There have been a lot of people complaining about Myki -- overcharging or just not working at all. I haven't had any serious problems... up until now.
I clicked through the barrier yesterday, said $8.?? remaining. Went home, said $2.?? remaining. it's $3.50 each way now. This morning, tried to get on train. Nope, balance $-2.??. What? Tried to check balance on machine; result history shows balance yesterday was $0.00. Ha ha, funny joke, everybody laugh. Oh well, I'll try to refill. No, machine broken. It's been broken for a month. I can't catch the train.
It's well past time for the state government to dump Myki. It's never going to work properly. Tell Kamco to shove it, stop giving them money, and charge Vivian Miners with corruption. Choose a local company to build a functional system. Hell, I'll do it.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
hash-breaking difficulty
XKCD's Externalities comic includes a hash-breaking competition. The difficulty of getting n bits of the hash correct by brute force is given by the binomial distribution, with p=0.5 and n = 1024.
For the current leaders, here's how many combinations they had to try:
(number of wrong bits, 2**(this value) combinations tried)
(329, 100.79292584868568),
(330, 99.71264744849057),
(331, 98.6387726772389),
(332, 97.57129092599011),
(333, 96.51019166667069),
(334, 95.45546445125278),
(335, 94.40709891093776),
(336, 93.36508475534453),
(337, 92.32941177170228),
(338, 91.30006982404753),
(339, 90.27704885242493),
(340, 89.26033887209208),
(341, 88.24992997272764),
(342, 87.24581231764267),
(343, 86.24797614299497),
(344, 85.25641175700605),
(345, 84.27110953918066),
(346, 83.29205993952827),
(347, 82.31925347778665),
(348, 81.35268074264687),
(349, 80.39233239097973),
(350, 79.43819914706322),
(351, 78.49027180181061),
(352, 77.54854121199908),
(353, 76.61299829949846),
(354, 75.68363405049972),
(355, 74.76043951474304),
(356, 73.84340580474498),
(357, 72.93252409502446),
(358, 72.02778562132734),
(359, 71.12918167984901),
(360, 70.2367036264548),
(361, 69.35034287589781),
(362, 68.47009090103367),
(363, 67.59593923203211),
(364, 66.72787945558447),
(365, 65.86590321410733),
(366, 65.01000220494126),
(367, 64.16016817954464),
(368, 63.31639294268198),
(369, 62.478668351606096),
(370, 61.64698631523403),
(371, 60.82133879331581),
(372, 60.00171779559586),
(373, 59.188115380966224),
(374, 58.380523656611395),
(375, 57.57893477714383),
(376, 56.7833409437298),
(377, 55.993734403204826),
(378, 55.21010744717815),
(379, 54.432452411125524),
(380, 53.66076167346958),
(381, 52.89502765464724),
(382, 52.135242816163206),
(383, 51.38139965962892),
(384, 50.63349072578612),
(385, 49.891508593514146),
(386, 49.1554458788202),
(387, 48.42529523381158),
(388, 47.70104934564894),
(389, 46.98270093547969),
(390, 46.27024275735042),
(391, 45.56366759709728),
(392, 44.862968271213305),
(393, 44.168137625691415),
(394, 43.47916853484186),
(395, 42.79605390008302),
(396, 42.11878664870401),
(397, 41.44735973259787),
(398, 40.78176612696386),
(399, 40.12199882897727),
(400, 39.46805085642528),
(401, 38.81991524630716),
(402, 38.17758505339709),
(403, 37.54105334876775),
(404, 36.91031321827288),
(405, 36.285357760986756),
(406, 35.66618008759846),
(407, 35.0527733187589),
(408, 34.44513058337816),
(409, 33.84324501687082),
(410, 33.24710975934681),
(411, 32.65671795374506),
(412, 32.07206274390717),
(413, 31.49313727258834),
(414, 30.919934679402296),
(415, 30.352448098697213),
(416, 29.790670657359072),
(417, 29.2345954725391),
(418, 28.68421564930143),
(419, 28.139524278187103),
(420, 27.6005144326904),
(421, 27.067179166643008),
(422, 26.5395115115016),
(423, 26.017504473534007),
(424, 25.501151030898914),
(425, 24.990444130613774),
(426, 24.48537668540544),
(427, 23.9859415704375),
(428, 23.492131619908193),
(429, 23.003939623512416),
(430, 22.521358322760847),
(431, 22.04438040714901),
(432, 21.572998510168617),
(433, 21.10720520515314),
(434, 20.646993000949116),
(435, 20.192354337404257),
(436, 19.743281580662888),
(437, 19.299767018258787),
(438, 18.861802853994963),
(439, 18.429381202599185),
(440, 18.002494084143756),
(441, 17.58113341821703),
(442, 17.165291017833827),
(443, 16.754958583070945),
(444, 16.35012769441337),
(445, 15.950789805795873),
(446, 15.556936237323976),
(447, 15.168558167657284),
(448, 14.785646626037295),
(449, 14.40819248394085),
(450, 14.036186446339345),
(451, 13.669619042542726),
(452, 13.308480616606237),
(453, 12.952761317276634),
(454, 12.602451087453419),
(455, 12.2575396531393),
(456, 11.918016511852795),
(457, 11.583870920474457),
(458, 11.2550918824968),
(459, 10.931668134646431),
(460, 10.613588132845397),
(461, 10.300840037477135),
(462, 9.993411697920738),
(463, 9.691290636315607),
(464, 9.394464030516776),
(465, 9.10291869619951),
(466, 8.816641068069963),
(467, 8.535617180136963),
(468, 8.259832644998154),
(469, 7.989272632092106),
(470, 7.723921844866229),
(471, 7.4637644968087855),
(472, 7.20878428629177),
(473, 6.958964370170051),
(474, 6.71428733608102),
(475, 6.474735173387996),
(476, 6.2402892427099665),
(477, 6.01093024397988),
(478, 5.786638182973767),
(479, 5.567392336253507),
(480, 5.3531712144671495),
(481, 5.143952523952513),
(482, 4.939713126592324),
(483, 4.740428997872683),
(484, 4.5460751831011645),
(485, 4.356625751746641),
(486, 4.172053749870079),
(487, 3.9923311506242825),
(488, 3.817428802811137),
(489, 3.647316377497421),
(490, 3.481962312705135),
(491, 3.3213337562096426),
(492, 3.1653965064990928),
(493, 3.014114951971893),
(494, 2.867452008475686),
(495, 2.7253690553216456),
(496, 2.587825869942336),
(497, 2.4547805614000517),
(498, 2.3261895029957964),
(499, 2.2020072642771202),
(500, 2.0821865427960415),
(501, 1.966678096026371),
(502, 1.8554306739129727),
(503, 1.748390952593668),
(504, 1.6455034699074478),
(505, 1.5467105633799099),
(506, 1.4519523114577648),
(507, 1.3611664788479745),
(508, 1.274288466902354),
(509, 1.1912512700738427),
(510, 1.1119854395541857),
(511, 1.0364190552822286)
For the current leaders, here's how many combinations they had to try:
(number of wrong bits, 2**(this value) combinations tried)
(329, 100.79292584868568),
(330, 99.71264744849057),
(331, 98.6387726772389),
(332, 97.57129092599011),
(333, 96.51019166667069),
(334, 95.45546445125278),
(335, 94.40709891093776),
(336, 93.36508475534453),
(337, 92.32941177170228),
(338, 91.30006982404753),
(339, 90.27704885242493),
(340, 89.26033887209208),
(341, 88.24992997272764),
(342, 87.24581231764267),
(343, 86.24797614299497),
(344, 85.25641175700605),
(345, 84.27110953918066),
(346, 83.29205993952827),
(347, 82.31925347778665),
(348, 81.35268074264687),
(349, 80.39233239097973),
(350, 79.43819914706322),
(351, 78.49027180181061),
(352, 77.54854121199908),
(353, 76.61299829949846),
(354, 75.68363405049972),
(355, 74.76043951474304),
(356, 73.84340580474498),
(357, 72.93252409502446),
(358, 72.02778562132734),
(359, 71.12918167984901),
(360, 70.2367036264548),
(361, 69.35034287589781),
(362, 68.47009090103367),
(363, 67.59593923203211),
(364, 66.72787945558447),
(365, 65.86590321410733),
(366, 65.01000220494126),
(367, 64.16016817954464),
(368, 63.31639294268198),
(369, 62.478668351606096),
(370, 61.64698631523403),
(371, 60.82133879331581),
(372, 60.00171779559586),
(373, 59.188115380966224),
(374, 58.380523656611395),
(375, 57.57893477714383),
(376, 56.7833409437298),
(377, 55.993734403204826),
(378, 55.21010744717815),
(379, 54.432452411125524),
(380, 53.66076167346958),
(381, 52.89502765464724),
(382, 52.135242816163206),
(383, 51.38139965962892),
(384, 50.63349072578612),
(385, 49.891508593514146),
(386, 49.1554458788202),
(387, 48.42529523381158),
(388, 47.70104934564894),
(389, 46.98270093547969),
(390, 46.27024275735042),
(391, 45.56366759709728),
(392, 44.862968271213305),
(393, 44.168137625691415),
(394, 43.47916853484186),
(395, 42.79605390008302),
(396, 42.11878664870401),
(397, 41.44735973259787),
(398, 40.78176612696386),
(399, 40.12199882897727),
(400, 39.46805085642528),
(401, 38.81991524630716),
(402, 38.17758505339709),
(403, 37.54105334876775),
(404, 36.91031321827288),
(405, 36.285357760986756),
(406, 35.66618008759846),
(407, 35.0527733187589),
(408, 34.44513058337816),
(409, 33.84324501687082),
(410, 33.24710975934681),
(411, 32.65671795374506),
(412, 32.07206274390717),
(413, 31.49313727258834),
(414, 30.919934679402296),
(415, 30.352448098697213),
(416, 29.790670657359072),
(417, 29.2345954725391),
(418, 28.68421564930143),
(419, 28.139524278187103),
(420, 27.6005144326904),
(421, 27.067179166643008),
(422, 26.5395115115016),
(423, 26.017504473534007),
(424, 25.501151030898914),
(425, 24.990444130613774),
(426, 24.48537668540544),
(427, 23.9859415704375),
(428, 23.492131619908193),
(429, 23.003939623512416),
(430, 22.521358322760847),
(431, 22.04438040714901),
(432, 21.572998510168617),
(433, 21.10720520515314),
(434, 20.646993000949116),
(435, 20.192354337404257),
(436, 19.743281580662888),
(437, 19.299767018258787),
(438, 18.861802853994963),
(439, 18.429381202599185),
(440, 18.002494084143756),
(441, 17.58113341821703),
(442, 17.165291017833827),
(443, 16.754958583070945),
(444, 16.35012769441337),
(445, 15.950789805795873),
(446, 15.556936237323976),
(447, 15.168558167657284),
(448, 14.785646626037295),
(449, 14.40819248394085),
(450, 14.036186446339345),
(451, 13.669619042542726),
(452, 13.308480616606237),
(453, 12.952761317276634),
(454, 12.602451087453419),
(455, 12.2575396531393),
(456, 11.918016511852795),
(457, 11.583870920474457),
(458, 11.2550918824968),
(459, 10.931668134646431),
(460, 10.613588132845397),
(461, 10.300840037477135),
(462, 9.993411697920738),
(463, 9.691290636315607),
(464, 9.394464030516776),
(465, 9.10291869619951),
(466, 8.816641068069963),
(467, 8.535617180136963),
(468, 8.259832644998154),
(469, 7.989272632092106),
(470, 7.723921844866229),
(471, 7.4637644968087855),
(472, 7.20878428629177),
(473, 6.958964370170051),
(474, 6.71428733608102),
(475, 6.474735173387996),
(476, 6.2402892427099665),
(477, 6.01093024397988),
(478, 5.786638182973767),
(479, 5.567392336253507),
(480, 5.3531712144671495),
(481, 5.143952523952513),
(482, 4.939713126592324),
(483, 4.740428997872683),
(484, 4.5460751831011645),
(485, 4.356625751746641),
(486, 4.172053749870079),
(487, 3.9923311506242825),
(488, 3.817428802811137),
(489, 3.647316377497421),
(490, 3.481962312705135),
(491, 3.3213337562096426),
(492, 3.1653965064990928),
(493, 3.014114951971893),
(494, 2.867452008475686),
(495, 2.7253690553216456),
(496, 2.587825869942336),
(497, 2.4547805614000517),
(498, 2.3261895029957964),
(499, 2.2020072642771202),
(500, 2.0821865427960415),
(501, 1.966678096026371),
(502, 1.8554306739129727),
(503, 1.748390952593668),
(504, 1.6455034699074478),
(505, 1.5467105633799099),
(506, 1.4519523114577648),
(507, 1.3611664788479745),
(508, 1.274288466902354),
(509, 1.1912512700738427),
(510, 1.1119854395541857),
(511, 1.0364190552822286)