I can't control what people do with the meme, only my website. By the way, it's still up at http://gb1990.com/ and yes, I'm Isaac Eiland-Hall.

I've never been slashdotted before - just found this thread and it explains why the server load is as high as it is! hehe.

Hey, cool, I just found this story! Daychilde is my common nickname - I adopted NameWithheld during the time I managed to stay anonymous - I'm Isaac Eiland-Hall. And this story explains why the server load is as high as it is, although we've been featured in a lot of places today.

If you want to see what you guys are doing to my two servers, check out http://namewithheld.us/ - I have live stats up. :)

Of course water responds to solar radiation - that's how we get clouds! :-)

I"m trying hard to make a joke about writing down when it happened and referring to that as reverse pole-ish notation, but... I think I'll let it go.

(I should probably post this anonymously, but hey - I stand by my bad puns!)

Here's a quick counter-example: Part of the security of a military base would be the guards at the entrances wielding big scary guns. They're really not obscure, and that's precisely the point.

There may *also* be guards who wish to remain unseen. But there is a significant portion of security (in nearly any application thereof) whose point is precisely to be as unobscured as possible.

Your blanket statements are ill-conceived. You may well have some valid points, but your current argument is flawed, in my opinion.

Heh. But the shuttle is US territory, right? So Region 1, natch. :D

You would be incorrect. It's quite real. I was diagnosed at age 32, and Ritalin has truly changed my life.

Different solutions are better for different people. But ADHD is quite real.

There are arguments that it's over-diagnosed. Well, that may well be, but it doesn't change the fact that it's very real.

As someone who has been diagnosed with ADHD, I have to say that my personal experience with Ritalin has been life-changing.

Wake me up when they use MSPaint... ...on second thought, don't.

...of free software being used by prisoners who are the antithesis of free.

Will we have to update the old question "Free as in beer, speech, or prisoners"? :D

What's wrong with writing their login details on post-it notes?

Of course, it completely depends on the context... but I'm assuming massive attempts to log in are probably coming from an external source, i.e. across the internet. If people don't have physical access to your workstations, putting the post-it note isn't such a terrible thing.

Now, don't get me wrong - I'm not advocating posting login details and pasting them on the monitor. Instead, write `em down and treat that piece of paper like a thousand-dollar bill. Put it in your wallet or purse. If someone gains access to it - you have worse problems than just your password being taken.

And again - if your hacker is onsite and has physical access - you really have worse problems than a password written down and stuck in a drawer (because I'm really not advocating for sticking it on a monitor).

Which of these sounds more secure:
1) Employees are forced to change their passwords every 90 days, but are discouraged from writing the passwords down anywhere.
2) Employees are forced to change their passwords every 90 days, and are encouraged to keep a written copy in their wallet or purse.

Which of those will tend to allow for more secure passwords, realistically?

There's a ton of things to consider - but it always bugs me when someone argues that writing down passwords is a bad thing. It may seem counter-intuitive at first, but I think it's clearly a Good Thing(tm). :)