1. RE: White Rabbit < One Second
- Posted by bensler at mail.com
Mar 06, 2002
C. K. Lester wrote:
> > Actually, I haven't even begun to work on comp#3 yet.
> > And I'm going to try to do it without researching
> > cryptography. I want to see what I can
> > "discover" for myself.
>
> I, too, have not done any research into it... except to find some good
> ciphers! I find it's always best to jump into a problem WITHOUT the
> prejudice of others' opinions (or facts, even!). That way, my brain can
> work unencumbered by what other people think. If I get bogged down, I
> feel free to ask questions... as you can tell by my recent hashing
> discoveries... hehe.
>
> BTW, I am very excited because I'm able to get White Rabbit down to less
>
> than one second, even on this old PC up at work!!! Thanks, in part, to
> you guys learning me about hashing 'n' stuff. Tonight I'll be able to
> integrate the new stuff into my deciphering code and things will be
> working extremely fast.
>
> P.S. Anybody know where I get the "White Rabbit" reference? Here's a
> hint: it's from a movie.
>
> P.P.S. Of course, it could be a common term that I think is only unique
> to the movie... I don't know for sure.
>
>
The Matrix. "Follow the white rabbit"
2. RE: White Rabbit < One Second
On 6 Mar 2002, at 22:10, bensler at mail.com wrote:
>
>
> C. K. Lester wrote:
> > > Actually, I haven't even begun to work on comp#3 yet.
> > > And I'm going to try to do it without researching
> > > cryptography. I want to see what I can
> > > "discover" for myself.
> >
> > I, too, have not done any research into it... except to find some good
> > ciphers! I find it's always best to jump into a problem WITHOUT the
> > prejudice of others' opinions (or facts, even!). That way, my brain can
> > work unencumbered by what other people think. If I get bogged down, I
> > feel free to ask questions... as you can tell by my recent hashing
> > discoveries... hehe.
> >
> > BTW, I am very excited because I'm able to get White Rabbit down to less
> >
> > than one second, even on this old PC up at work!!! Thanks, in part, to
> > you guys learning me about hashing 'n' stuff. Tonight I'll be able to
> > integrate the new stuff into my deciphering code and things will be
> > working extremely fast.
> >
> > P.S. Anybody know where I get the "White Rabbit" reference? Here's a
> > hint: it's from a movie.
> >
> > P.P.S. Of course, it could be a common term that I think is only unique
> > to the movie... I don't know for sure.
> >
> >
> The Matrix. "Follow the white rabbit"
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland: "follow the white rabbit"
Kat
3. RE: White Rabbit < One Second
bensler at mail.com wrote:
> > BTW, I am very excited because I'm able to get White Rabbit down
> > to less than one second, even on this old PC up at work!!!
Spoke too soon. It's down by one second to three seconds on this old
PC... We'll see what happens when I get home.
> > P.S. Anybody know where I get the "White Rabbit" reference?
> >Here's a hint: it's from a movie.
C Bensler guessed:
> The Matrix. "Follow the white rabbit"
Kat guessed:
> Alice in Wonderland
No to both. It's actually used by a programmer in the movie... (that's
another hint, folks).
4. RE: White Rabbit < One Second
- Posted by bensler at mail.com
Mar 06, 2002
Swordfish.
It was the decryption program that he had stored on the antique tape
computer.
C. K. Lester wrote:
>
> bensler at mail.com wrote:
>
> > > BTW, I am very excited because I'm able to get White Rabbit down
> > > to less than one second, even on this old PC up at work!!!
>
> Spoke too soon. It's down by one second to three seconds on this old
> PC... We'll see what happens when I get home.
>
> > > P.S. Anybody know where I get the "White Rabbit" reference?
> > >Here's a hint: it's from a movie.
>
> C Bensler guessed:
> > The Matrix. "Follow the white rabbit"
>
> Kat guessed:
> > Alice in Wonderland
>
> No to both. It's actually used by a programmer in the movie... (that's
> another hint, folks).
>
>
5. RE: White Rabbit < One Second
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bensler at mail.com [mailto:bensler at mail.com]
> Swordfish.
Which title is itself a reference to another movie (much older)....
Matt Lewis
6. RE: White Rabbit < One Second
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jbrown1050 at yahoo.com [mailto:jbrown1050 at yahoo.com]
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bensler at mail.com [mailto:bensler at mail.com]
> >
> > > Swordfish.
> >
> > Which title is itself a reference to another movie
> (much older)....
> >
>
> I wonder, which one?
Horsefeathers (Marx Bros)
Chico works at a speakeasy and is set to guard the door. The password was
swordfish. Then there's a funny scene with Chico and Groucho going around
about passwords, and Chico ends up outside while Groucho goes inside and
'changes' the password...
Matt Lewis
