I was only vaguely aware of PGP (I didn’t know the name of it, anyway). At the time I think I was also confused about how seriously I was supposed to take the notion that you’d use a PGP public key for something so silly as declaring Quirrel points. It was a multi-level joke that required some knowledge to be not just better understood but firmly internalized for it to be funny.
(I’m assuming now that part of the joke was that you’d use a public key for this in the first place. I didn’t get that at the time)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
I'm not aware of any rule or norm which would put any limit on the silliness
of data that can signed or encrypted with PGP.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAk3M0d8ACgkQXbwSbN5LuzVhCQCgtj4Q5IpZf9OLwv+ghM21UPeV
FNkAoIK6hdZquPjyocwJqxiwhjFVC/Cx
=dQT1
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Oh, you mean you had thought of a limit on what kind of data could be signed? But the PGP signing is just technology, while the content is free form and can be anything. Think of it as a notarized paper. You can probably get all kinds of papers notarized if you are willing to pay for it. PGP is more secure, less effort and less widely accepted. But basically Quirrel just puts out his comment, and signs it in a way that allows for later proof that he made it.
It is really no big effort, just some software.
No, I understood that. It makes sense, if we honestly were to A) highly value Quirrel points, and B) need to be able to tell reliably whether a given person had a given Quirrel point. I thought it was kind of cool when he first did it, then I thought about doing it myself, then realized that attaching a giant notarized seal to an internet comment that nobody was ever going to double check was pretty silly. Then I assumed that was the point.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
I'm not aware of any rule or norm which would put any limit on the silliness
of data that can signed or encrypted with PGP.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAk3M0d8ACgkQXbwSbN5LuzVhCQCgtj4Q5IpZf9OLwv+ghM21UPeV
FNkAoIK6hdZquPjyocwJqxiwhjFVC/Cx
=dQT1
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
I’m not aware of any rule or norm which would put any limit on the silliness
of data that can signed or encrypted with PGP.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
I was only vaguely aware of PGP (I didn’t know the name of it, anyway). At the time I think I was also confused about how seriously I was supposed to take the notion that you’d use a PGP public key for something so silly as declaring Quirrel points. It was a multi-level joke that required some knowledge to be not just better understood but firmly internalized for it to be funny.
(I’m assuming now that part of the joke was that you’d use a public key for this in the first place. I didn’t get that at the time)
Oh, you mean you had thought of a limit on what kind of data could be signed? But the PGP signing is just technology, while the content is free form and can be anything. Think of it as a notarized paper. You can probably get all kinds of papers notarized if you are willing to pay for it. PGP is more secure, less effort and less widely accepted. But basically Quirrel just puts out his comment, and signs it in a way that allows for later proof that he made it. It is really no big effort, just some software.
Thank you for responding.
No, I understood that. It makes sense, if we honestly were to A) highly value Quirrel points, and B) need to be able to tell reliably whether a given person had a given Quirrel point. I thought it was kind of cool when he first did it, then I thought about doing it myself, then realized that attaching a giant notarized seal to an internet comment that nobody was ever going to double check was pretty silly. Then I assumed that was the point.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
I’m not aware of any rule or norm which would put any limit on the silliness of data that can signed or encrypted with PGP. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAk3M0d8ACgkQXbwSbN5LuzVhCQCgtj4Q5IpZf9OLwv+ghM21UPeV FNkAoIK6hdZquPjyocwJqxiwhjFVC/Cx =dQT1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----