"This is for all you newcomers...." as the protagonist in the film "Starship Troopers" says.
Danny van den Berghe seems to be a blow hard, and if you've gathered that impression, you are probably correct. There is no doubt that JP May pays reliably on bets he makes. Any thorough search of the e-gold or dgc-chat list archives will reveal that fact.
JP May is also not someone for whom $100 is very much money. Obviously not, since he upped the offer to $310. JP is someone for whom a principle is worth a lot more than money, and he will pay to uphold his principles. He also won't pay if that is consistent with his principles.
Here's my proof that Danny is a blowhard. Follow the logic here: Danny writes:
That $100 would have been 0.34 ounces back then. Which is $130 at todays rates...
JP replies:
I am happy to jumble the digits and up the payout to $310, how's that!
To which Danny retorts:
It is the OUNCES FIGURE that matters to me. 100$ at the moment you lost the bet, was 0.34 ounces.
You can see where Danny has refused an offer of $310 to put his Turing cracker on the web.
That's probably why the images have been improved by now.
Naturally, Danny doesn't offer to crack the current Turing number.
I have found on occasion that the black lines of the radial pattern and the black numbers three and eight can overlap to make it difficult to be sure which is which. I'd love to see an automated Turing reader, on the web, now. And I'd be glad to see JP May pay off on his bet.
Regards,
Jim http://www.ezez.com/
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