Posts by ITDirector 7 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Aug 2009
Strangely, a British amateur astronomer (*) was telling me about this down the pub (it's a Friday - where else?) and he had a few extra details:
- the spectroscopy says the surface is 'titanium oxide paint'
- the object is dense because it's oddly unaffected by solar winds (not blown off course) so likely to be more massive than usual space junk
- believed to be Russian 4th or 5th stage rocket
- 10% chance of earth interface in 2036
* http://www.birtwhistle.org/
IIRC, that particular password (albeit in the singular) was used by one of the world's largest banks back in the 80s during a 2 week install/rollout of an FX/MM product. We used a 2 part system (4 chars each) for security, via sealed countersigned envelopes. Needless to say, there are plenty of creative options with only 4 chars to play with, and this was the best permutation. It gave complete access to the Prod system...
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