Is a GPG pass-phrase Useful?Is a GPG pass-phrase Useful?
Does a GPG pass-phrase provide a real benefit to the majority of users? It seems that there will be the following categories of attack which result in stealing the secret-key[...]
Label vs UUID vs DeviceLabel vs UUID vs Device
Someone asked on a mailing list about the issues related to whether to use a label, UUID, or device name for /etc/fstab. The first thing to consider is where the[...]
New ZCAV DevelopmentNew ZCAV Development
I have just been running some ZCAV tests on some new supposedly 1TB disks (10^40 bytes is about 931*2^30 so is about 931G according to almost everyone in the computer[...]
Advertising a ScamAdvertising a Scam
Below is a strange Google advert that appeared on my blog. It appeared when I did a search on my blog, it also appears on my post about perpetual motion.[...]
Awful Computers for KidsAwful Computers for Kids
I have just observed demonstration units of the V-Smile system [1]. They have “educational games” aimed at ages 3-5, 4-7, and some similar ranges. The first thing I noticed was[...]
New Dell ServerNew Dell Server
My Dell PowerEdge T105 server (as referenced in my previous post [1]) is now working. It has new memory (why replace just the broken DIMM when you can replace both)[...]
Shared Context and BloggingShared Context and Blogging
One interesting aspect of the TED conference [1] is the fact that they only run one stream. There is one lecture hall with one presentation and everyone sees the same[...]
LUV Meeting July 2008LUV Meeting July 2008
At the last two meetings of LUV [1] I’ve given away old hardware. This month I gave away a bunch of old PCI and AGP video cards, a heap of[...]
The History of MSThe History of MS
Jeff Bailey writes about the last 26 years of Microsoft [1]. He gives Microsoft credit for “saving us from the TRS 80”, however CP/M-86 was also an option for the[...]
The New DNS MessThe New DNS Mess
The Age has an interesting article about proposed DNS changes [1]. Apparently ICANN is going to sell top level DNS names and a prediction has been made that they will[...]