>>I meant to send this to Cypherpunks, but only sent it to David Honig. So, he's a slight head start on solving the puzzle.<<
Zats ok,we all gotter get old one day.Keep taking that viagra for your head aches. <stuff cut> > >>... Some cog scis think this is evidence of >> hardwiring for social cheating perception. >> > This is very interesting.<< If your past debate I guess anything is. > > Not having read the article, but speculating anyway on the general > point, it may be more than just "cheating." It may be the form of > thinking that encourages probing weaknesses, finding flaws and > loopholes (which is often what "cheating" is), and generally behaving > as a "tiger team" member looking to break in or demolish something.<< Tim the tiger? More like a fat tabby. > > My most productive years of crypto thinking were from 1988 to 1992, > when I figured out a lot of the "undermining" things clued-in readers > know about.<< So why do you hang around like a bad smell? Your entertainment value is falling sharply with every post.If we need a fat cat mascot we'll be in touch. > > And my best work at Intel was when I was, without any false modesty, << perish the thought! > Intel's top "smoke jumper," << Smoke and mirrors without cites >parachuting in to crisis situations and > bulling my way around looking for weaknesses and points of attack.<< Operation Mongo drop. I > solved a lot of problems by being very sneaky.<< I can believe half that statement. Included at the end is > is a puzzle.<< What does this superannuated twit think we are? > > Must be why some people here are so impressed by my charm.<< Well I'm underwhelmed by the intelligence,depth,wisdom and foresight.I grant a thin veneer of charm,wearing thinner. > I think there's a connection to this kind of problem-solving and > cheating, and to "getting the juices flowing" and 'thinking outside the > box." Cheating is a kind of "devious" thinking, which is essentially > what thinking outside the box is.<< Lateral thinking,fuzzy zoeller logic,blah blah blah.You'll look good in a box,Tim. > > Appendix: A math puzzle. Imagine a solid sphere. Maybe the sphere is > made of plutonium. A drill bit is lowered onto the sphere, going right > through the center, centered on the center (that is, the drilled-out > core is not off-center in any way. What is left is a sphere with a > cylindrical section (and the two end caps) removed. The height of the > remaining part of the sphere is 10 centimeters. What is its volume?<< Alt puztle.Imagine Tims head drilled right through.What is his volume on this list? > > --Tim May > "The Constitution is a radical document...it is the job of the > government to rein in people's rights." --President William J. Clinton<< Tims job is to rein in real crypto-anarchy.
