[951] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan)
Fri Jun 6 16:13:40 1997
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 12:35:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alan <alano@teleport.com>
To: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
cc: cme@cybercash.com, PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199706061850.LAA08048@servo.qualcomm.com>
[I think this is the last of this particular subbranch of the thread
I'm letting through -- Perry]
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Phil Karn wrote:
> >I think I would have to rely on a defense of the form: "Sure, you decrypted
> >it to read >>Bomb the FBI Headquarters<< but I can demonstrate a decryption
> >that reads >>love and peace eternally.<<".
>
> Right. I can see it now: explaining concepts like "unicity distance" to
> a jury of twelve ordinary, nontechnical citizens...
I wonder how the term "tried by a jury of your peers" became twisted into
"tried by a jury of clueless morons". (Actually, skip that. I know how.
Sigh.)
alano@teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."
