[109593] in Cypherpunks
CDR: RE: Shovel v Spade, there is a difference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Tue Mar 30 14:09:10 1999
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:42:42 +0200 (CEST)
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?spade
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?shovel
use Humor::Scorekeeper;
$gilmore = $gilmore;
$choate = ($choate <= $gilmore) ? $gilmore+1 : $choate+1;
:-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Choate [mailto:ravage@einstein.ssz.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:11 PM
> To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
> Subject: CDR: Shovel v Spade, there is a difference
>
>
>
> ----- 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.
>
>
