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Date:      Tue, 8 Jul 1997 10:46:29 +0000
From:      "Riley J. McIntire" <chaos@tgci.com>
To:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FBSD-Team for "The Bovine RC5 Cracking Effort"
Message-ID:  <199707081753.KAA12111@train.tgci.com>

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FreeBSD needs the PR, imho...I just started running the client and 
would be glad to switch to a fbsd team.

One other thing, only the proportion of the key space from 
this time forword determines the probability of a team win (finding 
the key).   So the longer the team waits to start, the more probable 
a win *if* the contest hasn't ended...

So even if team fbsd doesn't get an overall performance award, 
depending on the number of machines on the team there's a equitable 
chance of a win.  If we move!

That's not rigorous analysis, but I think it holds water...:)

My $ 0.02,

Riley



> From:          mika ruohotie <bsdchat@shadows.aeon.net>
> Subject:       Re: FBSD-Team for "The Bovine RC5 Cracking Effort"
> To:            jesse@eva.cs.Uni-Magdeburg.DE
> Date:          Tue, 8 Jul 1997 15:17:14 +0300 (EET DST)
> Cc:            freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG

> > mika ruohotie writes:
> >  > since rc5 has been going on for some time now, new email would not
> > That is right. But it would be a good time now to start with a freebsd
> > team in general. The address (team name) can be used in the feature,
> > too. I do not think that it would be a kind of 'bad advertisement' if
> > we are not on the first place.
> 
> well, i admit idea is good.
> 
> but you should first convice us already running in the top 30 on the stats
> to leave that "well" doing team name...
> 
> i would bet hardly any of us would abandon those team names now...
> 
> i know i'm vain enough not to...  :p
> 
> mika@aeon.net -team rules.
> 
> > Roland
> 
> 
> mickey
> 
> 



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