ghamerly - Slashdot User

Comment Re:I do not use the same password for multiple sit (Score 2) 339

by ghamerly on Saturday December 31, 2011 @12:16AM (#38545712) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Changing Passwords For the New Year?

Or, they could be converting passwords to lowercase before hashing them.

Meteorite Hunters Find the West Texas Fireball 64

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday March 04, 2009 @02:14AM from the sweet-dreams-and-flying-machines-in-pieces-on-the-ground dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A fireball streaked over Austin, Texas on February 15 producing sonic booms and startling people for hundreds of miles. The video of the event was shown on national television and viewed by thousands of people on the Net. The first news reports speculated that the fireball might have been debris from a February 13th collision between two satellites over Siberia but space experts said that the object was probably a meteor. Now this has been confirmed: experienced meteorite hunters located a strewnfield about 120 miles north of the filming site of the Austin cameraman and have recovered over 100 freshly fallen meteorites."

Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College 1088

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 12, 2009 @10:27AM from the not-cancelling-their-caucus-i-bet dept.

Zebano writes "Since changing the US constitution is too much work, the Iowa senate is considering a bill that would send all 7 of Iowa's electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote in a presidential election. This would only go into affect after enough states totaling 270 electoral votes (enough to elect a president) adopted similar resolutions."

WD's Monster 2TB Caviar Green Drive, Preview Test 454

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @01:17PM from the what-would-this've-cost-in-1999? dept.

MojoKid writes "Today Western Digital is announcing their WD20WEADS drive, otherwise known as the WD Caviar Green 2.0TB. With 32MB of onboard cache and special power management algorithms that balance spindle speed and transfer rates, the WD Caviar Green 2TB not only breaks the 2 terabyte barrier but also offers an extremely low-power profile in its standard 3.5" SATA footprint. Early testing shows it keeps pace with similar capacity drives from Seagate and Samsung."

Comment Where was everybody? (Score 1) 4

by ghamerly on Friday October 19, 2007 @10:20AM (#21041135) Attached to: Slashdot Anniversary: Waco, TX, US

I was at the appointed place at the appointed time. I didn't see anyone else there. Waited for a bit, discussed quantum mechanics with some friends, and left.

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