> Yeah but have you really looked at the stats? At the current rate of
> number crunching, there is a 50/50 chance that the key will be found
> sometime in the next 23 years.
..but if you calculate in Moore's law of doubling performance every 18
months, you're down to only about seven years for a 50-50 chance. Even
better, the keyspace will be exhausted in about nine years.
Keep it running, keep upgrading, and keep the faith!
Btw - recent measurements show a PPro-200 running Linux to RC5 faster
than our brand new 270MHz Ultra 5 with Solaris. I'd like to attribute
it to Linux, but suspect the full-speed large L2 of the Pro has
something to do with it...
~kzm
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