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Father of Unix Ken Thompson checkmated: Old eight-char password is finally cracked

AIBailey

How long do you think it would take to make every possible set of cards if you just sat and did it deliberately?

That reminds me of something I read a while back that puts it in perspective:

"Say that there exists 10 Billion people on every planet, 1 Billion planets in every solar system, 200 Billion solar systems in every galaxy, and 500 Billion galaxies in the universe. If every single person on every planet has been shuffling decks of cards completely at random at 1 Million shuffles per second since the BEGINNING OF TIME, every possible deck combination would still yet to have been "shuffled"."

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