password hashing

http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Security/Cracking-14-Character-Complex-Passwords-in-5-Seconds.html

I like this guy

Historian Jason Scott.
I would buy him a beer any day of the week.
The History of the Software Piracy...
http://vimeo.com/15400820

I like this (possibly unintentional) double entendre:
"Something inside of your pants runs software ... maybe something
inside of your chest runs software"

-JD

Google Java Oracle

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101005114201136

I own Oracle stock and I hadn't considered selling till I saw Google's response to Oracle's Java lawsuit. In the end I'm sure Oracle will continue to make a lot of money, but after reading the response I've lost faith in Oracle's Mojo. Their business leadership comes off as arrogant and bumbling... Makes me wonder...

Hunter

Recently finished a decent biography on HST, and got a kick out of this:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Hunter+Thompson+brutally+honest+Canadian+request/3606508/story.html