Re: JSH: Dimini****ng concerns on factoring

> The simplest answer, if possible, may be to develop a working program
> and turn it over the United States Government.
>
> My major concern is that I will end up giving up on my dream of
> restoring real mathematical research in number theory and leaping
> humanity forward mathematically, and instead find myself at the heart
> of military endeavors as my problem solving skills are turned instead
> to activities that are invisible to the world.
>
> If that happens none of your countries will have any chance of
> competing with the US within your lifetimes or the foreseeable future,
> and much of what I do will be invisible, but the impact will be
> unstoppable.
>
> James Harris

Yeah James, you could become like a secret govt agent, sort of like
"Get Smart". Yes, I can see it now. James pulls up to a glamorous
casino in Monte Carlo in his cherry red Ferrari, strides confidently
into the casino and orders his usual Martini at the bar (shaken not
stirred). A ***y Russian double spy with big ... eyes spots him and is
magnetically drawn to him. She comes over to James and asks him, in
almost a pleading voice, "Who ... who are you?" He casually puts down
his glass in a measured manner, and replies cooly with a slight
continental accent, "James...James Harris."


HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Oh James, you're such a riot.  ;>)

But seriously though James, you have a much bigger threat that
apparently even you have not thought about. What if extra-terrestials
get wind of your great advances? Isn't is possible that they could get
to you before you had a chance to aid the US govt in your clandestine
efforts? They could abduct you and then the benefit of all your
knowledge would go to them, and not the US. The world govt collapsing,
hell, this could be something that affects the whole universe! You
have to think of something quick James: millions of worlds could hang
in the balance!!!!

M