Passwords!
This consultant is working on a Web development project for a client,
and he's also got a nontechnical intern to keep busy. Fortunately,
that's a solution, not a problem.
"Part of the project included setting up about 150 user accounts for
the client's customers to log in to a secure portion of the site and
download their reports," says the consultant.
"Setting up 150 user accounts seemed like a simple enough job, would
keep our intern busy and took a task off my plate. I gave him a list
of usernames and showed him how to set up accounts on the server."
In fact, he gives the intern some further guidance. From past
experience, he knows that passwords consisting of random letters and
numbers make security gurus happy but drive users crazy -- either
users can't remember the gibberish passwords or they constantly mistype them.
He explains all this to the intern and instructs him to create
passwords that consist of a word from the dictionary, followed by two
or three digits.
Next day, the consultant checks with intern to make sure the job is
complete. The intern shows him the list of passwords. And sure
enough, he's done exactly what the consultant suggested -- with one
extra twist.
"Rather than creating passwords like 'book345' or 'house57,' he
instead found a list of the 200 most commonly misspelled words to
generate the passwords," the consultant groans.
"Being under a tight deadline, there was no time to create new
passwords and test them. So we launched the Web site and gave the
users their passwords. As expected, we fielded numerous support calls
from users trying to enter passwords such as 'accommodate85' and
'asphyxiate33.' "
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Her big church wedding was fast approaching, and my friend
was delighted to hear that her mom, emerging from a nasty
divorce, had finally found the perfect mother-of-the-bride
dress.
Two days later, she was shocked to learn that her new young
stepmother had purchased the same dress.
My friend asked her stepmother to buy another dress since
her mom had already altered her purchase.
Her new stepmother refused.
After two more weeks of frustrating shopping, the bride's
mom found a dress that was not as nice as the first, but
would serve.
When asked by a friend what she would do with her original
dress, she grinned and replied, "I'm wearing it to the
rehearsal dinner!"
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"Garage Wow"
There was a knock at the door. It was a small boy, about six years old. Something of his had found its way into my garage, he said, and he wanted it back.
Upon opening the garage door, I noticed two additions: a baseball and a broken window sporting a baseball-sized hole. "How do you suppose this ball got in here?" I asked the boy.
Taking one look at the ball, one look at the window, and one look at me, the boy exclaimed, "Wow! I must have thrown it right through that hole!"
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Today's CleanQuote
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." - Sam Levenson
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"Reward"
Featured Illustration items are well suited for introducing or illuminating a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.
Morris was invited to a party but unfortunately, during the evening, he lost his wallet.
Morris, not being of the shy kind, stood on a chair and shouted, "Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, I've just lost my wallet with over $1,500 in cash in it. To the person that finds my wallet, I will give $150."
A voice from the back of the room shouted, "I will give$175!"