343: 1337: Part 3

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{{comic
| number = 343
| date = November 14, 2007
| title = 1337: Part 3
| image = 1337_part_3.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = I once asked an NSA guy whether they'd broken RSA. And I know I can trust him, because I asked if he was lying to me and he said no.
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Adrian Lamo}} is a hacker known for being a threat analyst and has penetrated many corporate networks. As far as we know, he has not penetrated any government networks, so helping Elaine physically break into the {{w|NSA}} would probably put him out.

{{w|RSA (algorithm)|RSA}} is an encryption algorithm that allows decryption using {{w|Public-key cryptography|public keys}}

{{w|Lawrence Lessig}} is a political activist, and a founding board member of {{w|Creative Commons}}.

{{w|Steve Jobs}} was the two-time {{w|CEO}} of {{w|Apple Inc.}} In partnership with {{w|Steve Wozniak}} he founded Apple. He oversaw Apple's return from near bankruptcy, the introduction of the original Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad. But in the 90s, most of this had not happened yet.

The final panel is a pun on the Riot grrrls - from Wikipedia {{w|Riot grrrl}} is an underground feminist punk rock movement. This metamophises in the hands of Randal into Riot Prrl - who presumably prefer to code in {{w|Perl}}. The [http://c3northampton.org/?p=359 real Riot Prrl] are from {{w|Northampton}} and are into guerilla {{w|knitting}}.

The title text ("I asked if he was lying to me and he said no") refers to {{w|Liar_paradox|liar paradox}}.

All comics in "[[:Category:1337|1337]]" series:
* [[341: 1337: Part 1]]
* [[342: 1337: Part 2]]
* [[343: 1337: Part 3]]
* [[344: 1337: Part 4]]
* [[345: 1337: Part 5]]

This series was released on 5 consecutive days(Monday-Friday) and not over the usual Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule.

報歉吐嘈一下 -註釋[3]的內容根據《查拉圖斯特拉如是說》，第二部，”論自我的克服”：「 .唯有生命存在的地方，才有意志：不是生存之意志，而是權力意志 .」對照「星際大戰」第四集，歐比旺的台詞："Well, the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field cetaerd by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together."所以原力是來自生命。和權力意志的觀念有合。以上可是星戰迷的一次「勝利」 .或許就粉絲而言，為喜愛的作品設定公式擦屁股，創造一個可讓他們下跪膜拜的世界，也是權力意志的作用。

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343: 1337: Part 3