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Jul 2, 2009
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You can use a Coke slogan as your password, but not a Pepsi one

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

When Larry Osterman mentioned News Flash: Spaces are legal characters in both filenames and passwords, I was reminded of my own little experiment with passwords and spaces. Over a decade ago, I tried using spaces in my password, and they were accepted, but I ran into a different problem: Brand name bias. The password system accepted "Coke adds ...

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Jul 1, 2009
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The New York Times says I'm doing it all wrong, but maybe that's for the better

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Some time ago, The New York Times ran a story titled In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop, which mentions that "those on the lower rungs of the business can earn as little as $10 a post." Dude, if that's what people on the lower rungs earn, then I'm below ground level! (Nevermind that just the previous month, an article in The...

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