From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:56:25 +0800
To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Borders *are* transparent
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On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Simon Spero wrote:

> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:38:59 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
> To: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
> Cc: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
> Subject: Re: Borders *are* transparent 
> 
> On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Peter D. Junger wrote:
> > 
> > I am afraid that the number of machines needed would trivialize even
> > the most non-trivial cash prize.  But for what its worth, I can give
> > you a lot of spare cycles on a couple of 486 Linux boxes.
> 
> Not really - you just give the prize to the first person to return the 
> correct key (just like a real lottery).
> 

But who's money?

> 
> BTW, if you use a central site to allocate ranges to search, this site 
> should not know the correct key, as otherwise it could decide who gets 
> the chocolate bar with the golden ticket.
> 

Definatly.

> 
> If this project is run, I can't see it getting a hit for at least six 
> months unless its _really_ well promoted. The java approach would be a cool 
> hook - a slowish applet for your web page with something along the lines of
> 
>  "You may already have won 20c; whilst you're reading this page, your
> computer is playing the cypherpunks challenge. For a better chance of
> winning, download this free high performance screen saver and game piece."
> 

Or better yet... use an applet and a cookie... you pass it a cookie, the
applet figures the processor type and runs a certain number of cracks,
(within a specified range, listed in the cookie) changes the cookie, and
returns it (that may or may not have been sarcasm ;)

 --Deviant
Whatever occurs from love is always beyond good and evil.
		-- Friedrich Nietzsche


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