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I use my own password generator (source code) to generate secure and easy to remember passwords. It's really handy because I have accounts on a bunch of machines at work and I can't use passwords that are too hard to remember in case I need to scp from one machine to another.

I use my own password generator (source code) to generate secure and easy to remember passwords. It's really handy because I have accounts on a bunch of machines at work and I can't use passwords that are too hard to remember in case I need to scp from one machine to another.

According to your blog, you recently switched to Vonage and gave it high marks. How is their pricing model any different than NetFlix? Don't you get a monthly bill from them even if you don't make any calls? Surely you can go to your local mini mart and pick up a prepaid calling card or even a pay-as-you-go cell phone.

If it weren't for the cable/DSL monopolies in most areas, I would think there would be a great market for just bandwidth for a minimum price. The Southwest Airlines of the broadband industry. Just like SouthWest Airlines cuts costs to give you a seat in a tube moving at 500 mph, this company would skip all the value added services and give you an IP address on a connection moving at a few Mbps. Symmetrically, of course.

And thank god we're still getting our own IP addresses. If we weren't, you couldn't SSH home to get some files you need, or set up WebDAV to share calendars.

If it weren't for the cable/DSL monopolies in most areas, I would think there would be a great market for just bandwidth for a minimum price. The Southwest Airlines of the broadband industry. Just like SouthWest Airlines cuts costs to give you a seat in a tube moving at 500 mph, this company would skip all the value added services and give you an IP address on a connection moving at a few Mbps. Symmetrically, of course.

And thank god we're still getting our own IP addresses. If we weren't, you couldn't SSH home to get some files you need, or set up WebDAV to share calendars.

Actually, according to the one I created, it's Scorpius 10, XXIV

Don't trust me? Download the source and run it yourself. Or use the Javascript. Or ride the camel.

Don't trust me? Download the source and run it yourself. Or use the Javascript. Or ride the camel.

Don't trust me? Download the source and run it yourself. Or use the Javascript. Or ride the camel.

Or you could use someone's handy-dandy Random Password Generator and come up with something you'll actually remember.

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I use it to generate easy-to-remember but hard-to-guess passwords. Just run through it a couple times until you find one that suits you.

Feel free to use it wherever and whenever you want. I've also ported it to Javascript

Feel free to use it wherever and whenever you want. I've also ported it to Javascript

They need one of These

As for Comcast, I don't expect much from them, based on past experience. I'm just trying to point out that corporations don't have our best interests at heart. They seek only profit at any and all costs. They are psychopaths, plain and simple.

I use a handy javascript I wrote (and ported to PHP, Perl, JSP, and ColdFusion) to generate pronounceable passwords for my work computer. They make me change it every month and I'm not allowed to use the same one for twelve months. This keeps me out of a rotation, and it's really easy to remember because it's pronouncable.

[raises hand] Ooo ooo ooo!! Pick me!!!

Well, your website url indicates that you're halfway there...

For any who are interested, I made a Martian Date Calculator so you can figure out important dates in history on the Mars Society's calendar

For example, today is Aquarius 34, XXIII.

Have fun with it.