QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for one machine architecture on a different machine architecture. This is different than VMware, VirtualBox, or Hyper-V where you’re running different operating systems on the same architecture.

Comcast will continue to share what we learn with the Internet community, particularly with the IETF, for the benefit of other users of the Internet. What you didn’t notice in that statement was the font size 0.0001 where they added some disclaimers about their definitions of community, share, and benefit.

First you’ll narrow the possible combinations from 64,000 down to 100. But you don’t have to try each of those 100 combos. There’s a simple task you go through to figure out the actual combination in a matter of minutes. Or just make a shim out of a coke can and pick it in 2 seconds. Now that you know a simple combo padlock is basically just a deterrent, you shouldn’t ever use one to lock up anything of real value.

I use the little green laptop on recreational travel because the wifi signal strength is much better than your average laptop and it’s been less likely to get stolen since most people look at it and think it’s a toy. Hopefully they’ll release the next version of the laptop soon so i’ll have one to play with again! So long XO.

This is especially needed for any Windows application. It would save the typical user from his/herself. So many apps want to install a toolbar, take over as the default choice, or select some other intrusive behavior as the default. If you could have an app that you run before launching any kind of installation program, and that app just unchecked all the defaults, forcing you to choose the options that you feel are best, well the world might explode.

Perpetual Data is a peer-to-peer application that allows you to use an arbitrary computer as your own, with access to your personal and public data for the duration of your login. When you log out of the application, access to you data disappears from that PC.

The interesting part is 1/8 was just allocated. That’s hard to look at without reading it as one-eighth. IANA predicts all address blocks will be completely assigned by late 2011. I guess the real switch to IPv6 will be a forced one after all.

There it is, simple math: BFBC2 > MW2. The only part that worries me is the whole rental-agreement for a dedicated server. Hopefully the mod community will come out in full force after the MW2 debacle. I’d like to host my own private server and have it show up on the public list of private servers. If I have to rely on a 3rd party to host my server, I have no doubt that whatever hacks come out for the game will work on my server. At least I’ll be able to kick hackers and insta-ban them, well, one can only hope.

Dear President Obama,
Congratulations President Obama! You have been in our President for one year.  What a hell of a year! For the most part you have been steadfast in trying to do what you said you would do. But it looks as if you need some pointers on Health Care Reform. I haven’t read your plan. …

Until now, only password surveys have been analyzed, and I knew the results would be almost useless when compared to a real dataset of passwords because who in their right mind would donate one of their own passwords, or anything like it, to a survey about password statistics?