Passphrases do not, by themselves, help security all that much. Instead of a low number of characters to permutate, you have a low number of words to permutate. The same methods you use to crack an 8-character password can be used to crack an 8-word passphrase.
The real power, as the blog entry points out (and Windows problems aside), is that it becomes more practical to force users to change passwords (or passphrases) more often.
Of course, soon we'll start hearing about the lawsuits against the creators of these games. I.e. they knew Everquest was as addictive as crack. So their target will be: Big Sim.
Gates: I have never searched for such a sentence. Plus: if you understand the search engine properly, it doesn't mean that you will find exactly this sentence on these pages.
Doesn't this say a lot about Microsoft's search technology and usability? I mean, grandma doesn't know she needs to put quotes around the sentence.
And maybe this explains why the search dog on Windows XP is so broken...
Daniel told Archer that the founding of the Federation takes place in 7 years (maybe 6, now).
Maybe they'll make a movie or bring back the show at that time.
Or maybe SciFi will pick it up.
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Did someone say Secret City?
Draw draw draw!
I used to read Penn Jillette in PC Computing for his Nostradamus-like predictions for the computer industry.
Boy, was I disappointed.
But mathematicians don't have search-and-replace, and programmers don't scribble production code into the margins of books.
variables that do something relatively mindless I name 'Gilligan'
Do particulary sexy variables get named Ginger or Mary Ann?
When will they do an article about the poor deer who help boost Nextel bars?
and in other cases the tape seems readable but there is no technology available to read it
I'm sure there are some hackers here on Slashdot who could whip up some code over the weekend to get the job done.
Yeah, grandma is thinking, "if it doesn't have CSS2 support, I'm switching to Firekitty!"
Have you noticed how a lot of AP stories from the U.S. mention that so-and-so was not listed in the white pages, so they were unavailable for comment?
Mark Cuban had an interesting blog entry about the bloggers.
Maybe he could also apologize to the victims of Pearl Harbor, the Lusitania, and Michael Jackson.
I think I've seen it in action, too. Scary!
Wow, this is an old blog entry. But anyways.
Passphrases do not, by themselves, help security all that much. Instead of a low number of characters to permutate, you have a low number of words to permutate. The same methods you use to crack an 8-character password can be used to crack an 8-word passphrase.
The real power, as the blog entry points out (and Windows problems aside), is that it becomes more practical to force users to change passwords (or passphrases) more often.
Wow. That's the kind of setup that is a royal pain to maintain.
...who don't need direction to skew their results.
Looks like Gnome got the OS/2 look-and-feel down pat.
Of course, soon we'll start hearing about the lawsuits against the creators of these games. I.e. they knew Everquest was as addictive as crack. So their target will be: Big Sim.
But do you have freedom?
Gates: I have never searched for such a sentence. Plus: if you understand the search engine properly, it doesn't mean that you will find exactly this sentence on these pages.
Doesn't this say a lot about Microsoft's search technology and usability? I mean, grandma doesn't know she needs to put quotes around the sentence.
And maybe this explains why the search dog on Windows XP is so broken...
Ever see the Benny Hill episode where household appliances attack?
Daniel told Archer that the founding of the Federation takes place in 7 years (maybe 6, now). Maybe they'll make a movie or bring back the show at that time. Or maybe SciFi will pick it up.
I guess Open Source is a religion now.
BSG may have good writers, but half of their wardrobe comes straight from the Rockford Files!
How did they fit Stephen Hawking into a box that small?!
Didn't even mention DVI.
If they really wanted to maintain continuity, they would have cancelled Enteprise in fewer seasons than TOS was on the air.