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chemistry?
Apr. 27th, 2007 | 02:46 am
KCN + H2O => HCN(gas) + KOH-
This forms an alkaline solution: pH around 11 if I remember my molar weights correctly. Not that strong, but still pretty potent overall.
HCN plays a role in a lot of interesting reactions. KCN is one of the best ways to get it, especially because in the KCN solid form it is not very toxic.
It’s also pretty expensive (about $1/g). And mine is on route. Wee
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Vista, how you have failed me
Apr. 27th, 2007 | 12:06 pm
music: Great Big Sea - Meri Mac
Obviously, there are so many things wrong with vista that I can't put them all down here, so I will try and focus on just one for the moment.
BitLocker
The idea initially looks solid. Full drive encryption so that you can be sure that your data is safe from off-line attacks. Fair enough. Full drive encryption is where you encrypt the entire partition of a hard drive with a key (in this case a 128-bit AES key). There are 3 main reasons why Bitlocker is both useless and potentially dangerous and a 4th that only really should concern a few people.
BitLocker
The idea initially looks solid. Full drive encryption so that you can be sure that your data is safe from off-line attacks. Fair enough. Full drive encryption is where you encrypt the entire partition of a hard drive with a key (in this case a 128-bit AES key). There are 3 main reasons why Bitlocker is both useless and potentially dangerous and a 4th that only really should concern a few people.
( the rant... )