<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: jamesbattleIn reality, I don't think that primes are used all that much... the only algorithm which I recall actually using primes is a hashtable, where a prime just larger than a power of 2 is used. By far the best way, is to tabulate them and this is what's done in th...

<t>Sorry about the late reply.Openssl had a security fix released in the last couple of weeks because of a timing attack. Assuming that the remote server is administered by someone else, this means that either the remote host is compromised, or that the admin of it upgraded his ssh package carelessl...

QuoteOriginally posted by: slowjoeUh, can our homeless man do long division?Sod that, can he do modular exponentiation? If you're preparted to be wrong with Carmichael numbers, you just ask him to run the probabilistic prime test n times.

Uh, can our homeless man do long division?

<t>More info, which paints a less dark picture.Proposed order from a lawyer in the US.ResponseSummaryThere is a case in South Aftrica which involves disputed credit card withdrawals in London, in which Anderson and two Phd students at Cambridge are expert witnesses.Diners Club South Aftica has asked...

<t>Hi,An academic in Cambridge has written a paper drawing attention to security vulnerabilities in bankingsoftware development.The author (Ross Anderson) wrote on 18 Feb:QuoteI got a fax yesterday informing me that an application is to be brought in the High Court, it seems by Citibank, on Thursday...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: MobPsychoMy ex-girlfriend's father tells the story of when he was stationed in northern Florida in the 1950's, and one of his friends worked the warehouse where they stored booster rockets to get heavy bombers off short flight decks. For a drag race, these guys claim, t...

QuoteOriginally posted by: MobPsychoMore extreme question: Suppose I made a billion dollars a year selling some product or service, where every one of my customers was on welfare. Would you exempt me from the income tax?Buddy, it sounds like you need to worry more about the DEA than the IRS.

<t>Two committed vegan atheists meet at Berkeley, and decide to raise the ultimate politically-correct son. All is sweetness and light until schooling starts, and he brings home a series of report cards with "F"s in maths. After trying a series of home-learning courses and tutors, they drop their pr...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: playerI know I originally started of the debate by asking whether i should learn c or C++...- however the company where I'm being sponosred recommends I dont learn either and instead focus on C#.They argue that in 2-3 years time most banks will be implementing that soft...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFC<i>Because, as MJ pointed out, higher education in this country is badly broken. </i>We have proven the nee I accept that. Fail to see why tuition fees look like the answer.We have an appalling shortage of maths teachers for instance. If maths grads are in debt, the...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: hubabubaI use Kate editor for writing code and then compile it in the shell. Are there any other, better development applications than KDevelop?KDevelop is not familiar to me, but appears to do the main things expected of IDEs. Start using the output windowand Makefiles...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCMJ:The graduate's income after he graduates.That is where we are now, so why change? Graduates on average pay far more tax than the average, both in absolute terms, and as a % of income.Because, as MJ pointed out, higher education in this country is badly broken.If ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: hubabubaHiCan't get another program to work. Right now i'm programing in linux, but will try to get Visual Studio.Below is what compiler says, task for the program(i don't really understand how exactly my code should look from reading the task) and code:Task:Write a pro...

<t>It is reasonable to assume that a machine's name should remain the same. It is not reasonable to assume that its IP address should remain the same. Apart from DHCP, office moves and re-orgs will likely change IP addresses. So will kit upgrades. Domain names exist to reliably map names to machines...