1996-02-07 - Re: [NOISE] Paranormally Good Privacy

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From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
To: Dave Del Torto <cypherpunks@toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-07 06:58:26 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 14:58:26 +0800

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From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 14:58:26 +0800
To: Dave Del Torto <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: [NOISE] Paranormally Good Privacy
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960206201930.00964940@mail.teleport.com>
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At 01:48 AM 2/6/96 -0800, Dave Del Torto wrote:

>1996-02-06	PGP-Y
>
>Our paranormal testing program has already had one commercial spin-off. Our
>engineers have developed a truly foolproof data security protocol. It is
>called PGP-Y -- "Pretty Good Parasychology." The mechanism is simple. You
>imagine that you have transmitted data to someone; that person then
>imagines that he has received it. Using PGP-Y, any type of information can
>be transmitted over the Internet with complete security. The key is that
>the data is transmitted high over the net -- so high that the data actually
>travels above the net rather than within it. The data is transmitted
>telepathically (and for those who distrust electronic funds, we also have a
>scheme for transmitting cash and gold plate telekinetically.)

There were a number of times where I had to explain to users that the "T" in
TCP/IP did not stand for "Telepathic". (Glad I am not doing that anymore...
I would expect calls from people looking for that version.  And when we
would support it...)
Alan Olsen -- alano@teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction
        `finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key 
                http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ 
         Is the operating system half NT or half full?






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