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From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Speaking of long-ish passwords
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:37:32 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/22/2024 9:09 AM, Rich wrote:
>> Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 6/21/2024 3:01 PM, Rich wrote:
>>>> Cri-Cri <cri@cri.cri.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:45:24 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Chris very much so likes to "insert" his hmac cipher into every
>>>> discussion thread, even those where it is off topic (although the
>>>> off-topicness is questionable here....).
>>>>
>>>> He did this so much that Richard Heathfield killfiled him a couple
>>>> years back after having become frustrated with his "insertions" (among
>>>> other things).
>>>
>>> Ahhh, the open secret... I gave away too many of my experiments. He got
>>> pissed.
>> 
>> More accurately, you *hijacked* too many threads to insert your hmac
>> cipher into them, and then did not listen and crucially, *adjust your
>> behavior in the face of negative feedback* about your doing so, with
>> the result that he got tired of the hijacking and killfiled you.
>> 
> 
> Oh. I do remember him getting pissed off about me talking to much about 
> my progress with SCOS.

Ah, that too, you revealed some details that he asked the group not to 
reveal, in order that the 'challenge' of cracking it oneself remained 
possible.