randomage

If you've followed digg.com at all in the last few days, you are probably painfully aware of the rucus with the 128-bit HDVD encrytion-key. Now, you can get your own 128-bit hex number at freedom-to-tinker.com.

They randomly generate a 128-bit hex number, and deliver it with the following haiku:


The haiku is copyright 2007 by Edward W. Felten:

We own integers,
Says AACS LA.
You can own one too.

Here is your very own 128-bit integer, which we hereby deed to you:


A9 05 E2 3A 3B 58 0E 12 AE 1A 05 4F 87 3A FD A5

belongs to me!!!


userfriendly.org has obviously worked with a number of the software vendors my employer does business with.


And today's slashdot fortune is a clever historical gem:

When we jumped into Sicily, the units became separated, and I couldn't find anyone. Eventually I stumbled across two colonels, a major, three captains, two lieutenants, and one rifleman, and we secured the bridge. Never in the history of war have so few been led by so many.

-- General James Gavin