Thom's memory leak

I've been changing a lot of my passwords lately so that none are alike. In fact they're so ridiculously random and lengthy that I wouldn't stand a chance remembering them. I've a means of obtaining these passwords though in a method known to me using encryption which requires 2 very different types of key, so remembering them isn't necessary. However, after going around trying to change my passwords, I've noticed that many places impose restrictions upon how long a password may be, and what characters you're allowed to use. For example, with PayPal, they absolutely require you to have at least 8 characters, but for some reason, it must not be any more than 20 characters. Why limit it at 20? Surely they hash the password anyway?... don't they? eBay have an identical restriction. And then came my bank (a Dutch bank which shall remain nameless). They also said that it must be at least 8 characters, but no more than 12. It must also contain at least o...

I've been following many PostgreSQL mailing lists for some time now, and because so many emails arrive in my inbox every hour, they need organising. Until recently I've used a filter on my email to label everything to and from *@postgresql.org with the label "PostgreSQL", to mark it as read and to archive it (i.e. skip the inbox). That way I could just click on the PostgreSQL label and view all the emails. But I do subscribe to a LOT of the groups, and they're all bundled into the same label. So comes Gmail Lab features to the rescue, namely " Nested Labels " and " Hide Labels from Subjects ". This does require a fair amount of initial setup, but only needs to be done once. Basically Nested Labels allows for a tree-like structure of labels defined by /parent/child/grandchild/ etc. For example, I've set up a new filter for all emails to pgsql-general to be labelled PostgreSQL/General which puts it in the General label beneath the Postg...