Re: VMs: Spending lots of money...

[steve ekwall <ekwall2@xxxxxxxx>]

hi ALL :-)
 

 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:46:09 +0000
 From: Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 Subject: Re: VMs: Spending lots of money...
 
 Hi Elmar,
 
 At 14:21 30/01/2004 +0100, Elmar Vogt wrote:
 >So, this means that the solution of the VM doesn't depend on gazillions of 
 >CPU
 >cycles to be spent on the subject, but in finding the right method, the
 >algorithm -- which is still what people are better for. So, even without a
 >tremenduous budget (which still would help, I strongly support setting up a
 >research central in Hawaii!), we have the chance to solve the riddle -- which
 >is why I would label the situation :-).
 
 Actually, setting up in Florence or Milan wouldn't be a bad option either. :-)
 
 >P.S.: A small question from a non-native speaker of English: What is the
 >difference between a "code" and a "cipher"? Is there a distinction?
 
 A code is a list of (typically numerical) indices into a code book (ie a 
 transformation at the word level) [4 5 3 7 2 6 1] - while transposition 
 ciphers reorder the sequence of letters [sa ni siht elpmaxe], while 
 substitution ciphers replace letters with one or more (typically imaginary) 
 ones. Nomenclators form a kind of hinterland between the two (ie "replace a 
 word with an imaginary letter").
 
          1       code
          2       decode
          3       how
          4       this
          5       is
          6       a
          7       you
 
 Cheers, .....Len Pickling.....  :-) 
 
 
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AND that "order 'IS'"

312
4*8
657


Best to you & yours :-))
steve (1 of 12) ekwall
"3 1 2 4 * 8 6 5 7" you _FLIP CODEKEY_ on "*" or Gallows

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