Calculating a probability that involves k-step Fibonacci numbers can be done without resorting to Bignum classes – and the C++ deque container is a perfect class for the job.

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Photo by Nick Richards Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, died Sunday, February 6 at the age of 84.

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The storage of plaintext or encrypted passwords by any company that does business with the public is an act of stupidity. An act of stupidity so dangerous that it needs to be made illegal. Yes, we need federal law banning the storage of passwords on more or less all IT systems in the world. The recent break-in of the Gawker user database makes this point more clearly than anything I can say, but that won’t stop me from trying.

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