I'm a junior in high school and I'm going through the college application times. I'm taking my SAT I's May 1, SAT II's June 5, and my AP tests in June also. I'm thinking about applying to Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Georgia Tech, Stevens, RIT, and Rennsalear. My mom won't let me goto Caltech or Stanford if I even get in (fat chance...hehe), so I'm not even applying. If I don't get into MIT, CMU seems like the place for me to be. Hopefully over spring break I can go visit the campus and if I'm lucky, attend a conference!;o
I haven't heard anything about any of these. Do any exist? I know they have to because people seem to get their "3133t r0m 1m4g35" from people who own such devices...how much do they cost? Do schematics exist, or is it a commerical product.
I'm 16 and I'm very interested in computers...the hardware a tad more than software. (Funny, as I write this I'm preparing to take my midterm on C++ - hehe). Anyways, I tried following reading the TwoFish documentation; however, I don't understand some of the terms in it. I read somewhere (more like everywhere) that Bruce's Applied Cryptography book is a very great read for extreme beginners such as myself. I have a rather strong math background (taking High School Calc now). Although, I'm willing to bet that almost none of the math I learned is the type of math involved with Encryption. I tried to take Vector and Matrix Algebra; however, I was the only one who signed up for the course. My township's Board of Education is total garbage (and according to Howard Stern, a bunch of white nazis because we had school on Martin Luther King Day), and they didn't think it was smart to pay a teacher to teach one kid. (Although, that class would quickly rule and I'd learn everything being that it's probably one of the only classes in the country that has a 1:1 teacher to student ratio *grin*). Anyways, I'm thinking about picking up Bruce's book and reading it; however, I dunno if I'll be able to follow all of this advanced stuff. Any more suggestions? I'd really like to learn what she knows or at least half. Maybe even aide in the peer critique process. (Maybe in it's last year after I read about 50 books...)
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I'm a junior in high school and I'm going through the college application times. I'm taking my SAT I's May 1, SAT II's June 5, and my AP tests in June also. I'm thinking about applying to Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Georgia Tech, Stevens, RIT, and Rennsalear. My mom won't let me goto Caltech or Stanford if I even get in (fat chance...hehe), so I'm not even applying. If I don't get into MIT, CMU seems like the place for me to be. Hopefully over spring break I can go visit the campus and if I'm lucky, attend a conference! ;o
I haven't heard anything about any of these. Do any exist? I know they have to because people seem to get their "3133t r0m 1m4g35" from people who own such devices...how much do they cost? Do schematics exist, or is it a commerical product.
I'm 16 and I'm very interested in computers...the hardware a tad more than software. (Funny, as I write this I'm preparing to take my midterm on C++ - hehe). Anyways, I tried following reading the TwoFish documentation; however, I don't understand some of the terms in it. I read somewhere (more like everywhere) that Bruce's Applied Cryptography book is a very great read for extreme beginners such as myself. I have a rather strong math background (taking High School Calc now). Although, I'm willing to bet that almost none of the math I learned is the type of math involved with Encryption. I tried to take Vector and Matrix Algebra; however, I was the only one who signed up for the course. My township's Board of Education is total garbage (and according to Howard Stern, a bunch of white nazis because we had school on Martin Luther King Day), and they didn't think it was smart to pay a teacher to teach one kid. (Although, that class would quickly rule and I'd learn everything being that it's probably one of the only classes in the country that has a 1:1 teacher to student ratio *grin*). Anyways, I'm thinking about picking up Bruce's book and reading it; however, I dunno if I'll be able to follow all of this advanced stuff. Any more suggestions? I'd really like to learn what she knows or at least half. Maybe even aide in the peer critique process. (Maybe in it's last year after I read about 50 books...)