Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!elroy!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!palmer From: palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu (David Palmer) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: NSA advertisment Message-ID: <4781@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 20:18:14 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.4781 Posted: Sat Dec 5 20:18:14 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 22:04:46 EST Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (David Palmer) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 22 I just read a magazine add seeking people to work at the NSA (pg. 80R of Dec. 1987 IEEE Spectrum) The graphic is 10,000,0... (100 zeros) written on three lines. The first paragraph of the text reads: You're looking at a "googol." Ten raised to the 100th power. One followed by 100 zeros. Counting 24 hours a day, you would need 120 years to reach a googol. Two lifetimes. It's a number that's impossible to grasp. A number beyond our imagination. I just thought that people in this newsgroup would like to know that the NSA has machines which can count at 1e90 Hz. It sort of makes RSA look trivial to crack by exhaustion. Or perhaps there's something wrong with their ability to grasp numbers beyond their imagination. David Palmer palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu ...rutgers!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!palmer The opinions expressed are those of an 8000 year old Atlantuan priestess named Mrla, and not necessarily those of her channel.