I was just lying in bed and all of a sudden I realized...

I actually understand RSA public key encryption!

And it's so simple too.. why didn't I see it before? A child could do it! (well, ok, a child who knows algebra could do it)

It's amazing what simple, random, and mundane thing can break you out of your complacency for a minute and make you realize that there's so much more out there to the world than the little piece of it you spend your everyday in. Silly things, obvious things, things that perhaps nobody else out there would ever consider anything unusual in any way ( Read more... )