Ken Thompson's Unix Password

Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by fluidcruft on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @11:52AM (#21204350)

It's probably actually easier to learn vulgar passwords. Well vulgar anything really, it's a memorization trick we were taught in school to find a way to relate boring things to sex. Probably anything that has strong emotional valence works.

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Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by oneeyedpigeon on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:54AM (#21211965)

Yup, Moonwalking with Einstein explains this phenomenon well. I know I'll never forget 'Sex On Hard Concrete Always Hurts The Orgasmic Areas', which my Maths teacher passed on ~30 years ago.

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Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by anon73044 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:48PM (#21216669)

we always preferred the "Some Old Hippy Caught At Home Tripping On Acid"

I won't repeat the one we were told to remember Resistor color codes.

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