Happy equinox, everyone.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Sep 22, 2014 5:55:43 pm PDT #6780 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
sarameg - Sep 22, 2014 6:02:01 pm PDT #6781 of 30000
Fuck, I'm not ready for summer to be over. Never really got one in many ways.
Pix - Sep 22, 2014 6:20:02 pm PDT #6782 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Someone tell me that it’s all right to stop working and play a video game for an hour before bed. So. Tired. I have more work to do for school (both schools, actually—my digital grad class and my own classes), but I really need to wind my brain down before I go to sleep.
Amy - Sep 22, 2014 6:30:15 pm PDT #6783 of 30000
Because books.
Not only all right, but a good idea, Pix.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2014 6:38:09 pm PDT #6784 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I use Wire quotations sometimes.
Typo Boy - Sep 22, 2014 6:49:57 pm PDT #6785 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
A lot of security experts say that if it lets you follow all the other rules and not keep reusing the same password write you passwords down. A written password is a lot harder to hack than most easy to remember passwords. I can see that in a home environment, but I wonder about that in a work environment.
Also, those stupid security questions everyone makes you answer in addition to your password are actually security holes. Many people whose password was well protected have had accounts hacked because of security questions. Mother's maiden name and high school, street name of your first home or whatever are researchable. The name of your first pet may or may not be researchable, but is probably guessable. What they suggest is non-sequiter answers that you can remember or that you write down. So the high school you went to might be "STD incubator". And the name of your first pet can be answered as "Eat a muffin, whitey". Neither of these are what I actually use.
billytea - Sep 22, 2014 6:54:45 pm PDT #6786 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
"consciencedocost" is a fine password. Though you may find yourself reusing "whatthef**kdidido" an inordinate number of times.
Cass - Sep 22, 2014 7:13:50 pm PDT #6787 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
What they suggest is non-sequiter answers that you can remember or that you write down. So the high school you went to might be "STD incubator". And the name of your first pet can be answered as "Eat a muffin, whitey". Neither of these are what I actually use.
I pick a letter for all of the answers to start with and start making stuff up. Of course those end up hidden in my wallet but no way am I answering them for real. And I pick the weird choices.
DavidS - Sep 22, 2014 7:16:14 pm PDT #6788 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Relatedly, I just had JZ print out a list of all the passwords we use on various systems. To cover our cable service, our Roku, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, WiFi, FasTrak.
That's not even counting our personal email accounts or bank stuff.
Connie Neil - Sep 22, 2014 7:31:01 pm PDT #6789 of 30000
brillig
I've got my passwords in a file buried several layers down on my tablet which has a password on it as well.