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2007
Birthday problem / Birthday paradox
by wabaus
A great description of the concept/math behind the Birthday problem. Basically, if you have 23 people in a room, odds are better than 50-50 that 2 folks will share the same birthday. [With a group of 7, odds are better than 50-50 that two folks have a birthday within a week of each other.]
Also the basis for the "Birthday attack" hacking vector. Given a hashing (1-way encryption) algorithm of fixed length output, multiple inputs can result in the same hash. It is very difficult to guess an alternate input that will hash into a match of a single given result. But given a large known set of results (e.g., a user account database table) it become more likely that an alternate input might result in a match of at least one existing hash.
Thinking on such things keeps the mind sharp :)
2006
Fixing the "Microsoft Bus Driver" error message when installing a RealTek sound card
by kaihsyn
幫小亨利的ASUS A6Va筆電重灌的時候抓不到音效卡, 也無法裝驅動, 先使用這裡的KB835221.exe之後就可以了! 使用Kaspersky的話先暫時關掉即時防護, 避免他一直掃描掃不停
Scrollable Content II layering problem in Safari [Archive] - Dynamic Drive Forums
by naudjf
http://www.900frames.tv
Fixya.com - Find all support information
by yariv666
Fixya is the largest brand based Troubleshooting and Support source on the web. Fixya allows you to find any consumer product support information in a single and easy to use location.
2005
www.Gotw.ca - C++ Guru Of the Week
by nachilau
& 1 other
Guru of the Week is a regular series of C++ programming problems. It is good to read it every week.
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