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Password Strength

February 29th, 2012 No comments

I was recently talking password security/strength, where the argument was, that if you were creating a sufficiently complex password, it would also be very hard to remember. Since last year, when XKCD posted the following comic strip, I’ve always just shown the persons complaining, that picture, and suddenly they weren’t that worried anymore about creating a secure password, that they could remember.

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Dansk mirakel-/supercomputer?

February 27th, 2012 1 comment

Da jeg sad og læste nyheder i dag, faldt jeg over denne artikel fra Computerworld.dk, som handler om hvordan en dansker bygger sine egne “Super Work Stations”, som filmindustrien finder virkelig interessant, da det åbenbart sparer dem uger (og millioner af kroner), fordi denne “Super Work Station” er så meget hurtigere, og kan klare det på 90 sekunder.

Alene med sin processorkraft imponerede computeren den erfarne instruktor, da den renderer – eller bygger – en hel spillefilm på halvandet minut med live-rendering, hvilket ellers normalt tager over en uge.

Min første tanke da jeg læste det, var at enten brugte filmindustrien nogen helt sindsygt langsomme computere, eller også var der tale om en helt sindsyg cluster baseret computer fra Marius. Det var indtil jeg flyttede mit blik til spalten til højre for artiklen, som listede specifikationerne for computeren.

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Recommended XBMC Add-ons

February 25th, 2012 No comments

Most everyone who have ever tried out XBMC will agree that it’s probably the greatest, most flexible HTPC software available, and this without even extending its functionality with skins and add-ons. I’ve noticed that a lot of new users of XBMC are barely even scratching the surface of XBMC, so I thought I’d give a few tips and add-on recommendations.

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Great Mixes by MegaMixers.com

February 23rd, 2012 No comments

For those that remember the awesome mixes by DJ Deep called Deep Dance, you’re gonna love the mixes done by MegaMixers.com. I especially like their first MixCast of 2012.

You can also listen to that MixCast right here…

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Great Dubstep Remix

February 23rd, 2012 No comments

This is an awesome Dubstep remix by Celldweller.

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