Locked

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Subject: [Ticket #2284] Locked

I have locked myself out of the internet by entering the wrong password too many times. Please help!! Thank you

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The above cry for help was submitted to me this morning, and I found it too precious to keep to myself. I HATE it when I lock myself out of the internet...

However, I've certainly met my fair share of folks I wish would get locked out of the internet, for the good of humanity.

Change Blindness

There are a few more demographics I'd like to see tested in this experiment:

• Pre-schoolers
• Mothers of pre-schoolers
• Law enforcement officers
• People in urgent situations
• Church Pastors

Who would you like to see tested?

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Originally spotted on the "Schneier on Security" blog.

Can I quote you on that?

While I appreciate the sign-maker's honesty in quoting the resident soda-fountain expert instead of claiming self-attribution, isn't it customary to cite your source?

AND ANOTHER THING: I witnessed at least two people trying to get ice out of the machine while I waited for my turn; either they thought the sign was lying, or misinformed. Perhaps next time block letters would appear more trustworthy.

AND ANOTHER THING: The sign really was fibbing, as there was a bucket of ice with a scooping cup off to the side.

AND ANOTHER THING: Oh, yeah; anybody know what 'ice is? Maybe it's short for "water-ice" but they left off the "water-" so they had to replace it with an apostrophe?

Oddest and Most Wonderful

So, my quandry is this: how are they classifying the frog in the picture?

Insect or plant?

[It's green, isn't it? Green - like a plant! Boom, Plant, classified! - J Rob]

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Photo and caption courtesy of RandomACTS

On December six and twenty, fum fum fum

DATE: 12/26/09

FROM: Store Manager
TO: Weekend Shift
SUBJECT: Front Signage

Hey all,

Don't be in too big a hurry to take the front sign down yet . . . Corporate thinks it grows our Christmas Shipping image for next year.

Oh, and if you can find a way to get those lazy procrastinating customers to regret waiting to ship their packages, that'd be good, too.

See what you can do.

Organize by color

Use the white for all your audio cables, the black for all your USB devices, and the 30% gray-scale for your WiFi!

(1) is the new (2)

Apparently, only one of these Office updates is important . . . but they aren't going to tell me which one.