I imagine Hilarie is referring to the (commonplace, albeit incorrect) use of 'factor primes' to mean 'factor integers into primes'.
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 at 7:10 PM From: "Mike Stay" <metaweta@gmail.com> To: "Hilarie Orman" <ho@alum.mit.edu>, math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [math-fun] xkcd CVE list today
I don't see the mistake.
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:48 AM, Hilarie Orman <ho@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
In the otherwise wildly funny cartoon at https://xkcd.com/1957/ Randall Monroe strikes a bullseye with his computer vulnerabilities list but stumbles on basic math.
Hilarie
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