Re: Ultimate check, new way to factor or not?

jstevh_at_msn.com
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: 27 Jan 2005 16:54:23 -0800

mtbf wrote:
> James,
>
> I must inform you that people here are meeting in the secret
> crypto group and discussing ways to steal your discoveries.
> They are ruthless and greedy. Do not disclose your discoveries
> here. Take the RSA money now, and ask questions later. Good
> luck.

Funny. I'm kind of drifting for the moment, so I'm cruising along to
look at posts and see how creative you people got.

Somewhat creative I'd say.

I quit worrying about people stealing my discoveries a long time ago.

I talk out ideas. Yes, I know you people hate it when someone talks
out ideas, and you make excuses for hating free speech by claiming I'm
just immensely obnoxious or something creating all these threads.

But the reality of Usenet is that you can ignore those threads.

I talk out math ideas on Usenet, and people give me grief for it.

My claims are ones that I PROVE mathematically.

The reality about people who get upset about my posting is that they
are busybodies, worrying about another Usenet poster not following
rules they make up, when I'm just doing what you do on Usenet--post.

The reality is that you people are the ones who are weird, not me.

Sure, a burst of postings and threads from someone you don't like can
annoy you, but if you care more about the rules of the road of the
medium, than your personal feelings then you can just let it go, or
make posts that I can happily jump on as silly.

After all, eventually I just get bored with posting and wander off to
do something else, and replying to me with silly stuff doesn't shorten
that period.

People ordering me to stop posting don't shorten that period.

People making fun of my postings don't shorten that period.

I've been posting for years, and I've been rather consistent in posting
as I see fit.

So then, you can post as you see fit if you wish, and make posts that
will not have an impact, except maybe they'll satisfy my need to post
more as I step in to make a post like this one, trying to inform you
about the basics of Usenet, but other than that, you're just engaging
in futile behavior, if your intent is to influence whether or not I
post.

But, I understand that your intent is really to do what I'm
doing--post.
So, then, it is all in the spirit of Usenet, right?

James Harris

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