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  1. Re:Skroob. on Password Complexity in the Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    I work as an automation consultant. And at present, work at 5 sites. And have control and LAN and WAN accounts at all sites. And my office account and the VPN for the office. And home an the MAC at home and the Linux box at home. Some are PINed secure digital tokens. Some are numbers and letters, some are numbers and upper and lowercase number. Most have to be 6 chars. It is a bit insane. And at the rolling 6 weeks expiration, I lose about 4 hours changing and synching it all. The more conservative clients are starting to use smart cards...anyone else seeing that?

  2. Re:It's a *code* not a cipher on Numbers Stations Move From Shortwave To VoIP · · Score: 1

    You might consider wandering past wikipedia to read about ciphers, before the arguing commences...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher.

  3. Long Hours and Rational Thought on Can People Really Program 80+ Hours a Week? · · Score: 1

    I tend to agree with the notion that there is a point of diminishing returns and that it happens for most WAY before 80 hours per week. Especially as I am back in the coding for my pay mode and 40 years old is rapidly approaching. BUT, there have definiately been times when I get in the groove and the time sails by unnoticed and 80 hours in nothing and I am getting more done that I could fathom. So there is an in the groove/zone effect that can be powerful. But it is NOT an every week kind of thing. That just leads to baldspots, pot bellies, burnout and automatic weapons in the workplace type things.

  4. Smart Car on ZAP Smart Car Approved for Sale in the US · · Score: 1

    I think that it looks sporty. Though a little tough to haul much around. I wonder what the total cost of ownership is. I like my Civic Hybrid, though the poor design on the EGR valve sucks.

  5. Ipod and Such on Some iPod Fans Dump PCs For Macs · · Score: 1

    I had a brief moment of nostalgia for my grad school Mac days when I got my ipod. But the screen died and then it did. Apple is great to do business with and I got replacements speedily. And it was easy to resynch to my laptop. But the laptop was Windows and I would have been SOL without it. So, the nostalgia died and I stopped thinking about buying a Mac. Maybe it is nostalgia that is the link to the new surge in sales. :)

  6. Re:Oh the shock and surprise. on RNC and Voter Suppression · · Score: 1

    He might have been acting as you say maliciously...or he might have been foring the issue... So, you think that the Sinclair Group is not politically motivated either?

  7. Re:Second link. on Composite Of Earth At Night · · Score: 1

    I think that a throughput issue is likely the root issue. I get a white screen as it loads on the larger file. It eventually loads, patience is a virtue remember...

  8. Re:Around it comes again:We are better on Hackers As Factory Workers? · · Score: 1

    Speaking of version control, are there any good and not horribly expensive tools to manage version control? Preferably suited to objects as well as pure code...