Not exactly novel. I&#x27;ve heard of these for months now. A quick web search turns up this blog from 2008: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.acleandesign.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;05&#x2F;password-algorithms-create-and-remember-unique-passwords-for-every-account&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.acleandesign.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;05&#x2F;password-algorithms-crea...</a><p>Also seems to produce short passwords.