That is not good news for a government which faces a string of key state elections this year in the run-up to general elections, due in 2009.

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To the end of the string is tied a metal key, and to the key is attached a silk (nonconductive) cord, which the experimenter holds.

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The resulting splatter of light is recorded by a camera and converted into a 2, 400-bit key, or a string of 2, 400 zeros and ones.

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The relevant key names begin with the string "Privacy -".

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The Paterno family review also skewered the Freeh report for failing to interview key witnesses, allowing some to testify anonymously, and using an incomplete string of e-mails for evidence.

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Effectively Bitcoins are a very long meaningless string of digits that only have value if their owner uses a shorter related number, known as a private key, to spend them.

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