http://www.breakthru.altervista.org Blogging around Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:48:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is how to really get a really random number: From XKCD webcomic: http://xkcd.com/221/ Random numbers are really important in today's computing. You wouldn't believe it. They are used in every single authentication method, and are the very basis of encryption (ok, together with prime numbers...). http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=71 Nasa announced today that THERE IS WATER ON THE MOON! First thing I thought is obviously "I don't believe it"!! So I went looking for official sources and right on nasa.gov website I find this link where NASA explains that the spectrum measured by the second stage of LCROSS rocket agrees with ... http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=70 Maggio: "Il Napoli volerà" - Pronto volo easyjet per Parma. Maggio: "Il Napoli volerà" - O sapev che 'a società zumpav in aria. Maggio: "Il Napoli volerà" - La voce di un ala. Gargano: "Voglio un posto nella squadra." - Pronta una sedia vicino la panchina del Napoli. Gargano: "Pronto a giocare" - Oltre ... http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=69 To all who says: "Windows 7 is better than Vista". THINK AGAIN! Even the commodore64 BASIC is better than Vista (AmigaOS is better than Vista too). http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=68 Just found an amazing album by try^d on Jamendo. http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3661 http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=66 Today is the long-awaited release day for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server (and Netbook) editions. There's a bunch of updates and improvements over 9.04 as described on the release notes. So get ready to bittorrent the latest release, burn it on a CD.. and most importantly.. pass it on to friends. Or ... http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=64 http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=62 I love this song "Is This The World We Created" Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed Take a look at all the suffering we breed So many lonely faces scattered all around Searching for what they need Is this the world we created...? What did we do it for Is this the ... http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=58 I've just bought this: the Cooler Master V8 cpu cooler! It's pretty big, and it takes quite some skill to install this monster! First of all we need to take out the whole motherboard. This is a picture of my motherboard comfortably sitting on the desk: Then I had to ... http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=49 I really liked watching this lecture. It is very technical but it is good! Lecture 2 - The Universal Principle of Risk Management: Pooling and the Hedging of Risks Robert J. Shiller http://www.breakthru.altervista.org/?p=50