Starred posts

Thomas Pornin

Aug 2, 2011 12:14

Writing a blog post looks better than working on X.509 certificate validation

Rory Alsop

Aug 1, 2011 14:51

mental picture of bear in full goth garb - me laughs

Jeff Ferland

Jul 29, 2011 13:42

Or, put another way, my life is too damn awesome for an SSH window. :)

Thomas Pornin

Jul 26, 2011 16:17

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Q: FAQ for Stack Exchange sites

Community FAQ For sites in the Stack Exchange 2.0 network To see a list of commonly used words and phrases, see the glossary. Content Asking questions How to ask a smart question? How can I get answers fast? Is there a limit on how many questions I can ask? Should I ask a question I kn...

AviD

Jul 22, 2011 13:39

never too late for a good <entendre value="2">gangbang</entendre>

Thomas Pornin

Jul 21, 2011 19:52

2. Why are white stars on top of black stars ? Isn't it inappropriate ?

The Evil Phoenix

Jul 21, 2011 15:06

actually not with swords... with *bat'leth*s

Thomas Pornin

Jul 21, 2011 14:47

I think it is normal: days where you get much rep are also days where you get, say, much rep

Rory Alsop

Jul 21, 2011 14:41

hahahahahahaha

Rory Alsop

Jul 21, 2011 14:21

I am the god of hellfire, and I bring you

AviD

Jul 21, 2011 13:38

well, I for one, am proud to be american, knowing that we are a nation that can waste huge amounts of time and resources watching stupid, but beautiful, stuff like silhouette dancing.

Thomas Pornin

Jul 21, 2011 12:59

For instance, if it was true in GF(2^n) for some n >= 2, it would mean that GF(2^n) can be defined modulo an irreducible polynomial P of degree n, such that X^5+X^4+X^2+X and X^5+X^3+X are equal modulo P (polynomials with coefficients in GF(2))

Thomas Pornin

Jul 21, 2011 12:56

@thisjosh 6 * 9 = 42 in GF(2) and GF(3) but in no other finite field

Iszi

Jul 21, 2011 12:52

nbc.com/americas-got-talent/video/…

Rebecca Chernoff

Jul 21, 2011 04:01

go look at the blog (:

Rory Alsop

Jul 20, 2011 20:30

@thisjosh in 'towel space'

AviD

Jul 20, 2011 14:03

Next person to fly off the handle when Windows is mentioned in chat will get kicked.

The Evil Phoenix

Jul 20, 2011 13:02

throws 500GB of illogical data at @Avid

M'vy

Jul 20, 2011 12:55

Is this on topic for security : Q: I've bought a butterfly, how can I protect myself from butterfly effect?

this.josh

Jul 20, 2011 05:00

it's not everyday you see '#ifdef CHARSET_EBCDIC'

Rory Alsop

Jul 19, 2011 14:08

hahahahahahaha

Rory Alsop

Jul 19, 2011 14:05

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Q: What is the terminal velocity for a mobile phone

You may have seen the story of the iPhone which was dropped from 13,000 feet by a skydiver - it survived. This made me wonder how to work out the terminal velocity for something like that. Obviously calculating terminal velocity for a sphere can be relatively straightforward, but with a flattene...

gravity velocity

this.josh

Jul 18, 2011 20:54

I'm not fixing my piece until they fix theirs.

Scott Pack

Jul 18, 2011 13:28

Particularly in professional environments.

Rory Alsop

Jul 18, 2011 11:24

definitely!

Rory Alsop

Jul 15, 2011 20:29

in fact, I might as well - lemme go and get another glass of wine first

Iszi

Jul 15, 2011 18:22

@thisjosh If you're talking about in chat, it only happens when that person posts enough consecutive lines to have room for a larger gravatar and their username and their rep.

this.josh

Jul 14, 2011 21:18

"You're the Diet Coke of evil, just one calorie, not evil enough."

Thomas Pornin

Jul 14, 2011 15:25

@RoryAlsop Oh well. The gist of my answer in that meta.crypto question: "The rule of thumb, here, being that you should post to crypto.SE if you want to understand the internals, and to security.SE if you want to know what you should do now."

makerofthings7

Jul 14, 2011 14:32

@Rory Alsop - I just read the entire case... fascinatingly demented, terrible.

The Evil Phoenix

Jul 14, 2011 14:26

ne.anl.gov/capabilities/vat/seals/maxims.shtml if you're interested

Thomas Pornin

Jul 14, 2011 14:21

@RoryAlsop Heinlein, in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"

Scott Pack

Jul 14, 2011 13:50

news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/…

Scott Pack

Jul 14, 2011 13:15

So I, naturally, imagined a much larger structure where, instead of balls, there would be harnesses into which children could be inserted.

Rory Alsop

Jul 14, 2011 13:01

hahahahahahaha

Iszi

Jul 13, 2011 20:36

@ScottPack Doesn't work if you're trying to reply to a message from an older log.

Scott Pack

Jul 13, 2011 17:37

Hell, half the time I'm doing it for me. I've learned more from writing answers than I ever did doing my job :)

Scott Pack

Jul 13, 2011 17:29

Well, in his little sandbox he is good. The problem is that he just refuses to accept that there's a world outside, and it seems like his mission is to pat us on the head, tell us how cute it is that we haven't figured out the truth, and build schools until we convert :)

Thomas Pornin

Jul 13, 2011 16:40

@ScottPack Yes, it does coffee

nealmcb

Jul 13, 2011 16:36

But like Thomas says, don't sweat the quantum threat....

Stefano Palazzo

Jul 13, 2011 15:51

hello sec.se, you look nice today! :-)

Scott Pack

Jul 13, 2011 14:50

After the thermonuclear apocalypse the world will be populated by nothing but dandelions, cockroaches, Twinkies, and Tandem NonStops.

Iszi

Jul 13, 2011 14:43

Hehe.... The Register: "Microsoft kills Windows Vista SP1 support
Update to proper, working Vista! We call it 'Windows 7'"

Iszi

Jul 13, 2011 12:48

@CRoss fleurdelis.com/meanings.htm

Rory Alsop

Jul 13, 2011 12:42

the noble and powerful lion on the great shield of security, wings for swiftness and protection, the various flanking maneuvers and battles raging in the background

Scott Pack

Jul 13, 2011 12:40

Oh good. The builders finally finished the door access plan and installed the Man Trap. Too bad we caught a lion

Scott Pack

Jul 13, 2011 00:37

In another chat, a few days ago, I asked the fellow if anymore strawmen would be joining us. He was not amused.

nealmcb

Jul 13, 2011 00:27

@RoryAlsop That's the best part. And getting full dumps!

Rory Alsop

Jul 13, 2011 00:26

guess we will be able to use the full SE API now as well

AviD

Jul 12, 2011 22:32

@RoryAlsop is there a way for editors and such to get notifications on blog events?

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