The Alice and Bob After Dinner Speech

October 25, 2003 8:04 PM

There comes a time when people at a technical conference like this need something more relaxing. A change of pace. A shift of style. To put aside all that work stuff and think of something refreshingly different. So let's talk about coding theory.
posted by thebabelfish (7 comments total)

I like - if you chop the URL and head to the eTexts area - there are more interesting texts.
Thanks.
posted by jkaczor at 9:56 PM on October 25, 2003

that is one of the greatest and most accessible talks on coding theory and cryptography i have ever read.
posted by moz at 10:19 PM on October 25, 2003

[this is good]
posted by teferi at 10:28 PM on October 25, 2003

[this is very good]
posted by Keyser Soze at 10:34 PM on October 25, 2003

Sweet.

"Right now it's working on the Halting Problem."
posted by kaibutsu at 10:42 PM on October 25, 2003

that is one of the greatest and most accessible talks on coding theory and cryptography i have ever read.

Really? Isn't it, rather, a pile of coding theory gags strung together? Good ones though:

"Perhaps it would be a better idea if we looked for strong keys. In fact, why not look for THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE KEY. Then we could all standardize on it."

Heh.
posted by Dan Brilliant at 12:25 AM on October 26, 2003

funny stuff.
posted by juv3nal at 1:26 AM on October 26, 2003