Kryptograff

Kryptograff contains Paul Conant's thoughts on scientific and mathematical matters. Conant is a journalist who holds no scientific degrees. This blog was set up after problems at the previous address: http://kryptograff.blogspot.com. Please check there for previous posts.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

A wunderbar password for anyone

The trouble with the password system described below is, what happens if you forget your calculator? That, in fact, is just what I did today...

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Passwords: the weakest security link

I've been laboring under the delusion that passwords composed of words and numbers are relatively effective. Adding numbers to passphras...

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Zeno a go go

The post below generated a lively controversy (see comments). So now we serve up Zeno deluxe : Consider a measuring stick. We have the segme...

Monday, March 3, 2008

Zeno was right

It's only in the last few decades that the Big Bang theory has been accepted and the cosmos dated as being on the order of 10 10 years ...

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

A recursion function for square roots

OK. This post is NOT a big deal. I posted a previous version on Angelfire several years ago and, after reviewing it last night, decided to p...

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Probability of intelligent design

Draft 4 How might we calculate the probability that a very primitive organism occurs randomly? Herewith is an approach: Let us grant that an...

Saturday, October 27, 2007

The Jordan curve theorem holds for wild curves

Draft 3 Assertion The Jordan curve theorem holds for a set of non-visualizable, "wild" curves that can be posited in accord with t...

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