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Sometime when I was an undergraduate, I came across a news article announcing that all the EWDs has been published online. After figuring out what EWD meant (EWD are Dijkstra's initials; he used "EWD" followed by a number to index his essays), I started reading a few and got hooked. For having an ivory-tower sort of reputation (stemming from opinions on formal verification and how computer science should be taught), it was surprising how personable, humble and clear his writing is. Many of the essays are handwritten and even his handwriting style is delightful (someone even turned it into a font).
For fun, I recently decided to re-read some of the outstanding EWDs to see how they sounded to me now; for the last few years I've been hacking on the Mozilla JS engine (SpiderMonkey) so presumably my perspective on software development has changed. To my surprise, instead of finding the essays milder than remembered (as happens with movies that used to be terrifying (Critters) or incredibly awesome (Dino-Riders)), I found some new things relevant to what is happening now in SpiderMonkey. That's what I'd like to share in this post.
One of, if not the most, famous EWD is "Notes on Structured Programming" (NOSP). This essay is the expansion of the famous "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" CACM article that started the "X considered harmful" and, more generally, "X considered Y" memes. Primarily, NOSP makes a well-reasoned argument for why it is better to use structured control flow constructs (like if/then/else and loops) than goto. Great, we all get that — so much so that goto is now often rejected a priori despite having legitimate (albeit uncommon) applications (cf. Knuth's "Structured programming with go to statements").
However, NOSP's agenda is broader than just browbeating us into not using goto. Dijkstra frames the goto issue with some general notes on making programs simpler and in the process states two principles of program simplicity that I really like. He doesn't announce them as principles — they're just sentences buried in the middle of paragraphs — but they seem like principles to me… so I'll call them principles. Often, judging the simplicity of a patch or piece of code feels highly subjective and more a matter of taste than anything. However, I was delighted to see how many simplifications (considering recent SpiderMonkey patches I've written or seen flying by) could be viewed as following from these two principles.
Let's start with the first principle, taken from the following quote:
In vague terms we may state the desirability that the structure of the program text reflects the structure of the computation. Or, in other terms, 'What can we do to shorten the conceptual gap between the static program text (spread out in "text space") and the corresponding computations (evolving in time)?'
For the specific case of goto, Dijkstra proceeds to spell out in great detail how structured control flow admits an unequivocally shorter conceptual gap.
In SpiderMonkey, many recent simplifications have simply been removing old uses of goto (e.g., check out js_GC before a heroic set of patches by Jason Orendorff, as well as obj_eval and js_Invoke before several incremental rewritings). I should note that switching SpiderMonkey to C++ a few years ago has been invaluable in control flow refactoring since with C++ comes RAII which has been used in practically every big function cleanup since.
But there is a lot more to this "shortening the syntax/computation gap" than control flow level refactoring. It seems to me that trying to encode more invariants and program structure in static types falls under this category since static typing entails statements of the form "for all executions, variables of this type must have some property". One recent banner example is Chris Leary's recent refactoring of JSAtomList et al into something far more typeful. As demonstrated in his patch, C++ types often ends up simulating discriminated unions found in higher-level language (or, more generally, ADTs). Another example of this is the type representing a JavaScript value.
Because of the, to put it kindly, dependently typed nature of many central SpiderMonkey data structures, types must often be bolted on, like an exoskeleton, to an underlying representation that is being treated like a bag of bits. Here, C++'s unsafe casts, inlining, and templates are critical for avoiding performance penalties for using abstraction. The data structure that holds the JS call stack is one example. Another example is the recently-refactored set of types iteratively concocted by Gregor Wagner, Igor Bukanov, and Bill McCloskey to abstract GC data structures.
Another interesting non-standard application of types can be seen in the recent refactoring of strings. Here, the C++ class hierarchy captures the logical hierarchy of string invariants. Unlike an ordinary C++ class hierarchy, the string hierarchy contains no virtual functions and all instances of the hierarchy are necessarily the same size. JSObject is incrementally growing a similar hierarchy (which I hope continues!). In both cases, the C++ type system is being used (and sometimes abused) to provide the desired connection between static types and dynamic properties of strings/objects.
Finally, in the worst case, no language or type system will help you simplify the mapping from syntax to dynamic computation; you just need to suck it up and completely change tack. An admirable example of this last year was Andreas Gal's transformation of jsiter. It is a beautiful thing when a patch, in total, removes 500 lines and SunSpider gets 4% faster.
The second principle contained in NOSP that I'd like to point out comes from the following quote:
Eventually, one of our aims is to make such well-structured programs that the intellectual effort (measured in some loose sense) needed to understand them is proportional to program length (measured in some equally loose sense). In particular, we have to guard against an exploding appeal to enumerative reasoning, […]
To give a bit of context, "enumerative reasoning" is defined in the essay to mean the mode of reasoning where you are forced to consider every possible case and make sure the desired property holds for each of them individually. Dijkstra contrasts this to the more desirable "abstractive" and "inductive" reasoning and explains how building up structured control flow allows their use instead of enumerative reasoning.
One example of this in SpiderMonkey is typified by pretty much any work that Jeff Walden does. In his patches (and, as the style spreads, others' too), each step of the implementation is made to correspond closely to the individual steps of the corresponding ECMAScript sections, complete with comments labeling the steps. This reduces enumerative reasoning by allowing one to judge the spec-conformance of an individual statement instead of an entire function.
Another way enumerative reasoning is reduced is by simply having less code. This of course is Reusability, the Holy Grail of Software Engineering (apparently, a solved problem). One of the biggest examples of this I can think of is the security wrapper rewrite that was part of the mammoth compartmentalization effort. Allegedly, thousands of lines of mind-bending security-critical code were removed, replaced by a small set of composable policy templates. And if that wasn't enough, harmony:proxies got to ride along at a bargain rate!
That last class of enumerative-reasoning-reducing changes that come to mind are those that cut down on the number of VM-wide concepts — be they states, requirements, corner cases, gotchas, possibilities, etc — that must be kept in mind to effectively work on the SpiderMonkey. Examples from recent memory include the removal of: JSScope, slow natives, watchpoint hacks, JSObjectMap, GC-from-malloc, concurrent JSRuntime access, local rooting scopes, newborn roots, display optimizations, multi-threaded objects and titles, multi-threaded strings, dormant stack frames, __count__, __parent__, non-identifier atoms, heap-doubles, null-is-an-object, the no-int-valued-doubles-in-values rule… and those are just things that appeared on my radar; a simple bugzilla search for "remove" shows a lot more.
Altogether, I think this demonstrates that these two simplification principles cover a lot of real-world patches. It's neat to find them nestled in a 40 year old essay written when goto still ruled the land.
On a side note, I think continual simplification is vital to maintaining a healthy, long-lived codebase. Thus, I see the size of the — far from complete– set of simplifications listed above to be a very good sign for an already rather long-lived codebase.
I'll conclude with the summary of a section in NOSP entitled "On Our Inability To Do Much":
Summarizing: as a slow-witted human being I have a very small head and I had better learn to live with it and to respect my limitations and give them full credit, rather than to try to ignore them, for the latter vain effort will be punished by failure.


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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake (16-10-8, 56 points, West #1) closed the 2013 MLS regular season in style on Wednesday night, getting two goals early in the second half to down Chivas USA (6-19-8, 26 points, West #9) 2-1 in front of a sold-out Rio Tinto Stadium.
FW's Alvaro Saborio and Joao Plata scored for the Claret-and-Cobalt, which now sits in first-place in both the Supporters' Shield and Western Conference races ahead of this weekend's final round of regular season matches. The Claret-and-Cobalt will win the Supporters' Shield should Sporting Kansas City lose/draw at Philadelphia Union on Saturday, Portland Timbers lose/draw at Chivas on Saturday and New York Red Bulls lose at home to Chicago Fire on Sunday. RSL will finish the season atop the Western Conference should Portland lose/draw at Chivas on Saturday.
Wednesday's win clinched a top-two West seed for RSL, meaning the Claret-and-Cobalt will play away in the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinals on Nov. 2 or Nov. 3 before returning home to Rio Tinto Stadium for the West Semi second leg on Nov. 6 or Nov. 7. Real Salt Lake could still play any of the West playoff teams of Portland, LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders FC or Colorado Rapids in the West Semifinals.
Chivas USA had the game's first chance in the sixth minute. MF Eric Avila got behind the RSL defense on the right side, collecting the ball near the end line and cutting into the box. Avila rolled a square ball to FW Erick Torres at the top of the six, with Torres attempting to hit a shot with his first touch. Thankfully for RSL, DF Chris Schuler recovered very nicely on the play, sprinting back into position to put a sliding block on Torres' effort.
Real Salt Lake DF Lovel Palmer went down with left hamstring strain on Torres' chance. He was subbed out in the ninth minute for DF Tony Beltran.
The Claret-and-Cobalt had its first chance of the match in the ninth minute. MF Ned Grabavoy found Saborio streaking down the left side, with the Costa Rican international collecting the ball in the area before firing a 15-yard left-footer just wide of the far post.
Real Salt Lake GK Nick Rimando added another big save to a resume chock full of them in the 16th minute, denying Torres on a golden opportunity. Avila got behind the RSL defense on the right side, curling an early cross into the middle. Torres ran onto the ball just inside the penalty spot, heading a powerful shot toward the bottom right corner that Rimando denied with a fine reaction save. Chivas USA MF Carlos Alvarez ran onto the rebound in the left side of the area, hitting a first time shot off of a RSL player and just wide of the near post for a corner kick.
RSL had a good look in the 28th. Captain Kyle Beckerman swerved a free kick in from the right wing, finding Saborio in the left side of the box. Saborio headed a shot toward the bottom-left corner, forcing Chivas USA – and former RSL – GK Tim Melia into a fine diving stop.
Sparked by the halftime insertion of MF Javier Morales for MF Yordany Alvarez, Real Salt Lake jumped all over Chivas USA out of the break, scoring in the 49th and 52nd minutes to take a 2-0 advantage.
Saborio had the first goal, sending Melia the wrong way and rifling a penalty kick home in the right side. Plata earned the spot kick, collecting a ball at the top of the box and attempting a chipped pass to Saborio that was handled inside the box by Chivas USA DF Mario De Luna.
Plata doubled the Claret-and-Cobalt's advantage four minutes later. He began the play, slipping Morales through in the top of the box with a gorgeous through ball. De Luna temporarily stopped the move, making a smart tackle on Morales just inside the area. Thankfully for RSL, the ball fell directly to Plata, who picked up the loose clearance at the top of the arc and curled a beautiful left-footer past Melia and inside the left post.
RSL nearly made it 3-0 in the 56th minute. Grabavoy had the opportunity, collecting a delightful Morales through ball at the top of the box and taking a touch to his right before firing a shot off of an onrushing Melia, who did well to make the save.
Grabavoy had another chance in the 67th. Beltran fed a low ball in from the right corner, with a Saborio dummy allowing Grabavoy to collect the cross in traffic on the right edge of the six. Unfortunately, Grabavoy couldn't keep his shot on frame, whizzing a right-footed effort inches wide of the near post.
RSL had another chance in the 71st minute through substitute FW Robbie Findley. The speedy striker collected a ball on the left flank and headed to goal, hitting a low shot from the top-left corner of the box that Melia only just pawed around the far post.
Schuler got in on the action in the 73rd, nearly finding the back of the net off of a RSL corner. Morales drilled the set piece in from the right side, finding Schuler at the back post. The big center back snapped an eight-yard header toward the lower-left corner and it looked ticketed for the back of the net before bouncing off of Grabavoy and out of danger.
Chivas USA pulled one back through substitute FW Julio Morales in the 77th minute. Substitute MF Carlo Chueca beat RSL's offside trap with a long diagonal ball from the right side, finding an open Morales on the left wing. Morales collected and quickly dribbled into the box, toe-poking his effort past an onrushing Rimando and inside the left post from 15 yards out.
Chivas substitute FW Matthew Fondy nearly equalized in the 81st. Fondy made a mazy run through the left side and to the top of the box, where he hit a low, deflected shot off of a RSL defender – wrong-footing Rimando – and just wide of the left post.
RSL found some footing following Fondy's chance, nearly adding an insurance tally in the 85th. Grabavoy switched a ball to a wide-open Gil in the right side of the box, but Melia made a big play, rushing off his line and slide tackling the ball away to clear the chance.
The Claret-and-Cobalt will now wait for the weekend's results to play out to learn where and when the club will begin the Western Conference Semifinals.
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Real Salt Lake Match Notes – RSL 2-1 CHV
- Tonight's home finale was RSL's eighth sellout of the MLS regular season at Rio Tinto Stadium. The capacity crowd of 20,447 marked the fourth-straight MLS sellout at the Sandy facility.
- Tonight's match held huge implications for where Real Salt Lake would finish in the Western Conference and Supporters' Shield race. With tonight's win over Chivas USA, RSL jumps into first-place in the Western Conference with a total of 56 points, bypassing Portland Timbers who now sit in second-place with 54 points. The win over the Goats guarantees the Claret-and-Cobalt a top-two seed in the Western Conference in the MLS Cup Playoffs. The Timbers will play their last match of the regular season on Saturday against Chivas USA at the StubHub Center. A Portland win would see the Timbers win the Western Conference, while a Timbers tie or loss would give the Claret-and-Cobalt the regular season title.
- Real Salt Lake now sits in first-place in the Supporters' Shield race based on the goals for tiebreaker. RSL is tied with New York Red Bulls on points (56) and wins (16), but edges them out on the goals for tiebreaker with 57 goals to New York's 53. Sporting Kansas City sits in third-place with 55 points, followed by Portland Timbers with 54 points. In order for RSL to win the Shield, New York will need to lose their final match on Sunday against Chicago, have Sporting Kansas City draw/lose their final game (and not score more than 12 goals) on Saturday at Philadelphia and have the Portland Timbers draw/lose in their regular season finale on Saturday.
- Real Salt Lake finishes the 2013 MLS regular-season with a total of 56 points, posting a 16-10-8 overall record. The Claret-and-Cobalt registered a 10-3-4 home record through 17 home games and a 6-7-4 road record through 17 away games. The Claret-and-Cobalt's road record matches last year's club-best 6-7-4 (22 point) mark on the road.
- Real Salt Lake has clinched a playoff berth for the sixth-consecutive year, the second-longest such streak in MLS history. The Claret-and-Cobalt has also reached the 15-win and 50-point plateaus for the fourth-consecutive year, something no other MLS club has accomplished.
- RSL broke its three-game home winless streak at Rio Tinto Stadium (across all competitions) with its 2-1 win over Chivas USA. The Claret-and-Cobalt previously lost to the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 on Sept. 21, recorded a 1-0 defeat to D.C. United in the U.S. Open Cup Final and drew FC Dallas 1-1 on Oct. 5.
- Tonight's match was the third and final meeting between Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA this year. RSL went 3-0-0 against the Goats this season, completing its only three-game single-season sweep of 2013. Before tonight's win, the Claret-and-Cobalt topped the Goats 1-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium on April 20 and crushed the Southern California side 4-1 at the StubHub Center – then the Home Depot Center – on May 19. RSL had only swept Chivas USA once before, recording a perfect 2-0-0 record against the Goats in the 2011 season. The Claret-and-Cobalt now hold a 6-3-3 record against Chivas USA at home in a total of 12 meetings in the Beehive State.
- RSL is 12-10-4 in regular season play against Chivas USA since both teams' inaugural season of 2005. The Claret-and-Cobalt has dominated the Southern California side over the past few years, posting a 9-2-1 MLS record against the Goats since upsetting them in the 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs. Real Salt Lake has outscored Chivas USA 23-6 in that same span.
- This was the third time this season that both MF Yordany Alvarez and RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman were both in the starting lineup. Real Salt Lake is now 2-0-1 in games that Beckerman and Alvarez have started together this year, beating the NASL Atlanta Silverbacks 3-2 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third-round at Rio Tinto Stadium on May 28, tying 0-0 at Portland last Saturday, and recording a 2-1 win over Chivas USA on Wednesday.
- Tonight's match marks the fourth-consecutive MLS start for Real Salt Lake DF Chris Schuler. Schuler returned from over four months out due to injury in RSL's 1-0 win at Vancouver on Sept. 28. Prior to going out injured, Schuler had played every minute of RSL's first 12 league matches. RSL is now 2-0-2 with Schuler in the lineup since his return.
- Real Salt Lake MF Javier Morales, who is nursing an ankle injury, entered the match at the start of the second half replacing MF Yordany Alvarez. His appearance coincided with both of RSL's early second half goals scored in the 49th and 52nd minutes. Morales has registered one goal and notched five assists in 13 regular season games against Chivas USA.
- Real Salt Lake FW Alvaro Saborio has continued his success against Chivas USA, notching his fifth goal against the Goats, burying a penalty kick in the 49th minute. The Costa Rican now has five goals and two assists in nine career regular season games against the Southern California side.
- Real Salt Lake recorded 56.8 percent of possession, completing 477 passes with 84 percent accuracy and registering a total of 17 shots.
- Chivas USA has extended its losing streak to four games with tonight's loss at Rio Tinto Stadium. The Goats previously loss 5-1 at Houston Dynamo on Sept. 21, suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to San Jose Earthquakes on Sept. 29 and fell 5-0 to in-stadium rival LA Galaxy on Oct. 6. Chivas USA now posts a 6-19-8 record this year through 33 of 34 regular season games.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 2 2
Chivas USA 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
RSL – Alvaro Saborio (Penalty Kick) – 49'
RSL – Joao Plata – 52'
CHV – Julio Morales (Carlo Chueca) – 77'
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Chris Schuler (Yellow; Foul) – 13'
RSL – Nat Borchers (Yellow; Off the ball foul) – 31'
CHV – Erick Torres (Yellow; Dissent) – 45' +1'
CHV – Oswaldo Minda (Yellow; Foul) – 47'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2): Nick Rimando; Chris Wingert, Chris Schuler, Nat Borchers, Lovel Palmer (Tony Beltran, 9'); Yordany Alvarez (Javier Morales, 46'), Ned Grabavoy, Kyle Beckerman (C), Luis Gil; Joao Plata (Robbie Findley, 62'), Alvaro Saborio
Substitutes not used: Jeff Attinella, Cole Grossman, Sebastian Velasquez, Olmes Garcia
Chivas USA (4-2-3-1): Tim Melia; Mario de Luna, Carlos Bocanegra, Jaime Frias, Carlos Borja; Oswaldo Minda (Matthew Fondy, 76'), Bryan de la Fuente (Julio Morales, 76'), Eric Avila, Edgar Mejia, Carlos Alvarez (Carlo Chueca, 58'); Erick Torres
Substitutes not used: Patrick McLain, Jorge Villafana, Marvin Iraheta, Josue Soto
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant Referees: Daniel Belleau, Peter Manikowski
4th Official: Ismail Elfath
Attendance: 20,447
Weather: Clear and 59 degrees


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Authenticating Puppy OS - Ironkey style
Subject description: Any thoughts on how to make one of these?
I've been researching various USB authentication devices for use in a small business. I started with the inexpensive Yubikey as a domain authentication device.
Then I realized what I really wanted was a secure password manager that is built into the USB key - And I found the Ironkey
When I saw crackers even get through this device (youtube) I ran across the Lockheed Martin version of Puppy on a stick combined with the Ironkey.
They call it -
So, they've got a
bootable OS with all the Ironkey features,
but they don't sell them to the public.
- Bootable Puppy OS already has features that make it immune to many viruses, etc. But the Ironkey Enterprise version has features that enable an admin to restrict the opening of the device by IP or range of IP, remote revocation, a secure TOR network and a password manager. Features that let you give this to other users and you still have some control.
I haven't ordered an Ironkey to play with yet, but it has 1GB of storage.
It says it can work within Linux but I doubt it's bootable, Lockheed must have something the rest of us don't.
So, with all that said - I still have my yubikey ($25) and I'd like to know if there is any interest in making a device like the Ironclad - within Puppy, that you use the yubikey to authenticate against a server. Unless you could put a bootable Puppy OS on the Ironkey, this might be the next best thing.
Two USB keys (like a deabolt on your front door). One boots PuppyOS and the Ubikey in the other USB slot, with a press of the button, authenticates you against a server - before giving you access to an encrypted portion of the OS where you can safely keep your passwords and or applications.
A strong password that won't help you even if you write it down.
The One Time Password feature combined with a personal PIN is protection against loss of the key.
So to me this might at least silence any (most) critics about root access being the default in Puppy OS. You'd be root, because you have a strong authentication system - the data is encrypted, access to it is controlled by the presence of the Yubikey and a server verifying it. You can be root and trash the system ONLY if you have the Yubikey in place. And if my Puppy OS stick is ever lost, the local storage is unreadable unless you've got the Yubikey.
I recognize there are limitations once you're in the OS and subject to the security of the browser you're using once you're in the OS. But the Lockheed version (Ironclad) shows them using Windows XP - so there's got to be a benefit to controlling the OS/the encryption/authentication as a bundle.
I may end up with the Ironkey anyway, since the enterprise administration features make controlling my users more possible, and it can run under Linux. I just thought - a $25 Yubikey protecting an encrypted volume on Puppy OS might be worth a shot.
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Posted: Tue 12 Jul 2011, 21:13
Post subject: Puppy OS - SPYRUS Style
SPYRUS is evaluating this market and I am soliciting comments. We currently sell the Secure Pocket Drive (SPD) which includes a license for and boots Windows or Novell SLED from an encrypting USB flash drive. We also sell a USB-connected smart card token called Rosetta.
We are looking at the market for a "Do it yourself" version that would let a user install the OS of their choice on the encrypting drive. Unlike the IronKey device which is primarily a secure flash drive, SPD was designed from the ground up to be bootable while protecting the installed OS until the device is unlocked by the rightful user.
For dual factor authentication, the Rosetta token can be required to be present for SPD to boot.
So if you could let me know if this fits your needs, and how much you think this functionality would be worth to you, I would really appreciate it.
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Posted: Wed 13 Jul 2011, 13:57
Post subject: Authenticating Puppy OS - Ironkey style
Subject description: SPYRUS or IRONKEY
Thanks for the information on the SPYRUS products, I'd not heard of the company and it's helpful in making a comparison.
What your product is worth to me would be pretty much a direct comparison with the Ironkey product. Their enterprise administrative tools enhance their product by providing features that I don't yet see in the SPYRUS product line.
That doesn't mean I can't be convinced that I could make do with those products, but it's a cost comparison issue - and the SPYRUS products would have to give me a close price match.
My post was originally about authentication, against a remote server with a YUBIKEY. The Ironkey enterprise version
the admin to require that opening of the device requires a "phone home" feature. Not required, but a setting you can enforce. It can also be locked to a specific IP or range of IP so I can roughly say - it has to be used at this workstation.
The second and I guess
primary reason for wanting the device
is to secure passwords - in a secured browser, that I can put in the hands of users so that that don't mix business with pleasure.
I'd like no other plugin's and as much isolation from the OS as possible.
Puppy Linux - as quoted from user Clam01
"To be secure we want to run as spot. The easy way to do this is to move our root to spot. To do this just open two file windows (one if you run one of those two-paner file managers), go up one level to /, in one and open the other to spot. Then drag root from the / window and drop it in the spot one. That's all there is to it. Our root is now safe in spot. We are all done. Literally. Everything we do from this point on that triggers a call to a file in root will stop for being unable to find root. Nothing can get instruction from root, now tucked safely away in spot, secure even from us and our own computer."
So - to me this fits the bill. I could save my favorites and passwords in a secure browser that my users can't modify. If I make it boot-able, and save it as a VM image, then all I have to do is secure the ability of someone to boot that image. So - authenticate against another server with something like the YUBIKEY - and I have now locked the image and the ability of anyone to change it once it's open.
This would primarily be for finance and accounting users where I'm trying to prevent keyloggers, insecure browser plugins, poor password management, and OS (windows) vulnerabilities.
They are SSL sites, with their own password policies, but as an admin - I would set the max length, max complexity, and make it easy (remembered by the browser) so my users don't write them down.
Changes to the passwords saved within that browser - I would administer from a secured (root - not woof user version) image, and then convert into a new image.
A link on the SPYRUS site
mentions this..
"Competing drives use a virtualized environment requiring two operating systems that leads to additional overhead and a larger attack surface. This approach is noticeably slower and possibly less secure."
I'd be interested to know - how my vision of using the VM approach with the woof user - in a 100MB OS - would be possibly less secure.
This is a very real project, and I'm interested in the most cost effective approach. Keep in mind this is to be put in the hands of users that have little to no experience in best practices in security. If there's something I'm overlooking, please let me know.
The biggest thorn in any of these ideas is the password requirement. Taking the password out of the hands of the user, so it can be complex enough or required that it be authenticated is a requirement.
So the Ironkey enterprise is $75 for the key, $40 for a yearly admin account, per key. Can SPYRUS offer two factor authentication for a comparable price - or any followers here have a way to roll this idea with a $25 YUBIKEY?
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Our cities and states have the most to lose and gain from how we deal with it. What we really need to do is to enforce the laws we already have.
February 16, 2017
5 Simple Urban Fixes for Unpredictable Times
They don't cost much.
December 16, 2016
Are Car-Free Bridges the Future?
On Portland's newest bridge, there's just one rule: no cars allowed. Other cities may follow the progressive city's lead.
October 10, 2016
Before Joining the Bike-Lane Craze, Consider This
There are many questions that need to be answered before reducing Americans' beloved car space.
August 9, 2016
Blah City
Why aren't we creating great urban spaces anymore?
June 1, 2016
Immigration and Income Inequality
Are mayors' open-door policies for illegal immigrants hurting their efforts to raise wages?
May 18, 2016
What Jane Jacobs Missed
Her intense focus on the minutia of the streets confuses cause and effect and virtually ignores infrastructure.
April 8, 2016
From 'Her' to 'Mr. Robot': Movies and TV Make Public Transit Hip
Riding the subway is a sign of a good life -- according to pop culture, anyway.
February 1, 2016
When Height's Not Right for Urban Planning
We don't always have to build up to fit more people into a city. Vancouver and Seattle offer alternative solutions.
December 1, 2015
An Old Idea for the New App-Based Economy
Companies like Uber drive money out of local communities and erase the benefits that employees fought hard for. Co-ops could fix that.
October 1, 2015
Of Eyesores and Assets
The way a mid-sized city in Spain built a signature park holds many lessons.
August 1, 2015
Why the Word 'Infrastructure' Replaced 'Public Works'
Not that long ago, we hardly ever used or even knew the term. What changed?
June 1, 2015
When Are Planes, Trains and Automobiles Fast Enough?
We travel much quicker than we used to and are still pushing to increase the speed. But that's not necessarily a good thing.
April 1, 2015
How Airline Mergers and Deregulation Hurt Travel
It seems America has forgotten that air travel is supposed to serve the public.
February 1, 2015
NYC's Plan for Free, Citywide Wi-Fi
Private companies are paying the city $500 million to transform old pay phones into high-speed Internet hotspots. Is it a plan other cities can copy?
December 1, 2014
The Real Root of Broken Infrastructure: Broken Governance
It's time to rethink how we manage transit systems.
October 1, 2014
The Economic Case for Free Bridges and Roads
It's easy for officials to forget that the price of public goods should be kept low in order to increase use and promote economic growth.
September 8, 2014
When Bob McDonnell Was Good
Years ago, the now-convicted politician seemed honest and straightforward.
August 1, 2014
The Death or Life of a Sidewalk Ballet
Are Jane Jacobs' lively streets disappearing for good?
June 1, 2014
Faster Cars, Hotter Tech, Fewer Drivers
Should government facilitate Americans' changing relationship with cars?
April 1, 2014
For Infrastructure's Sake, America Needs Skilled Workers
The United States lags behind other countries when it comes to sophisticated infrastructure in part because it lacks the workers to build or maintain it.
March 20, 2014
Setting Zero as a Goal Can Be a Useful Policy Fantasy
Politicians sometimes promise to eliminate problems like smoking or traffic deaths, but what does that mean for policy?
February 24, 2014
Change Is Gonna Come
Big infrastructure projects shape our physical environments and even the very wealthiest can't stop those changes once asphalt or steel is poured.
February 1, 2014
America's Days of Dreaming Big Are Over
The United States once dreamed of building great things – like a library in every city – and made those dreams come true. But not anymore.
December 1, 2013
Does Inequality Promote Skyscrapers?
It's not an accident that China and New York City, which have perhaps the greatest distance between their rich and poor, also lead the world in skyscraper construction.
November 7, 2013
New York City's New Mayor Walks a Fine Line
Bill de Blasio is New York's first populist mayor in several generations. But can he empower the city's residents while avoiding interest-group politics?
May 31, 2013
States, Localities Are Failing to Seize Their Infrastructure Moment
It's the best time in probably the last 75 years to overhaul and upgrade our infrastructure, but city halls and statehouses are letting the moment slip away.
March 29, 2013
Who Should Control Broadband?
The question of who will install fiber-optic networks and who will control them is key because it could impact decades of economic growth. Telecom giants like AT&T think they should be the only player.
January 31, 2013
Can Greater Government Involvement Solve America's Internet Access Problem?
Many foreign countries provide faster, cheaper and more widespread Internet access than the United States. In most of them, governments are much more involved with telecom policies and funding.
November 30, 2012
Seoul's Transit System Serves as a Model for America
The South Korean capital shows what happens when transit is reorganized to serve the people.
September 28, 2012
How Private Services Became Public
Things we take for granted today -- public police, roads and libraries -- were only achieved through long, hard political battles that lasted decades and sometimes centuries.
July 31, 2012
Bikers, Walkers Need Cities to Protect Them
Without laws protecting pedestrians and bikers, the goal of having truly livable cities in America remains out of reach.
May 31, 2012
America Must Invest in Bigger and Better Infrastructure Projects
Have we lost our capacity to think big? Asia and Western Europe are building a series of infrastructure mega-projects that dwarf our efforts.
March 30, 2012
Encouraging Biking, Walking in Large U.S. Metro Areas
When home, work, school and shopping are in closer proximity, travel is easier. What can cities do to help get people out of their cars and onto their feet?
January 31, 2012
Why Does Our Infrastructure Resemble a Third-World Country's?
One explanation may be our budgeting process.
November 30, 2011
A Lesson for Passenger Rail, From Roads
A look back at the building of millions of miles of roads shows why passenger rail needs a well-structured bureaucracy in order to succeed.
September 30, 2011
Can Light Rail Unite Two Va. Cities?
Virginia Beach voted against the building of a light rail years ago. Now that it's up and running in nearby Norfolk, Va., some think beach-dwellers may rethink their decision.
July 29, 2011
Intercity Bus Travel Roars Back
Bus travel between major cities is popular, but operators need strict regulation to avoid a race to the bottom.
May 31, 2011
Improving Ports to Keep Up with the Global Economy
With the expansion of the Panama Canal, states and cities are debating whether to spend money deepening channels and expanding facilities to handle new ships.
March 31, 2011
What to Call the Gas Tax: Not Just Semantics
Calling the gas tax a 'user fee' is logically and factually wrong.
February 1, 2011
Infrastructure Stoppage: Fiscal Prudence or Politics?
Infrastructure projects were once largely bipartisan, but such efforts have been tied up in partisan battles over the role of government.
December 1, 2010
Bicycles' Popularity Grows in Cities
Bicycling has become fashionable. Urban and transportation policymakers take note.
October 1, 2010
Getting in Front of Communication and Transportation Investments
Government keeps adapting to how information and people travel.
Accelerating Amtrak Trains
Will superfast train service in the Northeast ever happen?
June 1, 2010
Installing City-Wide Fiber-Optic Networks
Don't wait to find out if Google will install broadband in your city.
Airport Economics
Big city airports need federal regulations to help weather airline instability.
The Aughts: The Decade of Infrastructure
As the decade ends, there's little to cheer save a notable exception: infrastructure.
Transportation Decisions: Part Calculation, Part Imagination
When it comes to roads, practicality and economics are important. But so is emotion.
The Weaknesses of Sweeping Privatization
The most important question is not whether private investment in roads and other public infrastructure will revive, but the degree to which it should.
Traveling At Good Speed
Transportation policy shouldn't be reduced to average commuting times.
A Bridge to Somewhere
Sometimes, if you build it, they really do come.
The Semi-Fast Track
The stimulus will help roads and transit. It's no panacea.
A Road by Any Other Name
Infrastructure is a vital concept. If only we could call it something else.
Road Show
A city redefines how to use its streets -- even its busiest, most traffic-clogged roadways.
The Comfort Zone
There's more to moving people around than wings and wheels, speed and price.
Our Friend, the Feds
It could be a mixed blessing if federal funding for infrastructure goes on the upswing again.
More than Just a Train
I'm starting to believe the hyperbole about the revolution being spawned by Charlotte's new light-rail line.
King of the Road
What's up with groups that argue for less government but see publicly built highways as an expression of the free market?
Smoothing the Way
Road repair is a rough and tough job that cities need to tackle.
The Streetcar Surge
Streetcars, popular again in a growing number of cities, have the potential to be a vital part of urban transportation systems.
A La Mode
We need to look at economic and life-style questions when we decide on our next investments in infrastructure.
Street Wise
A study compared how well old-city street layouts handled traffic versus modern approaches. The results set off a firestorm.
July 1, 2007
Back Up On the Interstate
The national highway system is marking its Golden Anniversary, but that's not much cause for celebration.
Slow Going
It takes far longer to build a major project today than it did a century ago. Why is that?
Changing Places
Autos and airplanes have a lot in common with the Web and cell phones. Moving people and information around are both transformative.
Running a Railroad
Its schedules are undependable, prices high and on-board service of middling quality. Yet demand for Amtrak's inter-city service grows.
Private Assistance
Not since the expansion of railroads in the 19th century has such a horde of international capitalists been so eager to invest in our transportation.
Soft on Sprawl
A popular planning book praises sprawl and ignores the mess left by misguided transportation policies.
A Bridge Too Far
Whether it's widening an old road or upgrading an intersection, transportation changes the way an area develops and functions.
A Case of Voter Overkill
The death of Seattle's monorail plan is a telling tale of the failure to capitalize on grassroots energy and gumption.
Picking Partners
Should the building of vital infrastructure be left to big business or big government?
December 1, 2005
The Gas Tax's Last Gasp
With the high price of gasoline, drivers are pouring so many dollars into their tanks that Exxon-Mobil reported record profits in October of $10 billion. And that was for one quarter. Paradoxically, drivers were pouring relatively fewer dollars into other entities that depend on gasoline spending: the various state and federal transportation trust funds.
Zen & the Art of Bicycling
How can public policies make cycling safer and encourage people to ride more often? Hint: It doesn't involve helmets.
The Mega-City Maker
Interstates created mega regions, and mega regions will change how we see this country and its transportation needs.
June 1, 2005
Survivor's Guide
It's federal, state and local governments--not individuals or even companies--that determine if a transportation idea sinks or swims.
The Long View
When we decide to build a new highway or train line, we think about unclogging traffic jams. That is shortsighted.


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Bamford Haircare
As part of a Liberty GWP I received small versions of Bamford Botanic Geranium Shampoo and Conditioner. I have never heard of this brand before but have since checked online and they are a high-end clothing company by the looks of it, which has branched out to produce a Bath/Hair/Body range.
The products are meant to use the" finest natural and organic ingredients with no nasty chemicals", "made from "100% natural essential oils and plant extracts"
My hair type is dry but can get oily at the roots, I have lots of broken hair and its also damaged due to daily straitening. I have a very sensitive scalp so usually opt for sulphate free haircare if possible (the Bamford shampoo is NOT sulphate free).
The shampoo, gives a really nice shine, I wash my hair everyday so the shine suits me but for those prone to oily/greasy hair I could see this being too much. I would not buy this for the simple reason that it made my head a bit itchy after use.
The conditioner texture almost feels like a moisturiser, not fine or thick but its definitely creamy. Its not heavy duty so if you hair is quite damaged then this is not for you but it is a great detangler and I would buy this in the warmer months when my hair seems to be less damaged.
Both retail for £16.00 each, for a 250 ml bottle. They have their own site and are also on Liberty.co.uk and beautique.com
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Ted Minnis added three newcomers to the women's water polo program for the 2013 season (photo Harvard Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Head coach Ted Minnis and the Harvard women's water polo team have announced the incoming class of 2016. All three recruits hail from the state of California.
"I am happy to be adding three very experienced and talented young women to our program," said Minnis. "They have each proven themselves in the pool and in the classroom. They will contribute to the team right away."
The 2012 Crimson went 17-12 overall and 4-1 in regular season CWPA Southern Division games. It was the second straight season Harvard has finished over .500, marking the first time since 2005 and '06 that the program has accomplished that feat. The Crimson will return 10 members of the 2012 squad, including second team All-CWPA Southern Division performer Elise Molnar, as it looks for the team's first back-to-back-to-back winning seasons since 2000-02. Harvard also returns its second-leading goal-scorer, Aisha Price (65), and its leading goalie, Ariel Dukes (193 saves).
Charlotte Hendrix, Santa Barbara, Calif./Santa Barbara High School
Played water polo and swam for four years at Santa Barbara High School ... Captained the water polo team in 2011-12 ... Named an All-American in 2006 and 2010 ... Picked to the USCC All-Tournament team in 2010 and 2011 ... Earned a USA Water Polo Youth National Team selection in 2010 and 2011 ... Part of the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Team from 2009-11 ... Second team All-CIF pick in 2009 and 2012 and a third team honoree in 2011 ... First team All-Channel League as a junior and senior after being picked to the second team during her first two seasons ... Ranks second in drawn ejections, fifth in assists and fifth in goals in her career at Santa Barbara High School ... Member of the all-tournament team at the 2012 Tournament of Champions ... Helped Santa Barbara to second-place finishes in the Channel League in 2009, 2010 and 2011, before winning the title in 2012 ... Played on the Santa Barbara Water Polo Club team that won the Junior Olympic championships in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010 ... Club team also won the United States Club championships in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... Academic All-America honoree in 2010 ... Member of the National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation ... Volunteered at AYSO, Transition House, Santa Barbara Water Polo Club, and Santa Barbara Jr. Lifeguards ... Founding member and president of the Santa Barbara Robotics Club.
Yoshi Andersen, Laguna Beach, Calif./Laguna Beach High School
Played water polo and swam for four years at Laguna Beach High School ... Captained the water polo and swimming teams as a senior ... Led the water polo team in goals (106), assists (45) and steals (53) as a senior ... Directed her Laguna Beach High School team to four straight league championships in 2009-12 ... Team earned the CIF Division 2 championship in 2009 ... First team all-league choice as a junior and senior and a second team pick as a sophomore ... Voted the league's MVP in 2012 ... First team All-CIF selection as a senior and second team choice as a sophomore and junior ... Honored as first team All-Orange County in 2012 ... named to the all-tournament teams at the Santa Barbara Tournament and the high school championships ... Earned club water polo All-America honors in 2009-10 ... Member of the Junior and Youth National Teams that placed second at the Jr. Pan-American Games in 2008-09 (Brazil) and 2010-12 (Miami, Fla.), respectively ... Her club team won titles at the California Cup 16U in 2010 and the Junior Olympics 18U in 2011 ... President of the Pink Ribbon Club ... Member of the Rotary Club International and Buddy Club ... Earned the Academic Award for Creativity in Ceramics in 2010-11 ... Gave swimming lessons to children.
Rachel Lobato, San Diego, Calif./Mission Bay High School
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and swimming ... Earned the Coach's Award MVP in water polo as a senior ... Named All-Central League Athlete of the Year in 2011 ... Selected to the Union Tribune All-Academic first team in 2011 ... Picked as the team's most valuable offensive player in 2011 ... Named to the first team of the Winter Classic in 2010 and second team in 2008 ... Team's MVP in 2009 ... Led Mission Bay to four undefeated Central League seasons and four Central League championships ... Led the CIF in goals with 125 in 2011-12 ... Holds the CIF career record for goals ... AP Scholar ... Member of the Academic Honor Roll ... Earned Excellence in Mathematics and Excellence in Social Studies awards in 2010-11 ... Presented Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and English and 2009-10 ... Three-time winner of the Academic Distinction award.
Three Recruits Highlight Women's Water Polo Class of 2016
Ted Minnis added three newcomers to the women's water polo program for the 2013 season (photo Harvard Athletic Communications).


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Singapore, 3 February 2012 – There are similarities between the avian and human world. Amongst both parties, there are instances of monogamy. Cranes, penguins, hornbills and ducks are some of the avian species which practice monogamy.
Mandarin ducks, famed for being a symbol of fidelity and marriage in Chinese culture, are thought to be monogamous. At Jurong Bird Park, it is now breeding season for these 27 Mandarin ducks, and what is interesting when breeding season comes round is that the male ducks (drakes) don their Sunday best for courtship. From a drab-looking, brown-white plumage, the drake morphs into an iridescent colour palette of orange, brown, purple, green and blue to attract the female duck. Once a pair is established, mating takes place in the water, and a clutch of 8-12 eggs is laid, with an incubation period of 30 days.
Carolina wood ducks are also known to be a monogamous species. Likewise with the Mandarin ducks, all wood ducks sport similar earthy colour tones until breeding season starts. The drake then sports a glossy plumage of several shades of green, white and black, with a sleek crest to attract a mate. Eggs are laid in clutches of 7-15 with an incubation period of 30 days.
The adventurous Carolina wood ducks take courtship a step further, taking nightly strolls on their own from their exhibit at the Bird Park's entrance into the Park under the cloak of darkness. They visit the Mandarin duck exhibit, some 300m away from the entrance. They have also made tracks for the Pools Amphitheatre, where twice daily shows are held, but unfortunately, as their journey takes place after park hours, Bird Park staff have told them firmly that they are too late for show auditions and auditions have closed. The wood ducks then quack in dismay at being herded away from the Pools Amphitheatre. No chance at fame tonight!
Whilst the ducks engage in mating rituals, couples to Jurong Bird Park on 14 February can also indulge in a premium package specially put together for Valentine's, where Cupid's Candlelight Dinner takes centrestage. The recently launched Penguin Coast plays host to lovers as they wine and dine on delectable dishes like the oven-baked Chilean Codfish, Wagyu Beef, and Blueberry Chocolate Chateau, right in front of an amazing penguin viewing gallery. A dining treat to be savoured, couples will get an up close experience and photo opportunities with a bird of prey appearance, and penguin feeding and commentary as they dine the night away in tuxedoed company.
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Taiwanese Collections Society Tells Singer He Can't Post His Own Music
from the whoops deptWilliam writes in with the following tale:
"The Taiwanese music performance and copy right society called MUST, which is similar to the PRS in Britian, has send a take down notice to a popular Taiwanese blog hosting site, Wretch, because one of the user has posted copyrighted music on their blog. The offending blog was taken down and contents deleted.The specific links he sent, including to the blog post itself, are in Mandarin. Here's the Google translation which isn't all that clear. Also this is from a little while ago, so I'm not sure if there's been any updates... but if folks out there have any updates, please fill us in via the comments.
The catch on this is that the person who posted the music, Shia Ho Shen (English artist name: A Chord), posted music that he himself wrote and performed. He sent an email to MUST asking about the situation and received a standard form letter telling him that copyrighted material are protected intellectual property and implied that he has no right to authorize himself for posting his own material.
Apparently, A Chord's previous agency, without his consent, has signed him up with MUST and thus MUST has all right to authorize his content and collect fees -- and block him from posting his own music.
After this incident A Chord has started the process to remove himself from MUST's artist list, started a new blog and posted this whole incident and posted all his songs online at StreetVoice for fans to listen to before purchasing his CD.
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