In the , there is this phrase:     For many people the NIST and also the Brainpool curves have an doubtful origin   I've read elsewhere that people have doubts about the NIST curves, but I've never heard anything disparaging about the Brainpool curves. What could the release notes be referring to?
I would like to get a USB token to secure my keys. My use case is protection of 3 GnuPG keys that I will be using 10 times per day at least. I plan to create a new key ring from scratch. Because ECC seems more future-oriented than RSA, this is what I chose to use. I'm wondering which USB token to choose as well as which curve.  On  it is said that many people think curves recommended by the NIST or defined by Brainpool have a doubtful origin; therefore, they recommend the non-standardized Bernstein’s Curve 25519. On  one poster says that    He is not aware of any profound criticism of Brainpool curves, and Bernstein’s Curve 25519 is hard to protect against side-channel attacks when implemented in embedded devices.   As a result, I'm a bit lost as to which key/curve to choose.
How can I comment out a block of text in texmaker? I use texmaker and some time ago I found, by chance, a way to comment many lines at once, but I can't remember it now. Can somebody remind me of that? Minimal cut edges number in connected Eulerian graph. I have to prove that Connected graph is Eulerian Graph if and only if the number of edges in minimal cut is even.  Implication from left to right. Well if $G$ is Eulerian Graph then degree of each vertex must be even. It's oblivious if i try to disconnect graph by removing all edges connected to the vertex with minimal degree. But minimal cut can be done also by dividing graph into 2 connected graphs (each graph with more then one vertex) and i have no idea how to deal with it.  Implication from right to left - completly no idea. Primes dividing a polynomial Let $g(x)\in \mathbb{Z}[x]$, a nonconstant polynomial. Show that the set of primes $p$ such that $p\mid g(n)$ for some $n\in \mathbb{Z}$ is infinite.  I don't know how to start. I have tried asuming that the set is finite but i haven't reached any contradiction. How to show this property of $\mathbb{RP}^{n}$. To prove that: The $n$-dimensional projective space can be presented as:  $\mathbb{RP}^n=\bigcup_{i=0}^{n} A^{i}$.  (The intersection of each two $A^{i}$ is empty)، $A^{i}$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb R^{i}$ ($A^{0}$ includes only one point). The definition of $\mathbb{RP}^n$ is: $\mathbb{RP}^n= (\mathbb R^{n+1} \setminus \{0\})/ \sim$ , $\sim$ is defined as: $x \sim \lambda x$for all $\lambda\in \mathbb R^\times$ and $x\in \mathbb R^{n+1} \setminus \{0\}$. $\mathbb R^\times $ is the productive group of scalars $\ne0$ in the field $\mathbb R$. I'm just a beginner in this field so any help would be appreciated. Writing conditional (if/then) statements into ArcGIS Field Calculator using Python Parser? I have gotten stuck on seemingly simple ArcGIS field calculator python expression.  I obtained a great answer to a another similar question a few years ago: . Now I need to populate a new field based on 6 ranges of values (bedrock depth).  My attempt at writing this expression is below:    I just need to populate the empty field "bedrockdp" using the ranges in the toc called brockdepmin.     Pre-Logic Script Code:  def !GRIDCODE! (value):     if value &gt;0 and value &lt; 50:         return "0 - 50 cm from the surface"     else:         return "n/a"   bedrockdep =  GRIDCODE (!bedrockdep!) A generalisation of the fundamental theorem of algebra We already know the following theorem by d'Alembert and Gauss, often called fundamental theorem of algebra.  Theorem Let $P$ be in $\mathbb C[X]$ of degree $1$ or greater. There exists $\alpha\in \mathbb C$ such that $P(\alpha)=0$.  Can we give the following generalisation for polynomials with several variables?  Generalisation Let $n$ be in $\mathbb N^*$ and $P$ be in $\mathbb C[X_1,\ldots,X_n]$ of degree $1$ or greater. There exists $\alpha\in \mathbb C^n$ such that $P(\alpha)=0$.  Any references, hints or solutions would be greatly appreciated. Deciphering the .NET clr20r3 exception parameters P1..P10 In the Harry Potter universe, wizards and witches have managed to keep Muggles unaware of their existence, across the planet and over many centuries. Up to the timeframe that the novels take place in (the 1990s), I can see how this can be achieved through a combination of discretion and magic, with discretion being the preferred method on occasion (e.g., you don't need magic to slip into Platform 9 3/4 unnoticed, you just need to check that nobody is looking).   Our current world of 2016, however, its a very different place. The UK is (in)famously heavily camera-monitored (). Even more poignantly, a very large (and growing) segment of the population carries an internet-enabled HD camera with them at all times and are willing to use it at a moment's notice (, but it is comedy in part because a more realistic version could happen). It looks like, the moment something magical happens in public, a video of it would be on Youtube/Facebook/Twitter and within minutes.   How does the Ministry of Magic deal with this development? Do they need to create a dedicated corps to monitor social media services and alter records as necessary? Prove $\dfrac{\csc\theta}{\cot\theta}-\dfrac{\cot\theta}{\csc\theta}=\tan\theta\sin\theta$   So, LS= $$\dfrac{\csc\theta}{\cot\theta}-\dfrac{\cot\theta}{\csc\theta}$$ $$\left(\dfrac{1}{\sin\theta}\cdot \dfrac{\tan\theta}{1}\right)-\left(\dfrac{1}{\tan\theta}\cdot \dfrac{\sin\theta}{1}\right)$$ $$\dfrac{\tan\theta}{\sin\theta}-\dfrac{\sin\theta}{\tan\theta}$$ Now, considering the fact that I must have a common denominator to subtract, would this be correct: $$\dfrac{\tan^2\theta}{\tan\theta\sin\theta}-\dfrac{\sin^2\theta}{\tan\theta\sin\theta}\Rightarrow \dfrac{\tan^2\theta-\sin^2\theta}{\tan\theta\sin\theta}$$ I feel like I'm close to the answer because the denominator is the RS of the OP. 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Example:  Test                 1 Test2                2 Iamlongverylongblah  2 Etc                  1   I am only concerned with the individual line so my line to output now (not working) is  cout &lt;&lt; var1 &lt;&lt; "\t\t" &lt;&lt; var2 &lt;&lt; endl;  Which gives me something like:  Test                 1 Test2                  2 Iamlongverylongblah         2 Etc                  1 Bold code in a question Frequently when I ask a question I have to include quite a bit of code for reference purposes.    It would be nice to be able to bold the important lines in the code.  For example this code:  &lt;DataTrigger Value="True"&gt;     &lt;DataTrigger.Binding&gt;         &lt;MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource DisableWorkItemConverter}"&gt;             &lt;Binding ElementName="MainForm" Path="PickedWorkItemID"/&gt;             &lt;Binding Path="Id"/&gt;         &lt;/MultiBinding&gt;     &lt;/DataTrigger.Binding&gt;     &lt;Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"/&gt;     &lt;Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="False"/&gt; &lt;/DataTrigger&gt;   Is not way long, but the important part (as seen in ) is the second to last line.  However, if I try to bold it, it ends up looking like this:  &lt;DataTrigger Value="True"&gt;     &lt;DataTrigger.Binding&gt;         &lt;MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource DisableWorkItemConverter}"&gt;             &lt;Binding ElementName="MainForm" Path="PickedWorkItemID"/&gt;             &lt;Binding Path="Id"/&gt;         &lt;/MultiBinding&gt;     &lt;/DataTrigger.Binding&gt;     &lt;Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"/&gt;     **&lt;Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="False"/&gt;** &lt;/DataTrigger&gt;   Not what I was going for.  It would be nice to be able to draw attention to specific lines of code when needed.    (One suggestion of a different color background sounds nice too (ie a yellow background to draw the eye to the relevant code.)  If there is some other way to bold in code please let me know. Resize Move Partitions on Dual Boot System I would like to be able to adjust the partitions shown below. 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