I don't know. I guess it might be worth testing the theory out, but the truth is most moderators are too lazy to actually read the things they moderate anyway, so any moderation one gets is most likely random regardless of the title.
With 50,000 words, it comes to 6.55E14 combinations, which is still greater than the 8 character password. But like I said, a good password cracking program would have the entire wordlist in password-frequency order.
I didn't say it was invulnerable, I just said it was safer than a standard 8 character password. Obviously with enough time and computing power, anyone can crack anything.
Let's have a URL. Searching is only pulling up the tool itself. Incidentally the password I put there is in a set of >10^17 similar passwords, whereas an 8 character password is in a set of >10^14 similar passwords. The 8 character random one would be more crackable.:-)
If Mine was simple, then an 8 character password would be even simpler.
My example password would be of size N(words)^2 + N(symbol)^3, whereas an 8-character password would be N(symbol)^8. If I assume a dictionary of 1,000,000 words and a list of 64 common symbols, mine is in a set of 2.62E17 passwords, whereas the typical 8 character password is in a set of 2.81E14 passwords.
But I guess if the wordlist were somehow crafted in order of use in passwords, and "monkey" and "pineapple" were considered common, then it might be cracked faster. Of course, the cracker would have to go through every other simpler combination before trying stuff like word-symbol*3-word, which would add to the time anyway.
Word substrings aren't so bad if there are two words and they're separated somehow. I somehow doubt a brute force app would be able to figure out "monkey4-2pineapple" very quickly, unless it knew it was in that precise format.
Also, what about people who may work for, picking a random company, JBoss Inc., but want to register for multiple forum accounts without getting busted?:-)
And "pokerpokerpokerpokerpokerpoker" is meaningful?
I think that typing meaningful data and measuring characters per second is more useful than typing the same data and measuring words per minute. A sentence where the average word length is 6 instead of 4 shouldn't penalise the typist.
I used to consistently get 120WPM on employment typing tests before university, as we got touch typing drilled into us in year 9 and 10, and it's possible that as you say, me being a pianist might have helped a bit.
These days it's more like 90WPM, but honestly, how much English have I typed in the past year? I would say I've written 10 times more code than English, yet there is no real benchmark for code writing speed.;-)
LSB is kinda neat, but I think that ruling out revolutionary distributions like GoboLinux due to non-compliance with the LSB would be unfair to those distributions. Revolution always seems to work better than evolution anyway.
If you're going to mod your Xbox, mod it now, because it will be declared illegal under the FTA. Better to get it out of the way now, and say that it was legal if someone tries pounding you for it.
The P900 is a perfect example of what I was saying.
I could buy a Palm Tungsten T3 and a more straightforward phone with Bluetooth support, and I would still be spending less money than the P900 would cost.
If you walked past a dozen shops on the way to work every day, and had to enter every single shop, scan through each one's price list, and keep an eye out for things you like, you would be pretty tired before you even entered the office in the morning. Not to mention, you would potentially need to leave for work a whole half an hour earlier, in order to have the time to do this.
I haven't yet seen a mobile phone with any usable buttons, let alone the D-pad. It's interesting to know that the D-pad is patented though, I always wondered why Nintendo were the only ones who used it.:-)
Oh wow. This is excellent, it means that I can already do pretty much everything I want and still keep the two devices separate. Now I just need to find the cheapest possible phone which still has Bluetooth built-in.:-)
My phone is a tool too. I got my current one on a plan of the minimum cost, where the plan is the same price as the plan where you bring in your own phone (so the phone was basically $0.) The only thing I would want to change, is I want bluetooth support on the phone for messaging people locally, since IR is just too damn dicky.
I just don't want to have to carry a PC around with me. I'm hoping that the sync software on the phone and the PDA can talk directly to each other, and ideally, automatically. I shouldn't have to manually sync.
That would be handy in many cases. As you walked past a store, you could store the store's contact details. Of course, I can think of far more useful things to do with Bluetooth in this sort of situation. Better would be walking near a store, and your phone telling you if your favourite pastry is on special today.
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From this we can see that point 1 is a fallacy, or at best, a generalisation since I suppose Mac OS9 might be "not for work" whereas Mac OSX is.
Indeed. It's not id's fault anyway, it's Activision's fault for not caring a dick about Linux or in fact, any OS other than Windows.
I don't know. I guess it might be worth testing the theory out, but the truth is most moderators are too lazy to actually read the things they moderate anyway, so any moderation one gets is most likely random regardless of the title.
And yet, the password I gave as example would only require the user to remember five things, instead of nine things, for a similar level of security.
With 50,000 words, it comes to 6.55E14 combinations, which is still greater than the 8 character password. But like I said, a good password cracking program would have the entire wordlist in password-frequency order.
I didn't say it was invulnerable, I just said it was safer than a standard 8 character password. Obviously with enough time and computing power, anyone can crack anything.
Let's have a URL. Searching is only pulling up the tool itself. Incidentally the password I put there is in a set of >10^17 similar passwords, whereas an 8 character password is in a set of >10^14 similar passwords. The 8 character random one would be more crackable. :-)
If Mine was simple, then an 8 character password would be even simpler.
My example password would be of size N(words)^2 + N(symbol)^3, whereas an 8-character password would be N(symbol)^8. If I assume a dictionary of 1,000,000 words and a list of 64 common symbols, mine is in a set of 2.62E17 passwords, whereas the typical 8 character password is in a set of 2.81E14 passwords.
But I guess if the wordlist were somehow crafted in order of use in passwords, and "monkey" and "pineapple" were considered common, then it might be cracked faster. Of course, the cracker would have to go through every other simpler combination before trying stuff like word-symbol*3-word, which would add to the time anyway.
Word substrings aren't so bad if there are two words and they're separated somehow. I somehow doubt a brute force app would be able to figure out "monkey4-2pineapple" very quickly, unless it knew it was in that precise format.
Let's see, which one is more offensive I wonder... Hmm...
Also, what about people who may work for, picking a random company, JBoss Inc., but want to register for multiple forum accounts without getting busted? :-)
And "pokerpokerpokerpokerpokerpoker" is meaningful?
I think that typing meaningful data and measuring characters per second is more useful than typing the same data and measuring words per minute. A sentence where the average word length is 6 instead of 4 shouldn't penalise the typist.
Words per minute isn't really as good a measure (I think) because it doesn't exclude "unfair" combinations.
For example, I can type a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a at probably around...
I used to consistently get 120WPM on employment typing tests before university, as we got touch typing drilled into us in year 9 and 10, and it's possible that as you say, me being a pianist might have helped a bit.
These days it's more like 90WPM, but honestly, how much English have I typed in the past year? I would say I've written 10 times more code than English, yet there is no real benchmark for code writing speed. ;-)
Crappy voting records? But you get fined if you don't vote, right? If you were a geek, wouldn't that money be better spent on gadgets?
LSB is kinda neat, but I think that ruling out revolutionary distributions like GoboLinux due to non-compliance with the LSB would be unfair to those distributions. Revolution always seems to work better than evolution anyway.
If you're going to mod your Xbox, mod it now, because it will be declared illegal under the FTA. Better to get it out of the way now, and say that it was legal if someone tries pounding you for it.
No, less than AU$1200...
The P900 is a perfect example of what I was saying.
I could buy a Palm Tungsten T3 and a more straightforward phone with Bluetooth support, and I would still be spending less money than the P900 would cost.
If you walked past a dozen shops on the way to work every day, and had to enter every single shop, scan through each one's price list, and keep an eye out for things you like, you would be pretty tired before you even entered the office in the morning. Not to mention, you would potentially need to leave for work a whole half an hour earlier, in order to have the time to do this.
I haven't yet seen a mobile phone with any usable buttons, let alone the D-pad. It's interesting to know that the D-pad is patented though, I always wondered why Nintendo were the only ones who used it. :-)
Oh wow. This is excellent, it means that I can already do pretty much everything I want and still keep the two devices separate. Now I just need to find the cheapest possible phone which still has Bluetooth built-in. :-)
My phone is a tool too. I got my current one on a plan of the minimum cost, where the plan is the same price as the plan where you bring in your own phone (so the phone was basically $0.) The only thing I would want to change, is I want bluetooth support on the phone for messaging people locally, since IR is just too damn dicky.
I just don't want to have to carry a PC around with me. I'm hoping that the sync software on the phone and the PDA can talk directly to each other, and ideally, automatically. I shouldn't have to manually sync.
That would be handy in many cases. As you walked past a store, you could store the store's contact details. Of course, I can think of far more useful things to do with Bluetooth in this sort of situation. Better would be walking near a store, and your phone telling you if your favourite pastry is on special today.