[Info-vax] VMS humor

[Bob Eager]

On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:21:30 -0600, Craig A. Berry wrote:

> On 12/31/20 9:28 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2020-12-30, Craig A. Berry <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, they most certainly do.  "King Philip fried a pheasant on
>>> Friday!"
>>> is much easier to remember than "ud58{>!1&R17h7uo" and has 189 bits of
>>> entropy compared to 72 bits.
> 
>> What happens when culture gets in the way ?
> 
> In the way of what?
> 
>> For example, how much entropy is there in "Listen very carefully, I
>> shall say this only once" ?
> 
> If there is a cultural reference in there, I'm missing it. In any case,
> I just don't understand what your question is.

It's a British and (arguably) French cultural reference. A short Google 
will inform you.

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