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Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Cracking Windows passwords in seconds. Researchers outline a way to speed the cracking of alphanumeric Windows passwords, reducing the time to break such codes to an average of 13.6 seconds from 1 minute 41 seconds. [CNET News.com - Enterprise]
Good Lines From The Simpsons. I don't watch much TV anymore, but I still try to catch The Simpsons whenever I can. It is clearly the best show on TV. That's why I was pleased to find Subtly Simpsons. What follows is a list of lines from The Simpsons that we, your editors, have found to be particularly witty, often with their humor derived from subtleties of language, esoteric allusions, or just plain wit. Here's an example, from the "Sly Social Commentary" section: Lisa: Mom, romance is dead. It was acquired in a hostile ...[MORE] [The J-Walk Blog]
The Freedom Fighter's Manual. A booklet published by the CIA. In the early 80's the CIA published a sabotage manual and distributed it throughout Nicaragua. The anti-Sandanista pamphlet is full of tips on bringing down the infrastructure of the country. "The Freedom Fighter's Manual" is illustrated with childlike cartoons and brief captions. Your tax dollars at work! The excerpt below explains how to screw things up by making fake hotel reservations. You'll also learn how to clog a toilet, set off false alarms, break light...[MORE] [The J-Walk Blog]
Good Experience: Top Sites' User Experience Teams and Their Challenge. Across all of those companies, the issues were strikingly similar. Despite the different business models - e-commerce, content, software development, search, etc. - team after team recited the same few issues that they are now trying to address. [Tomalak's Realm]
How the Nerds Were Having A Perfectly Good Time Until The Businesspeople And Lawyers Showed Up And Ruined Everything. Lisa Rein is slowly uploading her footage from last month's ILAW conference. She posted a real prize today: Jonathan Zittrain and Terry Fisher's talk: "Domain names - How the mess came about" or "How the Nerds Were Having A Perfectly Good Time Until The Businesspeople And Lawyers Showed Up And Ruined Everything." Brilliant stuff. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
Aggregator Overload - Good Stuff - Some Explored - Some Not
Tuesday, July 22, 2003Cracking Windows passwords in seconds. Researchers outline a way to speed the cracking of alphanumeric Windows passwords, reducing the time to break such codes to an average of 13.6 seconds from 1 minute 41 seconds. [CNET News.com - Enterprise]
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Good Lines From The Simpsons. I don't watch much TV anymore, but I still try to catch The Simpsons whenever I can. It is clearly the best show on TV. That's why I was pleased to find Subtly Simpsons. What follows is a list of lines from The Simpsons that we, your editors, have found to be particularly witty, often with their humor derived from subtleties of language, esoteric allusions, or just plain wit. Here's an example, from the "Sly Social Commentary" section: Lisa: Mom, romance is dead. It was acquired in a hostile ...[MORE] [The J-Walk Blog]
10:48:01 PM
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The Freedom Fighter's Manual. A booklet published by the CIA. In the early 80's the CIA published a sabotage manual and distributed it throughout Nicaragua. The anti-Sandanista pamphlet is full of tips on bringing down the infrastructure of the country. "The Freedom Fighter's Manual" is illustrated with childlike cartoons and brief captions. Your tax dollars at work! The excerpt below explains how to screw things up by making fake hotel reservations. You'll also learn how to clog a toilet, set off false alarms, break light...[MORE] [The J-Walk Blog]
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categories: Items To Review
Good Experience: Top Sites' User Experience Teams and Their Challenge. Across all of those companies, the issues were strikingly similar. Despite the different business models - e-commerce, content, software development, search, etc. - team after team recited the same few issues that they are now trying to address. [Tomalak's Realm]
How the Nerds Were Having A Perfectly Good Time Until The Businesspeople And Lawyers Showed Up And Ruined Everything. Lisa Rein is slowly uploading her footage from last month's ILAW conference. She posted a real prize today: Jonathan Zittrain and Terry Fisher's talk: "Domain names - How the mess came about" or "How the Nerds Were Having A Perfectly Good Time Until The Businesspeople And Lawyers Showed Up And Ruined Everything." Brilliant stuff. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]