Everything you need to know about cryptography in 1 hour

Re:Everything you need to know about cryptography in 1 hour by cperciva on Friday May 14, 2010 @10:27AM (#1347407)

"Bus factors" refers to how many people need to get hit by busses before there's nobody left who can work on something. In particular, a bus factor of 1 is a very bad thing to have.

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Re:Everything you need to know about cryptography in 1 hour by JoachimSchipper on Friday May 14, 2010 @01:46PM (#1347994)

Although it's mitigated somewhat by the fact that Bernstein is passionate and has been a reliable maintainer in the past. "Bus factor" is typically an euphemism for "someone is going to pay this employee more than we do".

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Re:Everything you need to know about cryptography in 1 hour by euccastro on Saturday May 15, 2010 @07:16AM (#1349722)

I'd call that a cacophonism, though, unless you truly prefer that they get hit by a bus.

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