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"Gene Roddenberry always talked about how amazing humans were, because we could do amazing things when we worked together. " - Exactly. That's what made him great, not the television shows, the dedication to that particular belief. I also think Dork Tower caught the importance of the event and how we as a media society have ignored it basically in the strip today: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/08/dork-tower-monday-94/
Commented Aug 6, 2012 on I couldn't believe it, myself, but this is a real picture. at WWdN: In Exile
I couldn't believe it, myself, but this is a real picture.
Last night, Anne and I got to go to the Jet Propulsion Labratory to watch the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover. It was a powerful, emotional, inspiring experience. When I think about how these scientists flew something the size of my car to another planet and landed it almost exactly where th...
"I have the best wife and the best friends ever in the history of life on this or any other plane of existence." - Yes,... Yes you do. That might be one of the single best birthdays I have ever heard of.
Commented Jul 31, 2012 on This is a real thing that happened. at WWdN: In Exile
This is a real thing that happened.
I'm still processing the whole thing, through a mind that was recently completely blown, but I have to show you a picture, Internet: Anne gave me a surprise party for my 40th birthday. She spent a year planning it, and gathered 165 of my friends -- from around the world -- into one room to cel...
I live in Ohio and last week it was literally over 100 degrees every single day and I was on staycation. So believe you me, I get the hot. In addition to all that I am a ginger and as everyone knows other than not having my own soul and needing to steal others so I can have a new freckle here and there, I also have almost no pigmentation and burn in like 3.2 milliseconds in the sun.
Commented Jul 11, 2012 on Hotter than July at WWdN: In Exile
Hotter than July
I've spent most of today working on my setlist for w00tstock on Thursday, and reviewing all of my notes from Falling Skies, so I am prepared to moderate that panel on Friday. Normally, I take extended breaks on a workday and go for a walk in my neighborhood, sit with an iced tea on the patio and...
All in all this is a good proposal, but there are drawbacks that would need worked out before its viable.
1) All of your internet passwords would be stored in one central location instead of many different locations. Can't really do much except distribute this one, but its something to be aware of.
2) If that location ever gets hacked you are screwed and will be scrambling to change passwords that you don't know because they were generated. This is a very very very bad situation.
3) If the central storage site goes down, you have absolutely no recourse. You cannot access anything and you cannot change passwords because you don't know them. If this is a distributed site then this may be far less likely, but could still be an issue.
Guarantees for uptime and such can be made but we only have to look at what happens when RIM goes down to see how bad things could be. The current approach is by no means perfect, it isn't even good, but more thought would be required before your proposal would be anywhere near viable. We just need to be sure that in our rush for less annoying security we don't lose security.
Commented Sep 6, 2011 on Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity at Coding Horror
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity
Perhaps you've seen this recent XKCD about password choice? It prompted a spirited debate – even on our very own Security Stack Exchange – about the merits of the argument presented there. Now, to be clear, I'm completely on Randall's side here; I'm all for passphrases over passwords, and I...
I really enjoyed this episode. I felt that Dr. Parrish started to really feel like a person rather than just a character in this episode. Also I think Colin Ferguson has hit a new high for Carter this season and I'm loving it. All in all it seems that the addition of you and Felicia Day is more of an organic growth to the show rather than just trying to inject anything new for another season. That's what has made it truly fun and interesting this season. I'm looking forward to the rest of the episodes!
Commented Aug 4, 2011 on Eureka: Up In The Air at WWdN: In Exile
Eureka: Up In The Air
Last night's episode of Eureka, Up In The Air, has my favorite moment of the entire season in it. I don't think it played as clearly in the edit as it read in the script, but it's when Carter gets so incredibly excited for a traditional bank robbery investigation, and then finds out from Andy th...
This was a pretty good post in the beginning, but the final line shot it into the stratosphere of pure win!
Commented Aug 3, 2010 on It's like there's a monkey on my back. A gaming monkey, and he's rattling dice in my ear. at WWdN: In Exile
It's like there's a monkey on my back. A gaming monkey, and he's rattling dice in my ear.
One more From The Vault, because I'd completely forgotten about it, and it made me laugh out loud when I read it. While Anne and I drove down the freeway today, Just Like Heaven came on the radio. "This was my first CD," I said. "I know," she said. "You tell me that every time we hear a song f...
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