tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post110628821388895471..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Skype and homeland securitySteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1138055713029853312006-01-23T17:35:00.000-05:002006-01-23T17:35:00.000-05:00To those just think skype is vonderful to use:Skyp...To those just think skype is vonderful to use:<BR/><BR/>Skype is a selfish software and took other software's bandwith for itself usage. That's why it feels better than others. If that's a standard way later, every software using same way, internet will full of waste traffic and nothing will working well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106599996824627012005-01-24T15:53:00.000-05:002005-01-24T15:53:00.000-05:00Ramanujan's was the kind of mysterious brain I had...Ramanujan's was the kind of mysterious brain I had in mind for the script :-)<br /><br />BTW, although I descended from a long line of model-builders (including H. Georgi), I am not a huge fan of it myself. The field these days is in a speculative frenzy, and lots of hard problems go unattacked.Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106590610408189722005-01-24T13:16:00.000-05:002005-01-24T13:16:00.000-05:00Actually, you are really on to something! Delete t...Actually, you are really on to something! Delete these blog entries and sell your script. There are millions of dollars/euros at stake! (Forget about getting off the hedonic treadmill!)<br /><br />The story line is not at all implausible. After all, there was the untrained mathematical genius Ramanujam who seemed to know numbers intimately. <br /><br />The more I think about it, the more it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106588262576302842005-01-24T12:37:00.000-05:002005-01-24T12:37:00.000-05:00ECC is a bit less CPU intensive, so used on smart ...ECC is a bit less CPU intensive, so used on smart cards, etc. A lot of european financial firms have big bets on ECC.<br /><br />My feeling is the number theory "hardness" of breaking ECC is less understood than factoring (central to RSA), although now that I say that I'm not sure why as they both boil down to taking discrete logs.<br /><br />IIRC, there was a kfluffle a few years back when Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106575722934411832005-01-24T09:08:00.000-05:002005-01-24T09:08:00.000-05:00Steve,
What is your take on elliptic curve crypto...Steve,<br /><br />What is your take on elliptic curve cryptography? Do they have any computational advantage over prime number factorization based algorithms of similar strength?<br /><br />MFAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106395431712402752005-01-22T07:03:00.000-05:002005-01-22T07:03:00.000-05:00I love this blog, and wait on some of a physicist'...I love this blog, and wait on some of a physicist's thoughts on art :)<br /><br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106322744091360102005-01-21T10:52:00.000-05:002005-01-21T10:52:00.000-05:00Skype is wonderful.
AnneSkype is wonderful.<br /><br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com