Take That Hackers :)

About 10 years ago I wrote a program for my commodore 64 computer, a program that generates passwords up to fifthteen characters.

So what are the odds of someone guessing a password up to fifteen characters?  Assuming the keyboard is using 66 characters then the odds are 1 out of (66^15) or 1 out of 1.96479337E+27.  The (E+27) means move the decimal point 27  places to the right. 

The decimal point after the "1" has eight numbers behind it. Move the decimal point 8 places to the right, drop the decimal point then add 27 zeroes behind it. .I have no idea what that combination is called but I am just going to say it's off the charts.

Below is a listing of my commodore 64 password program. It will even work for the VIC-20 and notice on the numbers in line 120 I use also a hypen and an understore. To get small letters or capital letters simply use your commode symbol key plus shift key.

Pay attention to colons, semi-colons and strings. S$ is pronounce S string. To save the program to floppy type SAVE "PASSWORD",8 then press return. 


To load the program type LOAD "PASSWORD",8

I write my passwords down on index cards and I make sure I have more than one hidden copy.

If you want to generate passwords with fewer characters simply change the FOR-NEXT statement in line 121: I wouldn't go less than 8. To exucute the program type RUN then press the RETURN
KEY.

121 FOR X =1  TO 15 creates a fifthteen character password.

121 FOR X = 1 TO 8  creates an  eight character  password.

To created a another password simply press any key or space bar.
           click here to see password program in action

                

Don't Like Football And Don't Know What to Watch?

If you do not know what to watch during football games there are always Netflix,abc.com,cbs.com,nbc.com,fox.com, cw.com and freeform that allow you to watch your favorite episodes again or watch the ones you miss with no sign-in just put up with the commericals.

If you like science fiction fantasy you can either mosey over to cbs.com to watch 5 free episodes of Supergirl or Freeform (formerly ABC family) and watch old stitchers episodes.

Now all the mention sites require flash player to be installed.If you have Internet exploxer or firefox for your browser flashplayer and shockwave definitely must be installed.

However, if you have trouble downloading flashplayer or simply don't want to download flash. You can always install
google chrome for your browser; Flashplayer and shockwave player are built into the chrome browser itself, so there is no
downloading or updating on your part.

Before downloading google chrome on your computer you must know what kind of system you have. Go to start (press the windows key the 4 squares), control panel, system and security and finally click on system and check if your system is 32 bit or 64 bit and simply install the appropriate google chrome browser for your computer and please wait until they say they are done.

Now if you are still on windows XP it is best to uninstall flashplayer and shockwave player from your computer and just use google chrome for flash viewing. Also do not use internet exploxer anymore since windows update does not support XP anymore. Download a trusted free antivirus and just put up with the commerical pop-ups.Flashplayers are usually the first thing attacked by hackers.

And please remember people are different and have different tastes. In my case football day in and day out and all week long geeze.Change the channel I'll be lucky if a cartoon comes on. ;(