OT: password/passphrase generation

[Phoenician]

:> Does that make you old fogeys past your prime?

<runs and hides before he gets hurt by bad source code>

- M

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Jim Herrmann
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 10:51 PM
To: KCLUG
Subject: Re: OT: password/passphrase generation

OK, it says it used to be considered a prime.  I guess I'm just an old
fogey from way back when one was prime.  ;-)

Gerald Combs wrote:

>On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Jim Herrmann wrote:
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>>One (1) is a prime by definition.  A prime number is evenly divisible by
>>only itself and 1.  Thus, the number 1 fits this definition.
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>According to the "Prime FAQ," 1 is not prime:
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>    http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/notes/faq/one.html
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>It lists four separate reasons.
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>>Peace,
>>Jim
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>>>>>What number does not belong?  < 1 2 3 4 5 >  And why does it not
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>>>>4 it is not prime
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>>>Neither is 1.
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