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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
