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Talk:Commitment scheme

message: I think the explanation of a bit-commitment protocol from a hash function is incorrect:
A simple commitment scheme is the following: if b is the commitment, Alice generates a large random number r and gives to Bob a hash of b concatenated with r. To open her commitment, Alice reveals b and r thus letting Bob recalculate the hash and compare it with the hash given him earlier to make sure Alice didn't cheat.
If the output length of the hash function is specified (as it is in most cryptographic hash functions) concatenating h(b) and r allows Bob to completely recover h(b) and r.
There is a reasonable sounding bit-commitment protocol from a hash function explained at everything2, and unless someone can explain why the protocol explained here works, I'm going to change the one here.
--Beamishboy 00:00, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is there any good reason why this page doesn't give a link, in the external links section, to a site
such as  which will actually
calculate the commitment?  (I got that link from Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-05-14/Committed identity.) --Coppertwig (talk) 19:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to external site 

message: How would such an exchange actually look?
In human words.
— 81.173.138.89 (talk) 19:28, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a rock/paper/scissors example in the intro, but it isn't really comprehensible currently. I'll try to rewrite it. — J D (talk) 14:17, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

text: I deleted the rock/paper/scissors example from the intro and replaced it with a simple analogy, and I rewrote the first section of the article (coin flipping) so that it is intelligible to a general audience.  Success? — J D (talk) 14:43, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is useless, since it lacks … a real-world example … for humans. 

message: This sentence seems out-of-place:
:This scheme isn't perfectly concealing as someone could find the commitment if he manages to solve the discrete logarithm problem. 
If someone did solve that problem, the entire internet would break - and there's no suggestion that someone could find that solution anytime soon as far as I know?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8000:1A99:9A00:CC32:4655:2CD0:1A1B (talk) 13:06, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's not out-of-place: the problem with solving the discrete logarithm is that all known algorithms are slow, not that there are no known algorithms.  Perfectly concealing means concealing against adversaries even with unbounded computational resources.  (This is discussed at several places in the article.) --JBL (talk) 18:27, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-constructive (misleading?) sentence? 

message: ≈≈  ₯₯°₯₯ We never know... ₯₯°₯₯  ≈≈
∞
Finnh54 (talk) 11:41, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will it ever be fixed?
Talk:USS Stringham (TB-19)

message: (Torpedo Boat No. 19: dp. 340; 1. 232'4"; b. 22'; dr. 6'6" (mean) ; s. 30 k.; cpl. 59; a. 4 6-pdrs., 2 18" tt.; cl. Stringham)
Need clarity --Brad101 00:04, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Uku Masing

message: Removed the sentence "He was also a bigger supporter of ethnofuturism, meaning that he wanted to revitalize literature through national traditions." Besides being hard to understand, the sentence is anachronistic because the concept of ethnofuturism dates from early 1990s (when Kivisildnik & co founded a literary newspaper KO$TABI). See  for an ethnofuturist manifesto. Masing (mainly his philosophical ideas) may have inspired some people in that movement but he didn't have (and couldn't possibly have) any direct connection. Lebatsnok 16:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Night of the Living Dummy saga

message: ==edits== what was up with the part about the supple breasts and ripping through her abdomen and feasting on her head
Uhm, this is like way unproffessional. It reads like an 8-year-olds book report. They assume their problems are all over. But... when the two go up to their rooms Slappy says "Hey slaves, thanks for taking care of that other guy", or something like that. Now they have to... or not... kill Slappy or fuck slappy. wtf
I think some slight edits were in store, to meet with WP's voice. Sorry if I offended anyone by chopping up their writing -Power Slave 00:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I totally agree.  I'll be rewriting this.Waluigi Freak 99 23:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

message: I'll be moving this page to Night of the Living Dummy Saga, since it covers the entire saga and not just that one book.  If there are any complaints, feel free to revert.Waluigi Freak 99 23:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: "Night of the Living Dummy" stands out as one of the best Goosebumps books, with detail and consistency that were conspicuously absent from later entries.
According to who, the random person who wrote this line? Obviously POV, should either have a source or just be deleted altogether.--74.193.164.97 04:57, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can you say POV? 
Talk:Fatos Tarifa

message: Because it is causing a Checkwiki error #70: "ISBN with wrong length", I removed the ISBN from the entry:
Hakmarrja është imja: Morfologjia sociale dhe gramatika morale e gjakmarrjes [Vengeance is Mine: The Social Morphology and Moral Grammar of Vengeance] (2014) - -3-1;
I have tried unsuccessfully to locate the correct ISBN on the Internet. Knife-in-the-drawer (talk) 01:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad ISBN
Talk:Pitfall (Animal Crossing)

message: I think is is long enough to be "un-stubbed". You can't write much more about a hole in the ground. Austonst 00:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

message: "dreaded glitch DUMMY..." 
I don't think it's that dangerous. --Alexie 23:06, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, yes it is! It's been known to destroy entire files! I suggest you look at the GameFAQs AC Glitch Guide. RememberMe? 02:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd better be careful, believe it! --Alexie 18:43, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  DUMMY
Talk:Avadana

message: Is a Buddhist Avadana the equivalent to, say, Islamic Hadith? Le Anh-Huy 00:27, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Buddhist sutras/suttas are in a way equivalent to hadith. There's no Western equivalent to avadana because they involve reference to previous lives. Peter jackson (talk) 16:42, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Avadana equal to what?

message: Unless the material in this article can be demonstrated to be different from the Jataka article, which is much the more familiar term for narrations of the past lives of the Buddha-to-be, I propose that this article should be merged with it. The Pali dictionary says the term apadana can also be applied to the (moral instruction to be derived from) the lives of Arahants but there is no demonstration of this in the article. Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 08:08, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed merge
Talk:Suleiman (elephant)

message: Little problem here... Maximilian didn't become the Holy Roman Emperor until 1564, when his father Ferdinand died.  Indeed, Maximilian didn't have any royal title until 1562, at the earliest.  I suppose it's possible that the elephant was given specifically to the prince, rather than his father; but I'd like to see some specific references for this point, as it seems somewhat strange. Kirill Lokshin 03:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Er, sorry, yes, it was given to him before he became emperor (see the German article, which is a bit longer and gives some sources).  Perhaps the article should make this clearer.  I will add some external links from the section above, which should make it clearer. -- ALoan (Talk) 08:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maximilian? 

message: Ok, so Burgkmair, Altdorfer and Durer were all dead years before the elephant ever got to Europe.  Anybody know what's with this section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.134.181.209 (talk • contribs) 
:Hmm, now I'm beginning to wonder how good the fact-checking on the original German article was. Kirill Lokshin 04:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah - I supplemented the German article with material from our article History of elephants in Europe, which is where this one came from.  See thisdiff.  I will remove this offending section as it is not confirmed by the German article and clearly cannot be right.  Thanks for pointing it out. -- ALoan (Talk) 08:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

text: The consensus of the sources I have seen are clear that the elephant was transported by ship to Genoa and walked from there.  Perhaps the artist confusion comes from this other elephant. -- ALoan (Talk) 08:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Artists
Category talk:Certification marks

message: I just added some articles, such as Halal and Recycling symbol to this category. These may not fit exactly into this category because they either don't have a mark, or they may not be certified. I'd like them to be in a related category, though, and no other category seems to offer itself. Common Man 00:31, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: not exactly on the mark
Talk:Alexander Romanov (Command & Conquer)

message: Quote: In the Soviet campaign, Yuri betrays Romanov by mind-controlling General Vladimir to murder him.
Although Romanov cries out 'No! Vladimir!', this is after Yuri has begun mind-controlling Romanov. The fact that we do not actually see Vladimir kill him, suggests it was Yuri or one his agents using their psychic trickery to take him out. 88.107.22.2 00:32, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: True. Removed. --Chodorkovskiy (talk) 14:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Yuri's Betrayal
Talk:The Print Shop

message: Shouldn't this page be merged with Print Shop? 'The' is used in the name.Peter Tangney 00:35, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand what you mean. The title of this article *is* "The Print Shop". Fourohfour 15:03, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry wrong link. I meant print shop.Peter Tangney 23:58, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

text: As far as I know, "The" is the part of product name, therefore it cannot be merged with Print Shop.  --Aylo 10:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: Someone had a box cover for Maniac Mansion as a graphic not the print shop.
Dan  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan wright (talk • contribs) 02:40, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed Vandelisim.

message: Is this not Out of date? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.165.211.49 (talk) 01:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of date? 

message: I came here looking for informatiion about the proprietary format of PrintShop (even if only the file extension(s)) in the hope of finding out whether other software is capable of importing or converting it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.244.55 (talk) 16:42, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much history, not enough technical info 

message: There seems to have been (and possibly still continuing) lawsuit between Mackiev and Encore software over the macOS version of Print Shop. This is not mentioned in the article, but might be useful.  One of the judgements on it is here: https://casetext.com/case/wd-encore-software-llc-v-software-mackiev-co-1
Jrincayc (talk) 01:47, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  WD Encore Software, LLC v. Software Mackiev Co.?
Talk:Anna Smashnova

message: I have read that she divorced her coach, hence, has stopped using the name Smashnova-Pistolesi. When did this happen?--202.138.133.18 00:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is true. Anna married her coach, but got divorced not long afterwards. Anna never stopped living in Italy though. I will take the time to improve this article. I know Anna Smashnova personally so I will elaborate on this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yguinor (talk • contribs) 23:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smashnova-Pistolesi 

message: it seems from the intro to the article that "In addition, she won a women's Grand Slam championship." which seems to suggest an adult grand slam event. But further on it is clarified to be a "In 1991, she won the girl's singles title at the French Open." and there are no adult grand slam events in the titles list. 
It's confusing because had I only read the first part, I could have been mistaken
(ps this is my first post)
Thanks
Tom  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tolland (talk • contribs) 03:00, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  clarification 
Talk:Steve Macdonald (filk musician)

message: I've suggested merging WorlDream into this article.  Both are short, and the people who want to read about WorlDream are mostly going to be the people who want to read about Steve.  The WorlDream article would become a redirect. GMcGath 00:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  

message: this page should be called Steve MacDonald with capital D, as the official site states his name that way· Lygophile has spoken 23:25, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mac'''D'''onald 

message: Hello there, would it be possible to maybe exchange the picture against one of his official ones (publicity pics) on his website, for example this one: http://www.stevemacdonald.org/images/publicity/14.jpg, or this: http://www.stevemacdonald.org/images/publicity/22.jpg ?
What do you think? He'd be much happier with that than with a profile/belly shot ;-)) I'd do it myself but I do not know how to upload pictures and don't want to break anything. Ta, Katyhh 14:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless he freely licenses one of them, we can't use them. The image we have is free to be used, modified, or even sold; these freedoms we want to preserve. --Sopoforic 23:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Basically just email him and ask him to license it freely (e.g. GFDL, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA). You'll need to forward that email with headers, to the permissions queue. The detail is at Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission, and you can find sample requests for permission at Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. Be sure that if you do get a license, he clearly states how he is licensing it--'for wikipedia only', 'for non-commercial use', 'for educational use' aren't acceptable, in particular. Good luck. --Sopoforic 11:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I seem to be totally unable to get the references/citations right. Anyone willing to help with that? TaMuchly. Katyhh (talk) 13:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hokay, got it right now, I guess, so ... thanks. Katyhh (talk) 19:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 
Talk:Amy Carlson

message: Although we have a photo up, we should have one portraying just Carlson.  In the old article (prior to its deletion due to the fact it was a direct copy), there was a picture; I don't know if it's still saved somewhere. Mike 7 00:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: How can she be "most notable" for a show that lasted maybe 13 episodes when she was a main character on Third Watch for three years?(A show that's not even mentioned except in passing at the bottom)--T. Anthony 12:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then, did you add information on that?  Most recently, she was in TBJ as one of the co-stars. Michael 17:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just did so, but I intended to stop editing articles. Ahh well.--T. Anthony 06:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, then. Michael 06:42, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Most notable, huh?

message: The section on her background seems to imply that she started college at the age of 14.  Which isn't completely unheard of, but if true, it is notable and should be mentioned explicitly.  If not, those sentences need a rewrite... /blahedo (t) 23:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  College age? 

message: if you ask google if shes married, a million websites say she and syd butler got married in 2004. i didnt edit because im not sure what constitutes credibility. im assuming quality over quantity. and i didnt really find that.
just wondering if maybe she really is married. Snarevox (talk) 03:14, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spouse or partner? 

message: Anti-NPOV adjectives and puffery-style descriptive phrasing throughout. She’s a good actor and deserves a solid NPOV article in our encyclopedia. (It seems likely that a lot of the article was written by a paid editor.)
Please see the NPOV edit I just did on the first intro paragraph (complete with a small joke in the “Improved?” description).
I don’t have the bandwidth to rework the whole article anytime soon, but felt an obligation to point this out. Left Central (talk) 15:01, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article smacks of puffery throughout.
Talk:Specialist in Psychology

message: I don't think that this article is really necessary - the information is easily covered in Specialist degree, and there isn't much distinguishing this from the other degrees, especially the SSP. Integrating all Specialist degrees will simplify things and avoid confusion. And if not that, we could probably think about bringing Psy.S., SSP, and Ed.S. together into one article. --Tim 00:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topic Integration 
Talk:Yellow EP

message: *All song titles serve as redirects to this album, have their own pages, or have been placed at the appropriate disambiguation pages.--Hraefen Talk 17:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: '''<^>v!!This album is connected!!v<^>'''

message: Is "Yellow EP" the correct title for this page? I can find it labelled as simply "Gang Of Four" or "Gang Of Four (Yellow EP)" from different sources. It looks like it has been titled potentially erroneously on this page and others that mention it. Kadnaz (talk) 15:52, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title
Talk:Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology

message: Have restructured article and added some more information. Will continue to edit, but can we consider removal of this tag?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ApathyCat (talk • contribs) 19:04, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Peacock Tag Removal
Talk:List of most populous municipalities in Belgium

message: It says a "partial list" - is that just a disclaimer because the list doesn't claim to be complete, or is it because there are certain criteria? And if so, what are they? I'm assuming someone just took the first 20 cities of List_of_Belgian_municipalities_by_population, but others like Aarschot were added.
So if there turn out to be criteria, I'll remove the ones that don't match those criteria.
--Paul Willocx 01:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Criteria for selection?

message: 100% duplicate - so it should merge —Loginnigol (talk) 17:45, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  No! This comment shows that the concept of Cities does not make clear sense in Belgium. A definition is needed, it exists under an article Status of cities in Belgium. In fact it means villes.  It is not the same as municipalities communes, and certainly not the usual sense of large towns.
Jacquesverlaeken (talk) 08:33, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[List of Belgian municipalities by population]]
Talk:Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

message: Is anyone looking to expand the listing backwards in time?  I know that during the 1980's the House reading clerks (according to the Congressional Record) were Mr. Berry and Mr. Gregory.  Don't know their first names or party affiliations but I could probably locate them somewhere if there's interest in this page. Newyorkbrad 01:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: untitled

message: It'd be wonderful if someone could figure out what the party designations mean, i.e. does the Republican clerk only read legislation or motions/amendments introduced by Republicans and vice versa for the Democratic clerk? --WoohookittyWoohoo! 22:26, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarification 

message: * http://artandhistory.house.gov/highlights.aspx?action=view&intID=521
* http://oralhistory.clerk.house.gov/interviewee.html?name=swanson-irving&view=bio
--MZMcBride (talk) 03:14, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cites for later
Talk:Thomas A. Mathis and J. Stanley Tunney Bridges

message: I've recently ridden my bicycle over both bridges and found them quite dangerous, especially during the evening rush hour, when the traffic is going 60 or more although the speed limit is only 40. Does anyone have any reliable sources documenting the danger? John Link (talk) 15:41, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dangerous for cyclists
Talk:Prakash Jha

message: Note:  Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under :Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag  TALK2ME 08:06, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Delhi Addition 

message: Hii sir pooja chaudhary this side nd i m from mathura u.p sir i want to a actress can uhh support me sir actually i m 2 years ago in modelling field. . So sir i need ur support 
Mahh email address. Chaupujaa@Gmail.Com
Thankuuu.. Pooja Chaudhary (talk) 05:39, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pooja chaudhary  
Talk:Decommissioned state highways in New Jersey

message: Many of these could be split and possibly merged into other articles. For instance S41N/155 could be part of a page about the former ferry there. 44T could be part of a page about the proposed tunnel. 75 would work well as its own page - there are large ramp stubs at I-78 and I-280. Some of the old alignments could be covered in the articles on the main routes, like 180 in 72. --SPUI (T - C) 01:15, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for supplying your rationale.  It is possible that some of them could be better served elsewhere.  I created this page to solve the problem of all the redlinks on State highways in New Jersey and in the infoboxes/succession boxes on the other state route functions.  If these routes can be discussed elsewhere, that's fine, as long as the "browsing chain" remains unbroken. -- NORTH talk 01:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Dick's Picks Volume 8

message: Hello!  About this recent addition to the article, I appreciate your enthusiasm for the subject, but in my opinion it's too much of a good thing.  I do think that it's appropriate for this Wikipedia article to talk about the Colonial News article that's included in the album liner notes, but not at such great length.  A one or two paragraph summary would be better here.  Perhaps you could edit down what you've added to a much shorter version.  Or perhaps I or some other editor can do it.  "P.S." Though the Colonial News article uses all caps for emphasis in places, that should be changed to lower case (or rather sentence case) here, as described at WP:ALLCAPS. — Mudwater (Talk) 00:30, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colonial News article
Talk:Indo-Pakistani war of 1965/Archive 2

message: pakistan got humiliated in front of the entire international comminity. in other words, they got their buts kicked. lahore was on the verge of being captured, then 71. 1 half down. wouldnt it be nice to have a world with no pakistan (should be soon enoguh i hope)
RastaDUCKY 23:20, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  defeat, utter defeat (or close enough)
Talk:Expeller pressing

message: So are seeds on a conveyor belt moving under a ginourmas rolling pin, squishing out oil? Please paint more of a picture with words, whoever know more about this, it would be appreciated. Nastajus 01:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is there some consensus on what Wikipedia should stick to? I would have thought Celsius seeing as it is the SI unit?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.246.224.73 (talk) 16:16, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Temperature Units

message: Has bern around for millennia and has major importance in archaeology. Arminden (talk) 11:13, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  History, evolution: nada!