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auth.log noise

Below are the top 50 login names when trying to gain access to this web server over the last 4 weeks Name Attempts root 3273 admin 119 test 110 mysql 44 guest 41 user 37 oracle 37 temp 25 sales 24 info 21 webmaster 21 postgres 21 dan 18 robert 18 student 17 ftpuser 17 [...]

Posted by Matthew on July 7th, 2008

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import life

A console based implementation of Conway’s Game of Life in Python. As fascinating as it is useless. #!/usr/bin/python import sys import random import time import os import copy WIDTH = 32 HEIGHT = 16 class Grid:     def __init__(self, width, height):         self.width  = width         self.height = [...]

Posted by Matthew on June 20th, 2008

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Pretending PHP doesn’t suck

<?php // Perhaps the simplest practical use of a fold? // // (While this is fairly consise (even in PHP) it calculates the length of a // string 2n-2 times [which is n-2 times more than needed]) function getLongestWord($words) {   $fun = create_function(’$a,$b’, ‘return (strlen($a) > strlen($b)) ? $a : $b;’);   return array_reduce($words, [...]

Posted by Matthew on June 19th, 2008

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WoW Progress

First trip to Kara on the weekend, being mostly a PUG we started off really poorly. We eventually replaced our off tank (who was arms :/) with a well geared (epic) tank which helped substantially. Though, we still only managed to down Huntsman and Maiden of Virtue. I have most of the standard instances down [...]

Posted by Matthew on October 2nd, 2007

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Yet more wow

Progress +834 Fire (+845 With Arcane Intellect) with one Metagem slot to fill and without Major Spellpower on my weapon. Though, it did cost a bit of Int and Stam. Enchant Enchant Weapon – Major Spellpower on my Greatsword of Horrid Dreams Actually start running Karazhan Craft Spellfire Robe to finish the Wrath of Spellfire [...]

Posted by Matthew on September 9th, 2007

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Internet Connection

Yay, about time too Though the speed is pretty similar to what I had with Internode on ADSL1 Upstream: 990500 Downstream: 8362800 Downstream SNR Margin 6.0 dB Line Attenuation 35.0 dB Upstream SNR Margin 6.0 dB Line Attenuation 21.0 dB

Posted by Matthew on August 18th, 2007

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