From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Jun 23 14:49:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mcp.csh.rit.edu (mcp.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0A914C4F for ; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:49:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from markd@csh.rit.edu) Received: from gibson.csh.rit.edu (IDENT:markd@gibson.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.15]) by mcp.csh.rit.edu (8.9.1a/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA11594 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:49:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Dunham Received: (from markd@localhost) by gibson.csh.rit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA17816 for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:49:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:49:04 -0400 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Team FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990623174902.A12903@csh.rit.edu> References: <000901bebd8e$bfcf6b80$291c453f@kbyanc.alcnet.com> <37710068.45691461@thuntek.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.5i In-Reply-To: <37710068.45691461@thuntek.net>; from Donald Wilde on Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 09:42:32AM -0600 X-Operating-System: OSF1 alpha Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 09:42:32AM -0600, Donald Wilde wrote: > Kelly Yancey wrote: > > > > I have to admit that finding evidence of extraterrestial life would be > > one of the great, if not the greatest, milestone of mankind...but how long > > is it going to take? 1 year? 10 years? 100 years? In the meantime, I > > personally can derive a greater sense of accomplishment from more readily > > accomplishable tasks. True, cracking digital encryption isn't as sexy, but > > it has a tangible timeframe to completion. Also, distributed.net is > > organizing other, more practical, projects including OGR. Which when > > available, I intend to put equivalent effort into pushing Team FreeBSD > > to the top of that effort's rankings. > > But again, there are just my personal beliefs, since we were sharing :) > > > SETI could be 5 minutes from finding the Bugs... or it could be 500 > years. What matters is the benefit -- whether they're friendly or not > =8-O -- not the work. > > If you crack an RC5 key, you're only cracking ONE message's code, and we > already know IT CAN BE DONE, given enough cycles. I like to devote my idle cycles to something I find to be slightly more productive. The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search is moderatly useful, and theres a big 'ol prize, too. Check out www.mersenne.org/prime.htm for more info y'all. Mark > -- > Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" > Wilde Media > PMB 117, 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd SE v: 505-771-0709 f: 771-1356 > Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 web: http://www.Wilde-Media.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message