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

July 2, 2009 Jul 2, 2009 07/2/09
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 ...

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

July 1, 2009 Jul 1, 2009 07/1/09
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 ...