Passwords are like underwear

As hilarious as this is, I came across this while studying(!) for my “Componentware Architecture” course assessment. It was in a pdf(presentation) titled “Introduction to Computer Security” under the topic “Password Security”

Passwords are like Underwear!

• Don’t leave yours lying around
• Don’t Share them with friends
• The longer the better (cold weather)
• Change yours often

P.S : I didn’t _actually_ read this until Pradeep, my classmate pointed this out me. But Now, I’m all interested

A* Algorithm for 8/15 Puzzle

For an excellent explanation of the A* algorithm wrt to the 8 puzzle :

Visit the A* algorithm tutorial

For those who don’t know what the A* algorithm is about, A* is one of the best path-finding algorithms that uses heuristics to search faster.

More on that in Wikipedia
Incidentally, I also found out that Dijkstra’s algorithm is actually a special case of the A* algorithm.

Talk about optimistic!

Scott Adams never ceases to amuse me. I’ve started following his blog lately and this is a little post about optimism was just too good ignore

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