At 07:48 PM 9/29/00 -0400, Tim May wrote:
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>>So NIST will be silent for three more days. How about the finalist
>>submitters?
>>Did *they* tell anything? I'll bet NIST has contacted (or will contact)
>>them regarding the forthcoming announcement.
>
>"I'll bet the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has
>contacted (or will contact) the winners of Oscars..."
>
>There are stock market implications for who gets (and who does not
>get) the winning AES pick. So it is unlikely that the winners will be
>announced prior to the public announcement.
So, what odds do the Vegas bookies give for the different algorithms?
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