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  1. New cellular automata rules by ynotds · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Scientific R&D At Home?

    While Conway's Life has been studied to death for 40 years and some wider categories of simple rules have been studied exhaustively by others, Golly enables you to explore much wider rule sets in the quest of some that are significantly more productive that Life.

    For the past 18 months I've been using it to study just one of the Generations rules which were initially surveyed, especially by Mirek Wojtowicz, around 2000. I'm focused almost entirely on Generations 345/3/6, running it on 3 machines including one added just for that purpose. But I've recently noted that 345/2/4 may be even more productive in terms of novel phenomena, although I'm not planning to switch my own research which is nowhere near finished, let alone properly reported.

    Beyond that, Golly also supports RuleTable and RuleTree algorithms which allow you to try an unlimited number of new rules, a few more of which are sure to be a lot more interesting than LIfe itself.

  2. manage my passwords with PINs by goodminton · · Score: 1 · on Too Many Passwords

    I installed PINs, http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html, on a USB key over a year ago and haven't had a problem remembering passwords since. It's hard to beat a free solution that offers 448-bit Blowfish encryption and helpful features like password aging and password generation.

  3. Re:recommendations? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Writing Down Passwords?

    PINs
    http://www.mirekw.com/

  4. My Solution by 3ryon · · Score: 5, Informative · on Write Down Your Passwords

    I use a small PINS database stored on a USB flash drive on my keychain. Instead of launching the application when I need a password I launch a batch file that detects if the drive is plugged in, if so it copies the password file to my profile and launches it (if I'm using either my home or work computer). If the drive isn't plugged in it uses the local copy. If I make an update it copies it back to the USB drive.

    The master copy is on my keyring, but my home and work computers have copies. I've been doing this for a year and I highly recommend the solution. I can now use random passwords.

  5. Re:Pseudo-Written Password by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Write Down Your Passwords

    Everyone I know at work with a lot of passwords uses (password protected) software (like pins) to store all of their passwords...

  6. Re: a good and free keychain program for Windows.. by BaldBass · · Score: 1 · on Users feel Password Rage

    ...I am using is PINS
    . I have evaluated several and this one seemed to be the best. I think it still is.

    It can simulate typing passwords in the browser login pages/login dialogs.

    The program is open-source and free but like PasswordSafe it is it only for M$oft world.

    I would be happy to have one that supports Windows & Palm & Mac, but I am not holding my breath.

  7. Re:Cut and paste your passwords by McCart42 · · Score: 1 · on Arrested for Planting Spyware on College Compus

    A good way to do this is to use software like PINs (which is open source, by the way), which stores your passwords using a 448-bit Blowfish algorithm, then lets you access them with a single password. Then, bring a password disk along with you so when you're on a public computer you can just insert it and copy your passwords from this program. Very simple and also prevents forgotten passwords.