Sick systems
Facebook is down!
DownRightNow.com
Current status: possible service trouble.
I'm still alive...
Considering the amount of time I've spent not updating my blog, Google probably doesn't agree. :)
HTC Droid Incredible
It's a new gadget (a smartphone if you're either not a USian or living under a rock) I got a couple of days ago. It was intended for Christmas, but it's impossible to get a new phone without activating it, so I got it early...
A note to people using AES
The United States State Department does not recommend AES for encrypting classified information.
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As some of you may have noticed, my avatar on all my sites has been changed to something like this:
The Blu-Ray/HDCP master key
HDCP MASTER KEY (MIRROR THIS TEXT!).
Beta automatic CAPTCHA
It's based on HashCash. The client performs a CPU-intensive task (it concatenates the URL, time accurate to the minute, and tries to find a number to tack onto the end that has a SHA1 hash with enough zeroes on the beginning). It's easy to tell (one hash and query to the clock), but hard to get (a ton of numbers won't generate enough zeroes).
For a better browsing experience!
I've been using Google Chrome (or, rather, the unbranded Chromium that's available in the Debian repositories) for awhile now, but have been holding off on blogging about it due to a combined laziness and desire to have a very complete review ready.
Okay, I want to know. Why are you using Disqus?
If you've never heard of Disqus, you either don't notice the logo or don't comment on very many blogs. It's a centraized service running comments forms. Just install an add-on into Wordpress, which already provides commenting......