Not only does it place an unrealistic burder on the user, but any system which can compare passwords with previous ones is storing them in plaintext rather than storing and comparing hashes.
I have a variant on that which is slightly more sophisticated: take two physical constants (e.g. epsilon-0 and mu-0), multiply each by a suitable factor of 10, and take the sum or difference to however many digits you want. As long as you remember which constants you use you can reconstruct it if you forget it (although I tend to remember a password after using it about three times), but it's rather unlikely to be in a dictionary.
Round here banks seem to think that asking you your mother's maiden name is a good way of verifying your identity. Well, can you think of anyone other than yourself who knows it? I simply give them another name, but it does mean I have to remember whom I've told what.
No, sir. "Undue" stress? If they're here unlawfully, then they're breaking the law.
The bit you quoted a single word from was "nothing but undue stress for immigrants". The word "illegal" didn't appear until later in the sentence. The grandparent's point about feature creep is a perfectly valid one: if the system is at all sensible then it won't issue driving licences which last beyond the entitlement to remain in the country, so it would be unnecessary to have immigration information on the driving licence.
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blatent screwup on the department line made me want to kill someone -- until I read your comment. I'm sure my coworkers are wondering why they keep hearing supressed laughter from my office.
In the UK there's no obligation to go to your local school, you can pick any as long as you have the grades to get accepted
If by "school" you mean University then that's true. If you actually mean school then you're forgetting the postcode lottery: really good state schools are so oversubscribed that you have to live with about 100m of the gate to stand a chance of getting in.
You think it takes 4 to 5 years of experience with calculus before one can learn about differential equations? I started doing calculus when I Was 15, and differential equations when I was 16. That's without mentioning geometry and statistics.
To register a domain with the intent of selling it back to another already established company or idea is just wrong.
Indeed. However, there's nothing wrong with registering a domain with the intent of using it, not knowing that a big company is going to release a product with the same name at some point in the future.
I was more intrigued by the simple conclusion that fewer than 20% of people online are from the US. How is this reflected in/.s user profile? Is the "most/.ers are Americans" line in the FAQ now well past its sell-by date?
They could do with checking the links, too. The "official auction site for Acclaim" is actually a gamer news site with a link to the actual auction site.
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I'll save my comments on morality: from a purely practical point of view, AIDS is merely the most deadly STD. There are still gonorrhoea, herpes, clamydia,...
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I don't think there is a person here who isn't connected to someone with HIV.
I might be connected to someone with HIV, but if so I'm not aware of it.
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Two people have already poked holes in your claim, but I'll add a third hole by pointing out that a woman who contracts HIV from her husband after he acquires it from another woman is certainly a victim.
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Not only does it place an unrealistic burder on the user, but any system which can compare passwords with previous ones is storing them in plaintext rather than storing and comparing hashes.
I have a variant on that which is slightly more sophisticated: take two physical constants (e.g. epsilon-0 and mu-0), multiply each by a suitable factor of 10, and take the sum or difference to however many digits you want. As long as you remember which constants you use you can reconstruct it if you forget it (although I tend to remember a password after using it about three times), but it's rather unlikely to be in a dictionary.
Round here banks seem to think that asking you your mother's maiden name is a good way of verifying your identity. Well, can you think of anyone other than yourself who knows it? I simply give them another name, but it does mean I have to remember whom I've told what.
So make sure you go to a bar that gives change.
I'm not sure why this is relevant, though.
Personal Assistant. That would be my first guess without context. Never having been to the USA, I'm not entirely au fait with its state codes.
Risk is mentioned. However, it's explicitly about good new games.
You think it takes 4 to 5 years of experience with calculus before one can learn about differential equations? I started doing calculus when I Was 15, and differential equations when I was 16. That's without mentioning geometry and statistics.
You missed the comma before the vocative.
Another game everyone can enjoy is Pitchcar. Flick counters round a racetrack.
It's called Absolute Balderdash: I won a game earlier today. I think I slightly prefer Articulate, but Balderdash is certainly good.
> These kids were 15! That can't be much more than algebra. Let me guess: you're American.
I was more intrigued by the simple conclusion that fewer than 20% of people online are from the US. How is this reflected in /.s user profile? Is the "most /.ers are Americans" line in the FAQ now well past its sell-by date?
It is dark. You might be eaten by a grue.
They could do with checking the links, too. The "official auction site for Acclaim" is actually a gamer news site with a link to the actual auction site.
Probably sue them for noise pollution.
I'll save my comments on morality: from a purely practical point of view, AIDS is merely the most deadly STD. There are still gonorrhoea, herpes, clamydia, ...
Two people have already poked holes in your claim, but I'll add a third hole by pointing out that a woman who contracts HIV from her husband after he acquires it from another woman is certainly a victim.
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