🚀 go-pugleaf

>One recent example is someone has been almost continuously using many
>of the better CS workstations to crack an RSA encryption key as part
>of a challenge that some internet users have taken an interest in.  Is
>*that* a worthy use of our departments scarce resources?

To me I would say yes, RSA encryption is the leading encryption algorithm
and the CS department is definitely the place to be studying something like
this.  What are computers for anyway?  Are they there to idle and collect
dust?  We as students pay good money to attend this university and some of
that money goes to pay for the computers we have here on campus.  We have
every right to use these computers for a technology like this.  Now I could
maybe see if someone was using the computers for playing games or something
not related to CS, but this IS.  If you want a dedicated machine that's not
all bogged down, then go out and buy yourself one.  That's all I have to
say...

Joel Head
sophisto@holly.colostate.edu