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, Lees House, 21-23 Dyke Road, Brighton, England Phone: +44-845-333-5000 Fax: +44-845-333-5001 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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