From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T23:32:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Where to post code relevant to a newsgroup question

On Jun 30, 9:17 am, Lyle Johnson <l...@lylejohnson.name> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM, RichardOnRails
>
> <RichardDummyMailbox58...@uscomputergurus.com> wrote:
> > Perfect answer!  But I don't know anything about Public Key
> > Cryptography beyond the basic idea...
>
> Whoa. How did we make the leap from Pastie to Public Key Crypto?
>
> To use Pastie (and other similar code-paste sites) you just go to
> pastie.org, and type or paste in your source code snippet. You can
> specify the programming language for that snippet using the little
> drop-down list box in the upper right-hand corner of the window (it
> defaults to "Ruby (on Rails)". When you're done, click the "Paste"
> button in the lower right-hand corner. The page will reload, and at
> that point it's in the system and you can share it with others---just
> copy the new URL that's shown in the browser's URL field, which will
> look something like this:
>
>    http://www.pastie.org/224739
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Lyle
>
> P.S. ICQ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ) is an instant-messaging
> system, and Sebastian was just listing his ICQ user number in his
> e-mail signature. One's ICQ number is a kind of unique identifier
> (within that system) but it's not the same thing as a public key used
> in crypto applications.

Hi Lyle,

As always,  you help A LOT.  Thanks!

Best wishes,
Richard