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Latest update is saying 2pm Pacific.
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All news announcements should be done by Naked News.
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As long as the batteries didn't come from Missing No. Even used, those would be far too powerful to be placed in the hands of these genetically modified pod people.
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So, all I'm going to say about security questions is that I consider them a massive security risk. Anyone who knows my name can get my high school, my mother's maiden name, and so forth. Google is pretty darned powerful that way.
So I give intentionally-wrong answers. Then it's just keeping track of how I misinterpreted the question.
The funniest thing: The only time I've ended up locked out was when I forgot to capitalize an answer.
(Oh, and another couple that get to me:
- Web sites (especially corporate and financial) using cookies to verify your identity, which has been a known risk since the 1990s
- Banks that send you emails with links to sign in to your account. Which has been standard phishing practice since the 1990s.
If your corporation hasn't moved beyond the 1990s in its approaches to security, your next data breach is just an email away...)
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Kiddo is 16 today! Where did the time go?! How did they get this old already ???!!
Have done the annual pilgrimage to Dave and busters. They’re playing through the last credits. I’m hiding in the car. Even with noise cancelling headphones it was too loud and bright in there. I swear I can hear the blinking lights. When the synesthesia kicks in, its time to leave. ;P
We’re making a special dinner later. Steaks in the grill, homemade French fries, and I baked a cheesecake at kiddo’s request.
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Congratz =)
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So, all I'm going to say about security questions is that I consider them a massive security risk. Anyone who knows my name can get my high school, my mother's maiden name, and so forth. Google is pretty darned powerful that way.
So I give intentionally-wrong answers. Then it's just keeping track of how I misinterpreted the question.
The funniest thing: The only time I've ended up locked out was when I forgot to capitalize an answer.
(Oh, and another couple that get to me:
- Web sites (especially corporate and financial) using cookies to verify your identity, which has been a known risk since the 1990s
- Banks that send you emails with links to sign in to your account. Which has been standard phishing practice since the 1990s.
If your corporation hasn't moved beyond the 1990s in its approaches to security, your next data breach is just an email away...)
I agree, but I don't have much of a say in this matter. My concerns and thoughts have been heard and dismissed.
The problem with security is that you have to balance between actually secure and actually usable by average people. Which means it's always insecure and people will always be swayed by shiny.
In this case, it's an online tool (not internet-facing; you must be on our network) that is used to reset passwords and unlock accounts without the need to involve or wait on IT. We put it in because we were seeing 300+ requests per week to reset passwords, and 250+ of those were from the same people every week. To me, that's a clear indication of someone who needs to work in a different industry, but the CIO said "Let's get them this tool so you aren't wasting time on that crap."
I think the security in this system comes from the fact that they can't answer their own questions successfully, let alone figure out how to answer for someone else.
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Kiddo is 16 today! Where did the time go?! How did they get this old already ???!!
Have done the annual pilgrimage to Dave and busters. They’re playing through the last credits. I’m hiding in the car. Even with noise cancelling headphones it was too loud and bright in there. I swear I can hear the blinking lights. When the synesthesia kicks in, its time to leave. ;P
We’re making a special dinner later. Steaks in the grill, homemade French fries, and I baked a cheesecake at kiddo’s request.
Woot to the Kiddo!
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Whenever Gimli says anything to anyone he should end it with "you f%&&er".John Rhys-Davies should just do that in everyday life.
Actually, having just found out that John Rhys-Davies played Zeus in "Goddess of Love", which starred Vanna White as Aphrodite, I'm really shocked he doesn't end every sentence with a drink and "you f*+#er."
Edit: Rewrote this pile of crap for clarity. Which is more than that movie deserved.
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I base all my security questions on cartoons I've seen, and good luck figuring out which ones, I've seen a lot of cartoons.
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We just had two new hires lock themselves out of their accounts while answering their own security questions.
Not typing in the answers they previously set up...oh no...
I mean this is their first day.
And they were going through the set up...telling the system what the answers were for the very first time...
Been there, done that. Well, close 'nuff — filled the password while creating the account and then had to reset it after a few minutes.
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'twas windy and stormy night...
Well, very windy at least. There was a storm warning earlier, but no drop of rain yet. We could use some rain over night.
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Kiddo is 16 today! Where did the time go?! How did they get this old already ???!!
Have done the annual pilgrimage to Dave and busters. They’re playing through the last credits. I’m hiding in the car. Even with noise cancelling headphones it was too loud and bright in there. I swear I can hear the blinking lights. When the synesthesia kicks in, its time to leave. ;P
We’re making a special dinner later. Steaks in the grill, homemade French fries, and I baked a cheesecake at kiddo’s request.
WAIT!
Wasn't he, like, ten or so just recently?!
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Kiddo is 16 today! Where did the time go?! How did they get this old already ???!!
Have done the annual pilgrimage to Dave and busters. They’re playing through the last credits. I’m hiding in the car. Even with noise cancelling headphones it was too loud and bright in there. I swear I can hear the blinking lights. When the synesthesia kicks in, its time to leave. ;P
We’re making a special dinner later. Steaks in the grill, homemade French fries, and I baked a cheesecake at kiddo’s request.
WAIT!
Wasn't he, like, ten or so just recently?!
Part of the side effects of his laboratory upbringing is an increased growth rate in both size and perceived age.
'twas windy and stormy night...
Well, very windy at least. There was a storm warning earlier, but no drop of rain yet. We could use some rain over night.
We got all y’r rain right here!
Oof.
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Kiddo is 16 today! Where did the time go?! How did they get this old already ???!!
Have done the annual pilgrimage to Dave and busters. They’re playing through the last credits. I’m hiding in the car. Even with noise cancelling headphones it was too loud and bright in there. I swear I can hear the blinking lights. When the synesthesia kicks in, its time to leave. ;P
We’re making a special dinner later. Steaks in the grill, homemade French fries, and I baked a cheesecake at kiddo’s request.
Awesome! Happy birthday!
Heeeeeeaaaaaaadache’d.
Don't get me wrong, Pride Month was great, but I was really hoping for more lions.
I’m a lion! And I recently got a shirt that says, “Family Pride!” Does that count?
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Old Man Security:
Apparently for many people it's possible to hack their entire lives with nothing more than their cell phone numbers and enough additional information to get the cell phone provider to switch the phone number to the miscreant's phone.
What's funny is that it's really hard for me to even imagine how that works, because I don't use my phone for anything. I just tried to reset my Google email password by getting it to text a link to my cell phone. No deal! Google doesn't know my cell phone number. My banks don't either.
Gee... by refusing to use a cell phone, I seem to be immune to a "scary life hack".
Oh, well. Being old has its benefits.
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Don't get me wrong, Pride Month was great, but I was really hoping for more lions.I’m a lion! And I recently got a shirt that says, “Family Pride!” Does that count?
Only if it has a rainbow and/or you support equal rights for all people, no matter how they identify.
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I’m a lion!
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Old Man Security:
Apparently for many people it's possible to hack their entire lives with nothing more than their cell phone numbers and enough additional information to get the cell phone provider to switch the phone number to the miscreant's phone.
And the article is behind a page that requires me to agree to using my data OR logging into some system to opt out of using my data. Nope.
What's funny is that it's really hard for me to even imagine how that works, because I don't use my phone for anything. I just tried to reset my Google email password by getting it to text a link to my cell phone. No deal! Google doesn't know my cell phone number. My banks don't either.
Gee... by refusing to use a cell phone, I seem to be immune to a "scary life hack".
Oh, well. Being old has its benefits.
I vehemently refuse to use or confirm my phone number in various internet services.
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Kiddo is 16 today! Where did the time go?! How did they get this old already ???!!
Have done the annual pilgrimage to Dave and busters. They’re playing through the last credits. I’m hiding in the car. Even with noise cancelling headphones it was too loud and bright in there. I swear I can hear the blinking lights. When the synesthesia kicks in, its time to leave. ;P
We’re making a special dinner later. Steaks in the grill, homemade French fries, and I baked a cheesecake at kiddo’s request.
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Kiddo is 16 today! Where did the time go?! How did they get this old already ???!!
Have done the annual pilgrimage to Dave and busters. They’re playing through the last credits. I’m hiding in the car. Even with noise cancelling headphones it was too loud and bright in there. I swear I can hear the blinking lights. When the synesthesia kicks in, its time to leave. ;P
We’re making a special dinner later. Steaks in the grill, homemade French fries, and I baked a cheesecake at kiddo’s request.
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Only if it has a rainbow and/or you support equal rights for all people, no matter how they identify.Don't get me wrong, Pride Month was great, but I was really hoping for more lions.I’m a lion! And I recently got a shirt that says, “Family Pride!” Does that count?
...and clog up Bay Area traffic even worse than usual...
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My raise went through. I don't know how they came up with 2.7%, but that's what I got. Better than nothing.
Gratz! You deserve it!
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So, all I'm going to say about security questions is that I consider them a massive security risk. Anyone who knows my name can get my high school, my mother's maiden name, and so forth. Google is pretty darned powerful that way.
So I give intentionally-wrong answers. Then it's just keeping track of how I misinterpreted the question.
The funniest thing: The only time I've ended up locked out was when I forgot to capitalize an answer.
(Oh, and another couple that get to me:
- Web sites (especially corporate and financial) using cookies to verify your identity, which has been a known risk since the 1990s
- Banks that send you emails with links to sign in to your account. Which has been standard phishing practice since the 1990s.
If your corporation hasn't moved beyond the 1990s in its approaches to security, your next data breach is just an email away...)
I agree, but I don't have much of a say in this matter. My concerns and thoughts have been heard and dismissed.
The problem with security is that you have to balance between actually secure and actually usable by average people. Which means it's always insecure and people will always be swayed by shiny.
In this case, it's an online tool (not internet-facing; you must be on our network) that is used to reset passwords and unlock accounts without the need to involve or wait on IT. We put it in because we were seeing 300+ requests per week to reset passwords, and 250+ of those were from the same people every week. To me, that's a clear indication of someone who needs to work in a different industry, but the CIO said "Let's get them this tool so you aren't wasting time on that crap."
I think the security in this system comes from the fact that they can't answer their own questions successfully, let alone figure out how to answer for someone else.
I think the only reason we havent had any serious breaches is that we're on a completely linux system using thinclients. The 'there is a problem with your windows' scammers just cant get trough as their s~&$ doesnt work on our system.
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I was watching Jurassic park the other day and thought to myself "Not only does he have a stupid name, but he's a terrible driver."
Peter's not a stupid name, just dull. I didn't know he was a bad driver, though.
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The way some kids are raised just baffles me.
I've made it clear that it is not my intent to feed the horde of teenagers who come over, especially considering the last time I allowed one of them to eat our dinner he took six plates.
So he was over last night and I had plenty of food, so I said, "You may have ONE PLATE. Don't take all the food like you did last time. It's rude."
And yes, he managed to pile ALL of the spaghetti onto a single plate like a giant pasta mountain. It was right out of a cartoon, with a pile over 6" tall.
Yeah, you're never eating at my house again, ungrateful idiot.
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Saw the Hu yesterday. Mongolian throat singing metal. Its something else.
YES. They are awesome.
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We're here.
In something of an altered state after four days of travelling.
My uncle is in the hospital. He had a bad stroke Saturday morning, but mom didn't want to tell me while I was on the road. He's 68, a chain smoker, and he's done a lot of drugs over the years, so it's not a huge surprise.
That sounds cold.
He's my uncle, the last one I have left, and he was one of my best friends when i was 13-14. We built a model HO railroad together after school for two years.
Sure, I love him. But I also think he's an idiot who's lived as if he thought he was immortal.
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We're here.
In something of an altered state after four days of travelling.
My uncle is in the hospital. He had a bad stroke Saturday morning, but mom didn't want to tell me while I was on the road. He's 68, a chain smoker, and he's done a lot of drugs over the years, so it's not a huge surprise.
That sounds cold.
He's my uncle, the last one I have left, and he was one of my best friends when i was 13-14. We built a model HO railroad together after school for two years.
Sure, I love him. But I also think he's an idiot who's lived as if he thought he was immortal.
Its not cold. Its just reality.
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Its not cold. Its just reality.We're here.
In something of an altered state after four days of travelling.
My uncle is in the hospital. He had a bad stroke Saturday morning, but mom didn't want to tell me while I was on the road. He's 68, a chain smoker, and he's done a lot of drugs over the years, so it's not a huge surprise.
That sounds cold.
He's my uncle, the last one I have left, and he was one of my best friends when i was 13-14. We built a model HO railroad together after school for two years.
Sure, I love him. But I also think he's an idiot who's lived as if he thought he was immortal.
Seconded.
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Just waiting for the sod!
Which should arrive between 10:30-11.
That's okay, we're working in a small town, maybe there's something going on!
It's New Glarus.
G%~*%*n it!!
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It's my choice if I work on Friday.
On the one hand, we can use the money.
On the other hand, I could use an extra day off.
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It's my choice if I work on Friday.
On the one hand, we can use the money.
On the other hand, I could use an extra day off.
I'm contemplating taking Friday off as well. I have a mental issue with holiday-workday-weekend.
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Contemplation didn't take long. I've submitted for the time off.
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Funeral done. En route to burial, then right back to church building for lunch at the adjacent city council building.
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*hugs* Orthos.
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Sweat and sod, a wonderful combination for getting filthy.
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I was watching Jurassic park the other day and thought to myself "Not only does he have a stupid name, but he's a terrible driver."Peter's not a stupid name, just dull. I didn't know he was a bad driver, though.
I would pay hard currency to watch a webseries of Londo Mollari attempting to perform everyday mundane tasks and profusely swearing.
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Funeral done. En route to burial, then right back to church building for lunch at the adjacent city council building.
Damn. Hoping you get through it relatively unstressed, or at least not more stressed than you already were.