Comment Re:Everyone here should go see (Score 1) 201
If you can look at a Slashdot submission and say "didn't see it", then you just don't read Slashdot often enough. Kind of like the editors.
So far I have been able to resist grabbing them by their collars and screaming at them...
Then you, sir, are a better man than I.
...It sure was nice of them not to press charges that night, though.
If only I could find a way to make money off other people's stupidity...
Go into politics.
I wouldn't call that a legitimate reason since that implies, well, legitimacy. Instead, it's simply a possible explanation for how they arrived at their poor choice.
A more secure solution to the problem you pose would be to clear the user name on the "failed login" screen in addition to the password, regardless of which is incorrect. And if anyone wants to argue that having to retype both would be inconvenient, I'll preemptively counter by saying security should not be sacrificed for the sake of convenience.
I am going to make a big assumption here, so please excuse me if I am wrong. I assume that your wife was previously fat.
I see what you did there.
How about phones just print the dB signal loss and be done with it? A number should be far easier for someone to tell about signal strength than guessing by 0-5 bars.
Yes, because "-70 dB" would be much clearer to your average cell phone user than "5 out of 5 bars"...
Keep in mind that many of those users also think it's a good idea to send text messages while driving. It would take a $10M advertising campaign just to convince those people that "-70" is better than "-100".
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer
