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Kirkland House security guard by night, and math whiz by night, too, Bob Butler has become notorious for asking random river-area pedestrians for the day, month and year of their birth. Those who oblige are rewarded with an immediate calculation of which day of the week they were born...
Butler, who works the 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift Thursday to Saturday, says this impressive trick is something he learned as a junior in high school. “The truth of the matter is, it’s third-grade math,” Butler says. “The kids might think I’m really smart, but it’s simple. I’m not talking quantum physics here...
...finally caves and shares his secret algorithm with FM—on the condition that it not be published. “I’ll sue the F off your M,” he warns. A few hints: The trick involves massive amounts of mental math, memorization and effort. And it only works for dates after...
...Teach kids English. Teach Mitt math,” read a handwritten poster not far from...
...information-hashing techniques are easier to use and harder to crack. But for all the high math that goes into the jumbling of important messages, hackers and security types alike realize that while encryption is hard, people are easy. All too often, the best-scrambled plans of cryptographers are laid waste by an overworked IT guy who forgot to flip the encryption switch or a lazy user who picked a too obvious password...