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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Gathering entropy from children

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Here is a trick I found that solved an old problem: How can coin flipping ever be fair if only one person chooses head or tail ? I remember Chrissy complaining about that to Jack in an episode of “Three’s Company”. Above the humour, I remember thinking about fair coin flipping back then, many years [...]

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My name is Guillaume, and I want to be a hacker

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

I was reading the FAQ on how to be a hacker, from Eric Raymond. I recognized in me many of the hacker traits – maybe even some of the skills. But I use a handle, ixe013. One thing for sure, I love to solve problems and build things. When I started this web site, I [...]

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Unlock any user’s session without losing data or killing processes

Saturday, January 5, 2008

UPDATED Feb. 2nd 2008 : There is an enhanced version out, with better code, features and documentation. A friend of mine wanted a special group of users to be able to unlock a workstation without losing any data. Putting those uses in the administrator groups was not a solution, because the default behaviour of Windows [...]

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