[109590] in Cypherpunks
CDR: Shovel v Spade, there is a difference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Tue Mar 30 13:26:12 1999
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:11:25 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
----- Forwarded message from Jochen Bern -----
[John Gilmore]
> Perhaps we should have a little contest for what to call the RSA
> algorithm, given RSA's objection to calling a shovel a spade.
----- End of forwarded message from Jochen Bern -----
A shovel is not a spade. A shovel is a hand implement that is used to move
material in a scooping motion. A spade is a digging implement specificaly
designed to be pushed into the ground using the foot.
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