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To: LibWhacker
Wow. Amazing individual. Seems so many mathematicians die young. Today 51 is very young.

Galois, a mathematician whose work forms the foundations of our modern cryptographic systems, died at the age of 20 in a duel. Age 20 is way too young. And it just goes to show, just because you're a genius doesn't give you common sense or make you a marksman.

6 posted on 11/12/2017 9:18:55 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

That pretty well sums it up.


15 posted on 11/13/2017 12:11:39 AM PST by proudpapa (This is not the tagline you are looking for.)
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