OK, I'm late to the game on it, but I'm really digging jQuery. I used to really dread having to do much of anything in javascript because of all the retarded cross-browser issues, the difficulty testing, etc. But jQuery is really turning that around for me - you can get some really neat stuff without having to deal with all the usual javascript stupidity (well, most of it) - check it out!
Passwords are something we all have to live with. There are other authentication methods slowly coming into use (i.e. two-factor) but it's hard to see passwords going away anytime soon. I assume everyone knows the basics - use "good" passwords, don't share them between sites, don't write them on a sticky note on your desk, don't save them in a file named "passwords.txt" on your computer, etc etc. That's all well and good, but there's so much more you can do! Good Passwords A "good" password is hard to guess, is what we're told. I think most people are unclear about what exactly "guess" means. These days, it means that it needs to be resistant to password cracking attacks that are getting ever more fast and sophisticated. Just making sure that you have numbers, characters, upper/lower case, etc isn't enough. The gold standard most important thing about a password is that it is long . The longer the better.
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