It's true that I am rather trusting of that software, since I can only barely grasp the science behind it (I may be a nerd/geek/whatever, but education wise, I am merely an student-accountant after all, not a computer scientist)
But what I understand is that all those spaces between each letter in your example amount to a much greater weakness in the ability of the $900 software to crack.
Also, my point was that, if we *are* recommending longer, memorable phrases as a guideline for better passwords, then there exists options that are not only more stronger, but even more easier to remember than the format recommended by xkcd.
In other words, people can easily make (and remember!) strong passwords from there every day phrases, and are not merely limited to the "random four word" example from xkcd. The problem with "correct horse battery staple: is that you might forget the word order, but you would not, with, say, "Wingardium Leviosa!"
Even correcthorsebatterystaple is too complex, we can make it *even* simpler.
Most, if not all of us, have some favourite fictional (or not so fictional) media item, why not try a phrase from that?
Harry Potter fan? Try
Wingardium Leviosa!
Time To Crack: 554042313 centuries Total Passwords in Pattern: 2 Septillion
Naruto fan? Try
Kuchiyose no Jutsu!
Time To Crack: 1623474350 centuries Total Passwords in Pattern: 5 Septillion
My favourite one is, when I tried
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!
Time To Crack: 1.126570510614998e+23 centuries Total Passwords in Pattern: 341,000 Decillion
*snigger*
And I dare any Brony to *not* know exactly how the phrase above is spelt, (colon and small letter i for is and all)! (but if you forget, you can always look it up on the internet, the format is always the same)
And many other zillion of phrases, like "The Spice Must Flow!" of "Beam me up, Scotty!", just choose one, typing it is easy since you are use to typing it *anyway* when you use it as a meme or catchphrase on your favourite fandom forums, and in case of doubt, you can always look it up on your fandom wikia.
Of course, if your site (e.g. banks) forces a *Maximum* limit, then you are screwed:(
Hmm, not quite the same. The subject is about buying something new, and then later, fixing it if it gets old and spoilt instead of just throwing it away.
I was talking about how people in America (are far as I can ascertain from their media, so take this with a grain of salt) actually go out and buy 60's and 70's cars, which are already *old and busted*, not because they lack money to buy new ones, but simply because they like the cars of those era.
And then spend the rest of their lives fixing and maintaining them.:P
I understand they are special, but people there don't seem to buy them for a special purpose of keeping them for show, but to actually use them as their daily ride, which means you have to keep on doing the routine maintenance forever. I would have thought these cars wouldn't be worth the extra cost and hassle.
But I guess the fixing is part of the fun for them. I think Japanese and European cars (of a similar age) just don't carry the same feeling. No one likes maintaining and repairing those:p
Ah, that's nice, but the thing I remember was less cars and more like take some spare wood, borrow a drill there, screw the pieces together and voila, a cranky stool.
It was about making and repairing "hardware" rather than electric, IIRC.
If only remember the name of the darn shop, I could google it up.
BTW, you Americans just love tinkering with your cars, don't you?:P Like every tv show I see, there is at least one guy with a 60's or 70's car constantly repairing it, why not just sell the damn thing and buy something made this millennium?
(Though I got to admit, those old cars are damn sweet sight, but I, for one, couldn't be bother with the constant repairs, they are too harsh a mistress to please:p)
I remember a slashdotter telling about something similar in germany, where you can come into a shop where the rent you the tools, and you fix the stuff there and then. It also acted as an edutainment, with people coming in to watch and learn.
Basically, I HIGHLY recommend Brandon Sanderson as an author, and his publisher is Tor. He is by no means perfect, but I have confidence that you will at least feel it money well spent.
He has a entire book (Warbreaker) free on his website as a taster, so you might want to check that out first.
I say buy The Mistborn series. It's first trilogy has ended, so no waiting. The first book of the second trilogy is also out.
If you want a one-off, try Elantris. It's also a nice book.
The Way of Kings has just started (the first of ten!), it's a *massive* door stopper (~1000 pages) and the first book kind of lags in the middle, so I recommend you try some of his *other* work before sinking your literary teeth in this one.
Amongst the ones I can personally recommend, Tor has: 1-Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn) 2-Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time) 3-Steve Erikson (Malazan) 4-Orson Scott Card (Ender) 5- George R.R. Martin (Song of Ice and Fire)
Brandonson has been itching for DRM free ebooks, and even offers a totally free ebook on his website (Warbreaker). Good to see his nagging has had some effect.
Jack B. Palmer first made a quiet complaint through internal channels at Infosys,
Was he really naive enough to think that these were the actions of some rogue managers and that the company would be thrilled to have him put it all in writing?
I am studying ethics in college (part of paper P1, Governance, Risk and Ethics, if anybody is keeping count), and conflict resolution in a major topic in there.
The *problem* (if it can be said to be a problem) is that conflict resolution actually requires you do this. You can't just quit, or sue, in either case the moral dilemma and it's consequences don't just leave you. (the quiting part is especially noticeable, you may be considered a rat leaving a sinking ship, and not quiting merely on moral grounds, so don't think you are free of the blame)
The proper method is to:
a: Utilize existing internal conflict resolution means, if they exist (the ideas letterbox, no really!) b: Discuss with a senior, experienced fellow / colleague that may guide you (your professional body, if you are member of one, can and *will* help, that's what you are paying an annual membership fee for!) c: Write to senior management (The relevant Director, BoD...) d: if all else fails THEN quit / whitsleblow / sue / whatever
Given his position, he did the write thing by first highlighting the issue in a *quiet* internal memo. This allowed the corporation to fix the issue *quietly* without loosing goodwill.
But now that the company's attitude is clear, he can (or rather, this being a legal matter, *must*) now act as a citizen and contact his lawyer as to how best handle this situation.
TL;DR: There is a proper procedure, ethically, which you must follow. You can't just start the WAHHHmbulence at the slightest fault.
To illustrate this claim of intellectual theft, the publishers’ complaint points to the Boundless versions of several textbooks, including Biology, a textbook authored by Neil Campbell and Jane Reece. The Boundless alternative, the complaint alleges, is guilty of copying the printed material’s layout and engaging in what the complaint calls “photographic paraphrasing.” In one chapter of the printed book, for instance, the editors chose to illustrate the first and second laws of thermodynamics using pictures of a bear running and a bear catching a fish in its mouth. Boundless’s substitute text uses similar pictures to illustrate the same concepts—albeit Creative Commons-licensed images hosted on Wikipedia that include links to the source material, in accordance with the terms of the open license. (The end of each Boundless section also includes links to the text’s source material, which often includes Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia of Earth, and other Web sites.)
The complaint goes on to allege that Boundless’s choice of bear photographs in that chapter reflects “only the previously made creative, scholarly, and aesthetic judgments of the authors and editors of Campbell’s Biology.”
(Bolded by me)
So... is that wrong? I don't get it. If it's Creative Commons, doesn't that allow this sort of thing, by definition?
Hmm. well my knowledge was based on UK law, so the more you know. Btw, does anybody really know what *actually* happened with the GM bailout? Some concrete details? All I hear is, well, hearsay.
Also, true about the start up thing, should have realised that.
Yes, but those preference shareholders are still behind the creditors:P
The conga line, IIRC, goes something like this:
Liquidator's charge and commission (the grave digger takes his cut first:P) Fixed charge debt holders Floating charge debt holders No charge bond holders (idiots:P) Preference Shareholders Common Shareholders
I believe I might have forgotten an item or two (employee unpaid holiday comes somewhere there too), but still, angel investing is a *very* risky business, and they typically demand *much* higher returns.
In any case, Equity isn't precisely the "opposite" of Debt (liability), they way you are taking it to mean "opposite" of Asset.
Cash is an asset. Equity and Debt are both, in a way, a liability for the business, that is, an obligation to repay. In simple terms, Equity simply clarifies, that this portion is owed by the business to the *Owners*, and not to outsiders like "Liabilities" are. Both want a return on this amount, but the return is different.
I believe this may be clarified by a simple equation:
Remember, Assets and Expenses are DEBITED when increased, and vice versa. Similarly, Income, Equity and Liability are CREDITED, when increased, and vice versa.
The entry you were looking for was:
DEBIT the cash account in Assets CREDIT the Paid In Capital account in Equity.
Also
DEBIT the cash account in Assets CREDIT the Long Term Debt Account in Liabilities.
Minor error, but with major impact. Thought it ought to be rectified, to prevent confusion.
Not precisely. The Wages weren't cut, they just become worth less every year. My dad was in the civil service, and he tells me that when he started, even the top ranked non-officers at that time were like kings, enjoying cigars and living a lavish lifestyle, and the officer grades even more so. When my dad retired at the same rank, he barely made his expenses meet, even though, his pay was, amount wise, much more than his seniors ever dreamed off.
What happened? The currency become worth shit, that's what. He compared the salary of a senior then and now with the price of gold at the respective times, as a simple standard. Then, one month's salary could buy at least 10 to 12 times more gold then what a senior's wage would get. It was a similar case with other items, even necessities. There was a disparity by a factor of at least five, even for basic necessities. When your salary starts buying you less, and does not even remotely match the inflation level, then even the most honest person looks towards less-than-kosher means, just to feed his family. And once you get started, you don't stop.
Countries with less corruption are the countries where a civil servant's wage is less affected by inflation, so he only indulges if he *wants* to, not because he *has* to. Places like India, the Govt announces a minor increase in wage in the budget, and by the time the increment actually comes, inflation has made the increased wage worth much less than the non-increased wage last month.
Well... things like Ligers and Tigons exist... if Lions and Tigers can mix, why not mammoths and elephants? They are just as close. (relatively speaking)
Slashdot Mirror
Asus Padfone might fit your description:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/6/3064317/asus-padfone-review
Ask them to update your entry with your clarification, that way every one will know, this post could get obscured
No Need to cut a corner, at least here, there is a capped nozzle stuck on one end.
https://twitter.com/#!/SenRehmanMalik/status/203961375087788032
So that Douchebag Minister of ours is finally good for something :p
Now while I really hate the Indo-Pak rivarly that pops up on the internet, I have to say, that source in the link is an Indian newspaper.
Should I pull out my tinfoil hat?
I am from Pakistan, Twitter is working for me.
My ISP is the local telecom monopoly(PTCL), so I doubt it's a case of selective application by ISP's.
It's true that I am rather trusting of that software, since I can only barely grasp the science behind it (I may be a nerd/geek/whatever, but education wise, I am merely an student-accountant after all, not a computer scientist)
But what I understand is that all those spaces between each letter in your example amount to a much greater weakness in the ability of the $900 software to crack.
Also, my point was that, if we *are* recommending longer, memorable phrases as a guideline for better passwords, then there exists options that are not only more stronger, but even more easier to remember than the format recommended by xkcd.
In other words, people can easily make (and remember!) strong passwords from there every day phrases, and are not merely limited to the "random four word" example from xkcd. The problem with "correct horse battery staple: is that you might forget the word order, but you would not, with, say, "Wingardium Leviosa!"
Has one of the scientist involved suddenly adopted a child with a striking resemblance to the fair folk?
Even correcthorsebatterystaple is too complex, we can make it *even* simpler.
Most, if not all of us, have some favourite fictional (or not so fictional) media item, why not try a phrase from that?
Harry Potter fan? Try
Wingardium Leviosa!
Time To Crack:
554042313 centuries
Total Passwords in Pattern:
2 Septillion
Naruto fan? Try
Kuchiyose no Jutsu!
Time To Crack:
1623474350 centuries
Total Passwords in Pattern:
5 Septillion
My favourite one is, when I tried
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!
Time To Crack:
1.126570510614998e+23 centuries
Total Passwords in Pattern:
341,000 Decillion
*snigger*
And I dare any Brony to *not* know exactly how the phrase above is spelt, (colon and small letter i for is and all)! (but if you forget, you can always look it up on the internet, the format is always the same)
And many other zillion of phrases, like "The Spice Must Flow!" of "Beam me up, Scotty!", just choose one, typing it is easy since you are use to typing it *anyway* when you use it as a meme or catchphrase on your favourite fandom forums, and in case of doubt, you can always look it up on your fandom wikia.
Of course, if your site (e.g. banks) forces a *Maximum* limit, then you are screwed :(
(is that what they use?)
It's called Afghani[1], but AFAIK, the still use US Dollars and Pak Rupees instead.
[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_afghani
Hmm, not quite the same. The subject is about buying something new, and then later, fixing it if it gets old and spoilt instead of just throwing it away.
I was talking about how people in America (are far as I can ascertain from their media, so take this with a grain of salt) actually go out and buy 60's and 70's cars, which are already *old and busted*, not because they lack money to buy new ones, but simply because they like the cars of those era.
And then spend the rest of their lives fixing and maintaining them.:P
I understand they are special, but people there don't seem to buy them for a special purpose of keeping them for show, but to actually use them as their daily ride, which means you have to keep on doing the routine maintenance forever. I would have thought these cars wouldn't be worth the extra cost and hassle.
But I guess the fixing is part of the fun for them. I think Japanese and European cars (of a similar age) just don't carry the same feeling. No one likes maintaining and repairing those :p
Ah, that's nice, but the thing I remember was less cars and more like take some spare wood, borrow a drill there, screw the pieces together and voila, a cranky stool.
It was about making and repairing "hardware" rather than electric, IIRC.
If only remember the name of the darn shop, I could google it up.
BTW, you Americans just love tinkering with your cars, don't you? :P Like every tv show I see, there is at least one guy with a 60's or 70's car constantly repairing it, why not just sell the damn thing and buy something made this millennium?
(Though I got to admit, those old cars are damn sweet sight, but I, for one, couldn't be bother with the constant repairs, they are too harsh a mistress to please :p)
I remember a slashdotter telling about something similar in germany, where you can come into a shop where the rent you the tools, and you fix the stuff there and then. It also acted as an edutainment, with people coming in to watch and learn.
I liked his computer+wizard series, and I am not even in a computer related field!
Baen had a modest selection but it wasn't all crap.
I replied with a list to another poster's similar enquiry, allow me to link it: http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2812905&cid=39807871
Basically, I HIGHLY recommend Brandon Sanderson as an author, and his publisher is Tor. He is by no means perfect, but I have confidence that you will at least feel it money well spent.
He has a entire book (Warbreaker) free on his website as a taster, so you might want to check that out first.
I say buy The Mistborn series. It's first trilogy has ended, so no waiting. The first book of the second trilogy is also out.
If you want a one-off, try Elantris. It's also a nice book.
The Way of Kings has just started (the first of ten!), it's a *massive* door stopper (~1000 pages) and the first book kind of lags in the middle, so I recommend you try some of his *other* work before sinking your literary teeth in this one.
Amongst the ones I can personally recommend, Tor has:
1-Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn)
2-Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time)
3-Steve Erikson (Malazan)
4-Orson Scott Card (Ender)
5- George R.R. Martin (Song of Ice and Fire)
Brandonson has been itching for DRM free ebooks, and even offers a totally free ebook on his website (Warbreaker). Good to see his nagging has had some effect.
Jack B. Palmer first made a quiet complaint through internal channels at Infosys,
Was he really naive enough to think that these were the actions of some rogue managers and that the company would be thrilled to have him put it all in writing?
I am studying ethics in college (part of paper P1, Governance, Risk and Ethics, if anybody is keeping count), and conflict resolution in a major topic in there.
The *problem* (if it can be said to be a problem) is that conflict resolution actually requires you do this. You can't just quit, or sue, in either case the moral dilemma and it's consequences don't just leave you. (the quiting part is especially noticeable, you may be considered a rat leaving a sinking ship, and not quiting merely on moral grounds, so don't think you are free of the blame)
The proper method is to:
a: Utilize existing internal conflict resolution means, if they exist (the ideas letterbox, no really!)
b: Discuss with a senior, experienced fellow / colleague that may guide you (your professional body, if you are member of one, can and *will* help, that's what you are paying an annual membership fee for!)
c: Write to senior management (The relevant Director, BoD...)
d: if all else fails THEN quit / whitsleblow / sue / whatever
Given his position, he did the write thing by first highlighting the issue in a *quiet* internal memo. This allowed the corporation to fix the issue *quietly* without loosing goodwill.
But now that the company's attitude is clear, he can (or rather, this being a legal matter, *must*) now act as a citizen and contact his lawyer as to how best handle this situation.
TL;DR: There is a proper procedure, ethically, which you must follow. You can't just start the WAHHHmbulence at the slightest fault.
From the Article:
To illustrate this claim of intellectual theft, the publishers’ complaint points to the Boundless versions of several textbooks, including Biology, a textbook authored by Neil Campbell and Jane Reece. The Boundless alternative, the complaint alleges, is guilty of copying the printed material’s layout and engaging in what the complaint calls “photographic paraphrasing.” In one chapter of the printed book, for instance, the editors chose to illustrate the first and second laws of thermodynamics using pictures of a bear running and a bear catching a fish in its mouth. Boundless’s substitute text uses similar pictures to illustrate the same concepts—albeit Creative Commons-licensed images hosted on Wikipedia that include links to the source material, in accordance with the terms of the open license. (The end of each Boundless section also includes links to the text’s source material, which often includes Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia of Earth, and other Web sites.)
The complaint goes on to allege that Boundless’s choice of bear photographs in that chapter reflects “only the previously made creative, scholarly, and aesthetic judgments of the authors and editors of Campbell’s Biology.”
(Bolded by me)
So... is that wrong? I don't get it. If it's Creative Commons, doesn't that allow this sort of thing, by definition?
Awesome!
Btw, it works on the Livescribe too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eoiOOfGxLY
Dang, now even a pen is distracting :p
Exactly! I for one cannot simply understand why Wind turbines look "ugly". You mean to tell me that coal-based, smoke spewing plant looks less ugly?
Hmm. well my knowledge was based on UK law, so the more you know. Btw, does anybody really know what *actually* happened with the GM bailout? Some concrete details? All I hear is, well, hearsay.
Also, true about the start up thing, should have realised that.
Yes, but those preference shareholders are still behind the creditors :P
The conga line, IIRC, goes something like this:
Liquidator's charge and commission (the grave digger takes his cut first :P) :P)
Fixed charge debt holders
Floating charge debt holders
No charge bond holders (idiots
Preference Shareholders
Common Shareholders
I believe I might have forgotten an item or two (employee unpaid holiday comes somewhere there too), but still, angel investing is a *very* risky business, and they typically demand *much* higher returns.
I believe you are mixing up "debt" with "debit"
In any case, Equity isn't precisely the "opposite" of Debt (liability), they way you are taking it to mean "opposite" of Asset.
Cash is an asset. Equity and Debt are both, in a way, a liability for the business, that is, an obligation to repay. In simple terms, Equity simply clarifies, that this portion is owed by the business to the *Owners*, and not to outsiders like "Liabilities" are. Both want a return on this amount, but the return is different.
I believe this may be clarified by a simple equation:
Asset= Equity + Liability
Hope that helped.
Remember, Assets and Expenses are DEBITED when increased, and vice versa.
Similarly, Income, Equity and Liability are CREDITED, when increased, and vice versa.
The entry you were looking for was:
DEBIT the cash account in Assets
CREDIT the Paid In Capital account in Equity.
Also
DEBIT the cash account in Assets
CREDIT the Long Term Debt Account in Liabilities.
Minor error, but with major impact. Thought it ought to be rectified, to prevent confusion.
Not precisely. The Wages weren't cut, they just become worth less every year. My dad was in the civil service, and he tells me that when he started, even the top ranked non-officers at that time were like kings, enjoying cigars and living a lavish lifestyle, and the officer grades even more so. When my dad retired at the same rank, he barely made his expenses meet, even though, his pay was, amount wise, much more than his seniors ever dreamed off.
What happened? The currency become worth shit, that's what. He compared the salary of a senior then and now with the price of gold at the respective times, as a simple standard. Then, one month's salary could buy at least 10 to 12 times more gold then what a senior's wage would get. It was a similar case with other items, even necessities. There was a disparity by a factor of at least five, even for basic necessities. When your salary starts buying you less, and does not even remotely match the inflation level, then even the most honest person looks towards less-than-kosher means, just to feed his family. And once you get started, you don't stop.
Countries with less corruption are the countries where a civil servant's wage is less affected by inflation, so he only indulges if he *wants* to, not because he *has* to. Places like India, the Govt announces a minor increase in wage in the budget, and by the time the increment actually comes, inflation has made the increased wage worth much less than the non-increased wage last month.
Well... things like Ligers and Tigons exist... if Lions and Tigers can mix, why not mammoths and elephants? They are just as close. (relatively speaking)
Not to mention Mules (donkey + horse)
Unless the comparison is different in this case?