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- Peterix, on 07/06/2008, -3/+720They had big problems with non-random ssl/ssh keys due to overzealous patching. There were only ~32K possible AFAIK, so it was really easy to bruteforce.
See http://www.metasploit.com/users/hdm/tools/debian-o ... for more info. - saxreturns, on 07/06/2008, -50/+699What does the cartoon have to do with Debian?
- saxreturns, on 07/07/2008, -3/+394I was expecting a barrage of 'omg noob' rather than an actual explanation, so thanks!
- Miamisun, on 07/07/2008, -17/+319Flip a coin....Heads, Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,
Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,
Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,
Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,
Heads......Still 50/50 on what the next flip will be. - boobsbr, on 07/07/2008, -6/+174the comic is funny, the motivational poster is not.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -5/+147Everyone who doesn't get it
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/153 ...
http://research.swtch.com/2008/05/lessons-from-deb ...
It was pretty big news in the tech circles. - crazyjake, on 07/07/2008, -10/+142talk about an inside joke...
- DMFlash, on 07/07/2008, -13/+135http://xkcd.com/221/
Guaranteed to be random. - scabbers, on 07/07/2008, -8/+113I remember when Digg was a tech circle :(
Now it's full of morons who digg comics they don't even understand. - ElbertF, on 07/07/2008, -2/+96Tails, Tails, Tails, Tails, Sonic, Tails.
- DJel, on 07/07/2008, -1/+76You mean, like this?
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa1/DJel24/moti ... - lickmyback, on 07/07/2008, -10/+80DIGG USERS:- Stamp any picture with the word "FAIL" or put it into a motivational poster frame, and they'll find it funny.
- cardshark69, on 07/07/2008, -2/+63wow peterix, way to give a staright answer
if only every digger was like you - Kakcoo, on 07/07/2008, -1/+56Yeah. The explanation would be really inappropriate in the comments. Thank you for pointing this out.
/sarcasm - NJank, on 07/07/2008, -1/+56...Heads, Heads, Edge. Damn, now I have to redo the logic tree.
- whyufail, on 07/07/2008, -0/+52Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead?
- evanfrey, on 07/07/2008, -6/+58I guess thats why it was posted in the "linux_unix" section. Silly poster.
- gordmoo, on 07/07/2008, -2/+51its two months ago... my time machine worked!
- sg7791, on 07/07/2008, -1/+49Alright, lets see... Dilbert, Debian, Random numbers, 'Search'.
And the result is...
This page.
Jerk. - pigducksheep, on 07/07/2008, -2/+45I think we are expected to just digg this so we don't look stupid.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -2/+40When it's a feature, it's Ubuntu; when it's a bug, it's Debian.
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-137A.ht ... - rompom7, on 07/07/2008, -22/+53Flip a coin....Heads, Tails,Heads,Tails,Heads,Tails,Tails,Tails,
Heads,Heads,Heads,Tails,Heads,Heads,Heads,Heads,
Heads,Tails,Heads,Heads,Tails,Tails,Heads,Heads,Tails,
Heads,Heads,Tails,Heads,Heads,Tails,Heads,Tails,Heads,
Tails......Still 50/50 on what the next flip will be. - SeanRoss, on 07/07/2008, -1/+31I didn't understand either until Peterix explained... but the cartoon by itself was still humorous.
- newsheatdotcom, on 07/07/2008, -0/+29Responses like yours are really starting to piss me off. It's gotten to the point when I Google something, I get a response to a legitimate question telling the person to Google it to find the answer.
- saxreturns, on 07/07/2008, -0/+29I figured I would be likely to get a decent answer from a digger more easily than searching. Normally, when I don't know something but I know where to look for the answer, I'll search for it. If I don't find an answer after a few minutes of searching or don't know where to look, I'll ask an individual or group who are likely to know.
Doesn't that count as 'trying to educate myself a little bit'? - Hangly, on 07/07/2008, -1/+29Ow, my aspergers!
- lickmyback, on 07/07/2008, -0/+28Somewhat...
http://www.lickmyback.com/images/digg_user2.png - Calinthalus, on 07/07/2008, -2/+30Consider: One, probability is a factor which operates *within* natural forces. Two, probability is *not* operating as a factor. Three, we are now held within un-, sub- or super-natural forces. Discuss.
- ansatsu29, on 07/07/2008, -9/+36"thats the problem with randomness, you can never be sure" -- that's a funny line
- caffeinelover, on 07/07/2008, -1/+26Original strip:
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2001-10-25/ - helleborus, on 07/07/2008, -8/+33The comic was funny even to someone who never heard of Debian. And, surprisingly, it turns out that not all people who never heard of Debian are actually 'morons'. So sorry that that the exclusivity of your sandbox has been destroyed by people whose knowledge base is not identical to yours - that's gotta be tough to take.
- Suil, on 07/07/2008, -1/+26You can never be sure.
- jcaino, on 07/07/2008, -1/+24Asking someone and asking Google pretty much is the same thing.
- redwallhp, on 07/07/2008, -4/+24Heads I win, tails you lose.
- teknic111, on 07/07/2008, -10/+30For those who don't know...This is a spoof on a security issue in Debian's openssl.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -1/+19You sir, are a nazi.
- iamausername, on 07/07/2008, -0/+17yes 50/50 chance for the next one to be heads, however, the chance that there would be 35 heads to begin with is 2^35 or about 1 in 34 billion
- sexybobo, on 07/07/2008, -0/+16not always some times you flip a coin and it lands on its edge when you buy a paper then you can hear what every one thinks for the rest of the day till you buy a paper again that night.
- BobMysterioso, on 07/07/2008, -1/+17Well, the parent situation is highly improbable, but given a 2 sided coin (Miamisun doesn't specify it is a 2 sided coin) it is possible, however improbable to flip a coin and have it land on heads that many times in a row.
Obviously, each successive flip increases the rarity (and thus makes it more unlikely a combination of throws - but not more likely for a single throw to be tails). - Ryan2845, on 07/07/2008, -0/+14MiamiSun is correct, it's called Statistical Independence. The probability of the sequence of flips is very low, but that doesn't change the probability of the next coin flip. They are independent of each other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_independe ... - Bilabrin, on 07/07/2008, -1/+15Let's have a closer look at that coin shall we?
- Rammy912, on 07/07/2008, -1/+14gyrfalcon:
Please, enlighten us on how the probability would decrease depending on how you calculate them.
If it's 50/50 then it's 50/50 for the next toss too, it's not going to be 60/40 next time around. - Avian00, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13Don't know why you're getting dugg down. It's an obviously important explanation considering most people (including myself) didn't get the joke.
- Karmavs, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13If its taken as a given that the coin is fair, there's a 1/34359738368 chance that this sequence will occur when you flip the coin 35 times (that's how many heads there are). BUT, that's the same likelihood as Rompom7's sequence appearing too. Flip the coin an infinite amount of times, and both sequences are certain to appear.
- Phocion55, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571
Since been fixed. - lamiaconfitor, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13No, you missed the point completely.
- cornflakepirate, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13@ Miamisun: Not if it's a biased coin, which a Bayesian probability approach would take into account.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -1/+13One of my favorite xkcd's. Sums up random numbers perfectly.
- ktxxx, on 07/07/2008, -2/+14Suck our balls, Douche bag.
- stoanhart, on 07/07/2008, -0/+11I was hoping for this one: http://xkcd.com/4/ :(
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