:: 19-Jan-1999 06:57 (Tuesday) ::
OK, Stats are mere minutes away from being made public.
In what is sure to be a vain attempt at avoiding a full inbox in the
morning, let me mention that “gnu@distributed.toad.com” is John Gilmore,
the man behind EFF’s Deep Crack. No, he has not spoofed blocks. Yes,
that block count is completely legitimate. That’s Deep Crack.
Also, all time-dependent estimates (keyrate, odds to complete, etc) are
grossly underrepresented because the calculations mistakenly assume that
we’ve had the full 24-hour day to do the work listed. This is obviously
not the case as the contest didn’t begin until 17:00 GMT.
As soon as we’ve had a full 24 hour day behind us, this will
auto-correct. (that’s assuming the key isn’t found in the next few
minutes. :)
Thanks for your patience. I’d like to remind everyone that Quake and
Unreal are not permitted until the key is found. And stop listening to
those MP3s! ( for the humor-impaired)