John Ioannidis writes: > (they [TSA] still picked up "random" people without the search > string on their boarding passess).
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH! If this list was to have a subtitle it would be "Practical uses of randomness". Surely they're rolling dice, or cutting a well-shuffled deck, or consulting a book of random numbers, or using some other secure source of randomness. Somebody please tell me that they're not just picking people "at random". I am reminded of a six-year-old's idea of randomness: eenie, meenie, miney, moe. -- -russ nelson http://russnelson.com | "What Problem Are You Trying Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | To Solve?" is a service mark 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | of Crynwr Software. Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]