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Re:All the crypto code you've ever written is probably broken by troymc on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:34PM (#4779671)
"Dr. Hoenikker used to say that any scientist who couldn't explain to an eight-year-old what he was doing was a charlatan."

- from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle

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Re:All the crypto code you've ever written is probably broken by tptacek on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:35PM (#4779678)
Yes. Definitely go with epigrams from works of fiction to guide engineering decisions.
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Re:All the crypto code you've ever written is probably broken by lawn on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:46PM (#4779767)
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

- Albert Einstein

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Re:All the crypto code you've ever written is probably broken by Nursie on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:50PM (#4779794)
"The problem with quotes from the internet is it is hard to verify their authenticity"

- Abraham Lincoln

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Re:All the crypto code you've ever written is probably broken by lifeisstillgood on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @02:19PM (#4780006)
Totally worth a T-shirt

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Re:All the crypto code you've ever written is probably broken by tptacek on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:51PM (#4779810)
It does not then follow that when someone refuses to explain something to you like you are their grandmother that they do not really understand what they're talking about.

Also I'm pretty sure that's Diablo Cody's quote, not Einstein's.

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Re:All the crypto code you've ever written is probably broken by chc on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @02:13PM (#4779966)
There's a difference between explaining to an eight-year-old what you're doing and instructing that eight-year-old in how to do the same thing safely without spending a long time on his education.
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