Re: Surrogate Factoring Theorem

From: Proginoskes (proginoskes_at_email.msn.com)
Date: 04/07/05 

Date: 6 Apr 2005 22:55:20 -0700

Nora Baron wrote:
> Proginoskes wrote:
> > P.S. I would like to be a fly on the wall when the editor reads
> > Harris's paper.
>
> Editor: God, look at this pile of unsolicited crap I have to
> go through today. Don't these people ever give up?
>
> Secretary: Sir, here is another delivery ... return address,
> Atlanta. And it's got 'Top Secret' stamped all
> over it!
>
> Fly: Bzzz, bzzzz!
>
> Editor: Yeah, yeah. (Starts opening manila envelopes) Oh,
> boy. Look at this. Another genius thinks he's
> going to crack RSA-576.
>
> Fly: Bzzzz?
>
> Editor: Goddamn this pesky fly. I need something to swat
> it with. Hmm. Hey, this should do the trick!
>
> Fly: Bzzzz! Bzzzz!
>
> Editor: WHACK! SPLAT!!
>
> Editor: Yuk, that was a juicy one. Sort of ruined this
> paper however. (Dumps paper in trash). Well, no
> great loss. Fourth one today on surrogate factoring.

Great. The _one_ thing I wish for that I actually get ...

     --- Christopher Heckman

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