Bear with me because this question doesn't pertain to an algorithm or any block of code. Rather, it deals with designing forms and applications. I'm working on a project where the user is able to save their work (most likely to the HDD but also possibly any other media, including floppy disks). ...

I've just signed up to a site to purchase some goods, and when I tried to enter my (reasonably secure) password I was informed it was too long, and that I should enter a password between 5 & 10 characters! What is the point in that? Who makes decisions like this? Surely the ideal password would b...

Given two different messages, A and B (maybe 20-80 characters of text, if size matters at all), what is the probability that the MD5 digest of A is the same as the MD5 digest of B and the SHA1 digest of A is the same as the SHA1 digest of B? That is: (MD5(A) == MD5(B)) && (SHA1(A) == SHA1(B)) ...

As a dismembered head living eternally in an infernal jar, my Stack Overflow addiction would be easier to indulge if I didn't have to waste time moving these wretched mechanical hooks to push around a primitive mouse. I could answer questions faster if Stack Overflow were linked directly to my d...