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You Need to Use Better Passwords

Sunday, February 25, 2007

What is your online banking password? I have 10 to 1 odds that say it sucks. You should probably do something about that. If you like money, that is.

Alex King wrote a couple of posts [1, 2] on using password hashing software to abstract your passwords out of your head, ostensibly increasing the level of security involved with the web sites you entrust your information to.

written by Brad Fults

Determinism and Free Will

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Often in the course of the philosophy of religion, the question of free will vs. determinism is brought up. Typically, the non-religious side claims that every human has complete autonomy and control over him or herself, doing whatever is willed and having unbounded freedom. The religious side usually asserts that there is some omnipotent, omniscient, [...]

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Finals

Saturday, December 4, 2004

Finals week is this week. I have Numerical Linear Algebra on Monday and Hegel on Friday.
Counter-Strike: Source is fun, but they changed small things in the maps that take getting used to; not to mention shooting the guns is completely different.

tagged: Games General Math
written by Brad Fults

Dwell Time

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Let dt(e) be the “dwell time” required for an event “e”.
I propose that most or all events in life are in the domain of the function dt. Moreover, I postulate that, to a certain degree, a person’s success in modern society depends on their particular definition of dt as it is fit to his or [...]

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