i think he meant pseudo random passwords.

>i am a big fan of the binary password approach. One could use a unique seed 
>(dependent on the service) and a set PRN generator. Thereby getting easy peasy 
>remembering and easy generation (and passing on to heirs, "power-of-attorney" 
>types etc), yet very good passwords.

greg
~krsnadas.org

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from: Dan Bron <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
date: 18 June 2014 07:59
subject: Re: [Jchat] Project Euler knocked down

Really random passwords?

http://xkcd.com/936/

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from: John Baker <[email protected]>
to: Chat forum <[email protected]>
date: 18 June 2014 07:39
subject: Re: [Jchat] Project Euler knocked down

>So crazy that it's probably somebodies' business model. Let's hear it for 
>really random passwords.

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from: Roger Hui <[email protected]>
to: Chat Forum <[email protected]>
date: 18 June 2014 03:18
subject: Re: [Jchat] Project Euler knocked down

Harvest passwords?  http://xkcd.com/792/

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from: alexgian <[email protected]>
to: J Chat forum <[email protected]>
date: 18 June 2014 03:13
subject: Re: [Jchat] Project Euler knocked down

>That's not a bad idea John.  The thing with PE, though, is that you are not 
>allowed access to info about problems until you've solved them, I don't think 
>this can be accommodated within the git framework.

>Frankly, I'm surprised why anyone bothered targeting PE.  Hardly any financial 
>incentive.  It's not exactly "social media" either. Wanted the solutions 
>badly?  LOL

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from: Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
to: Chat forum <[email protected]>
date: 17 June 2014 07:01
subject: Re: [Jchat] Project Euler knocked down

This is why we can't have nice things.

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from: Raul Miller <[email protected]>
to: Chat forum <[email protected]>
date: 16 June 2014 21:42
subject: Re: [Jchat] Project Euler knocked down

>Rosettacode.org is also under (mild) attack, with spam account creation and 
>what looks like organized irrelevancy.

I guess someone thinks it's too useful or something?

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from: Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: Chat forum <[email protected]>
date: 16 June 2014 10:49
subject: [Jchat] Project Euler knocked down

>I've submitted a story to Slashdot about Project Euler being out of 
>commission: 
>http://slashdot.org/submission/3631443/project-euler-knocked-out-because-of-a-serious-security-issue
> .

>If enough people vote this up, it could focus some publicity on this 
>distressing state of affairs.
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