Comments for Six impossible things http://www.milliways.fr Obey Arthur Liu . blog() Thu, 21 May 2009 12:09:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on PGP/GPG transition 8CA99047 -> 29C0FFEE * by Amir http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/19/gpg-transition-29c0ffee/comment-page-1/#comment-4630 Amir Thu, 21 May 2009 12:09:45 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=173#comment-4630 Neat! Now you should invite 28 friends for coffee and drink for the new web of trust while signing each other's new keys. Neat! Now you should invite 28 friends for coffee and drink for the new web of trust while signing each other’s new keys.

]]> Comment on PGP/GPG transition 8CA99047 -> 29C0FFEE * by Obey Arthur Liu http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/19/gpg-transition-29c0ffee/comment-page-1/#comment-4543 Obey Arthur Liu Tue, 19 May 2009 19:03:50 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=173#comment-4543 Depends, but the entropy issue is easy to bypass, without losing security. Depends, but the entropy issue is easy to bypass, without losing security.

]]> Comment on PGP/GPG transition 8CA99047 -> 29C0FFEE * by . http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/19/gpg-transition-29c0ffee/comment-page-1/#comment-4536 . Tue, 19 May 2009 15:08:18 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=173#comment-4536 Is the computing power the main limitation or the entropy? It always looked to me like the main problem ist the latter. Is the computing power the main limitation or the entropy? It always looked to me like the main problem ist the latter.

]]> Comment on PGP/GPG transition 8CA99047 -> 29C0FFEE * by Obey Arthur Liu http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/19/gpg-transition-29c0ffee/comment-page-1/#comment-4535 Obey Arthur Liu Tue, 19 May 2009 14:39:43 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=173#comment-4535 This particular key was generated on a cluster placed in my bedroom, under my sole control. Don't worry :D This particular key was generated on a cluster placed in my bedroom, under my sole control. Don’t worry :D

]]> Comment on PGP/GPG transition 8CA99047 -> 29C0FFEE * by Obey Arthur Liu http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/19/gpg-transition-29c0ffee/comment-page-1/#comment-4534 Obey Arthur Liu Tue, 19 May 2009 14:38:39 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=173#comment-4534 Of course, I'm the only root on stacks computers on computers in my bedroom. Of course, I’m the only root on stacks computers on computers in my bedroom.

]]> Comment on PGP/GPG transition 8CA99047 -> 29C0FFEE * by Simon McVittie http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/19/gpg-transition-29c0ffee/comment-page-1/#comment-4526 Simon McVittie Tue, 19 May 2009 12:48:05 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=173#comment-4526 So, er, before your GPG key was published or used anywhere, it had already been present on machines outside your direct control? I don't think that's an example of the sort of good key management that Debian relies on. So, er, before your GPG key was published or used anywhere, it had already been present on machines outside your direct control? I don’t think that’s an example of the sort of good key management that Debian relies on.

]]> Comment on PGP/GPG transition 8CA99047 -> 29C0FFEE * by garden http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/19/gpg-transition-29c0ffee/comment-page-1/#comment-4525 garden Tue, 19 May 2009 12:17:28 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=173#comment-4525 Were you the only one with root access on those clusters? :-) Were you the only one with root access on those clusters? :-)

]]> Comment on Zürich, Switzerland for the summer (housing? DebConf?) by Obey Arthur Liu http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/01/zurich-switzerland-for-the-summer-housing-debconf/comment-page-1/#comment-3920 Obey Arthur Liu Wed, 06 May 2009 14:03:27 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=166#comment-3920 2.2kCHF was in Enge, close to the Google offices, which might explain the price. I've found a shared apartment with a Googler in Adliswil for 800CHF. I will almost certainly take that. I will have to take a trip to IKEA though because there's wallpaper but not much else :). The housing officer is for full-timers I think. They put all of us interns on a mailing list and sent us a list of housing pointers but that was all. Thirsty Thursdays. Hum. Do people ever work there ? :) 2.2kCHF was in Enge, close to the Google offices, which might explain the price.
I’ve found a shared apartment with a Googler in Adliswil for 800CHF. I will almost certainly take that. I will have to take a trip to IKEA though because there’s wallpaper but not much else :) .
The housing officer is for full-timers I think. They put all of us interns on a mailing list and sent us a list of housing pointers but that was all.
Thirsty Thursdays. Hum. Do people ever work there ? :)

]]> Comment on Zürich, Switzerland for the summer (housing? DebConf?) by Jeroen Massar http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/01/zurich-switzerland-for-the-summer-housing-debconf/comment-page-1/#comment-3919 Jeroen Massar Wed, 06 May 2009 13:54:32 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=166#comment-3919 If people tried to quote you 3k for a room in Zurich then they are nicely ripping you off. Yes, it can be expensive but not THAT expensive. Expect: ~800CHF for a shared-room, ~1200CHF for a single room apartment (kitchen etc included), ~1800CHF for a 2 room app, ~2200CHF for a 3 room apartment. The catch might be here that these prices are mostly unfurnished which is maybe something that might not match up with what you are looking for, but there is an IKEA closeby ;) Problem there is though that there is a housing shortage in Zurich as such, it will be fighting to get a place, and getting one for short-term can be hard. http://www.wg-zimmer.ch is the one to check for if you want the shared option. A ladyfriend of mine from the US took 2 months to find such a place though (and she is a cute looking girl with a working brain thus definitely somebody with an advantage in looking for places ;) thus can be harder for the guys. Depends also on luck though. AFAIK Google has a Housing officer, as such, ask the folks there they can probably help you get going too (though maybe that doesn't exist for summer students, but you can ask at least ;). Btw: don't forget your whiskey bottles for Thirsty Thursdays at Google Maps SRE :) If people tried to quote you 3k for a room in Zurich then they are nicely ripping you off. Yes, it can be expensive but not THAT expensive.

Expect: ~800CHF for a shared-room, ~1200CHF for a single room apartment (kitchen etc included), ~1800CHF for a 2 room app, ~2200CHF for a 3 room apartment. The catch might be here that these prices are mostly unfurnished which is maybe something that might not match up with what you are looking for, but there is an IKEA closeby ;)

Problem there is though that there is a housing shortage in Zurich as such, it will be fighting to get a place, and getting one for short-term can be hard. http://www.wg-zimmer.ch is the one to check for if you want the shared option. A ladyfriend of mine from the US took 2 months to find such a place though (and she is a cute looking girl with a working brain thus definitely somebody with an advantage in looking for places ;) thus can be harder for the guys. Depends also on luck though.

AFAIK Google has a Housing officer, as such, ask the folks there they can probably help you get going too (though maybe that doesn’t exist for summer students, but you can ask at least ;) .

Btw: don’t forget your whiskey bottles for Thirsty Thursdays at Google Maps SRE :)

]]> Comment on Zürich, Switzerland for the summer (housing? DebConf?) by Obey Arthur Liu http://www.milliways.fr/2009/05/01/zurich-switzerland-for-the-summer-housing-debconf/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 Obey Arthur Liu Sun, 03 May 2009 15:09:45 +0000 http://www.milliways.fr/?p=166#comment-3757 Yes, since later flights arrive too late anyway. Yes, since later flights arrive too late anyway.

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