Monthly Archives: January 2009

WordPress Upgrade

WordPress MU on blogs.scienceforums.net has now been upgraded to WordPress MU 2.7. You should notice that your admin screen has been drastically re-vamped and re-shinied. If you notice any odd problems, detail them here (with the error message) and I’ll try to fix them ASAP.

January 28, 2009 – 8:16 pm | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in SFN | Tagged | Comments (0)

The Insanity

You can tell there’s something wrong with our system of keeping GPAs based on class average — i.e. out of 100 instead of out of the 4-point scale — when I get annoyed that I have a 96 in a class. Stupid system.

January 26, 2009 – 10:07 pm | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in Education | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Authentication Sucks

For a while I’ve been thinking about the classic Internet dilemma: authentication. For trust to work on the Internet, you need to (a) be able to verify the server you’re connecting to is the one it claims it is and (b) be able to prove you are who you claim you are. (a) is a …

January 10, 2009 – 2:52 am | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in computers | Tagged | Comments (2)