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Welcome to the club!
My favorite bout with a major brain phart is related to shifting my care into reverse.
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Went to pick up a pizza, having driven their in my Mazda 5-speed. Upon receiving the heavenly delight I put it on the passenger's seat, careful to prop up the back so it sat straight despite the seat's but-wrapping format. Started the engine and could not shift into reverse. I had fronted into the space and things were not good. After some crazy struggling I put it in neutral, pushed it back a ways, and drove home - parking carefully in a space I could glide into without going into reverse. After feeding, I went out to try again - no luck.
The next day I made it to the dealer (fortunately, still under warranty) and told him the problem; left (Mrs Wife drove me home in her 6-speed - which is an important point). Well - much later that day the dealer called and said he found nothing wrong - so come and get the car.
It was when I got into the car at the dealers - who fronted into a space on his lot - that I realized what was going on. I was shifting into reverse as though it was Mrs. Wife's chariot. Hers is to the front left - mine to the back-right . . .
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To coin a pun: brain-phart's really stink - and like their name-sake, are often good for a laugh.
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Fantastic story.  And, very interesting that the User Interface. All my manual shift cars have been down right so that is interesting about the up and left.
It also reminds me of a junky car I drove when I was young.
I drove it for a couple of years and it ran great.
One day at the top of a building (in a parking garage) I put the key in and it would not start no matter what I did.
I was angry so I got out and called my wife (before cell phones) and she came and got me.
It was Friday so I decided I would not drive the car again and I went out over the weekend and bought my first new car.
I drove the new car monday morning and then that evening I decided that I needed to get the junker out of the garage (off the building roof).
I went up to look at the car again.
For some reason I stuck in the key in again and tried. nothing.
Then I looked down at the automatic shifter --  It was in [d].
I eased it into [p] and tried starting it again and it fired right up.
Yes, for some reason I could remove the key and put it in the ignition even though it was in drive.
I drove the car out of the garage and sold it soon afterward.
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Don't be stupid. Write the password on a Post-It and stick it next to your screen. Simples!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Write the password on a Post-It and stick it next to your screen. Simples!
That is a fantastic! All we need now is an official title for this process:
Password Remediation Proccess
Ok, I've printed the password on a nice 3x5 card stock, laminated it and taped it securely to the monitor.
Thanks for your help. 
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Nelek wrote: That's the problem with your "No password anymore" app... you get rusted remembering them
You are exactly right. There are so few passwords I memorize now the old brain is very slow now.
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In a couple of cases, I have lost my concious memory of either my password or a pin code (I remember cases of either of those) where I have resorted to "Don't think! Just let your fingers do as they have been doing a thousand times, and observe what they do!" - and that has been what was needed recofer my password / pin code from my memory.
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Member 7989122 wrote: Don't think! Just let your fingers do as they have been doing a thousand times, and observe what they do!"
Yep, I've gotten there too where all you can do is type, don't think.
This time I had to type in a text editor and try every combination of what I thought the password was until I finally got lucky and unlocked it. Then I looked at the password and was like, "Ugh! Of course."
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raddevus wrote: This time I had to type in a text editor and try every combination of what I thought the password was until I finally got lucky and unlocked it. Then I looked at the password and was like, "Ugh! Of course."
I had to do that once with a web site... I tested over 200 combinations within very few time (I am a a keyboard guy and can do copy, tab, paste, very fast)
After finding out my password again I wrote them an email...
- No password confirmation field, yes... only one field for the new one (in my case an "o" had gone "i")
- Automated brute force attacks not handled, I never got a delay or any other "slow down, pal" message...
- Klicking a Link in one of his emails brought to a debug info page where one could see things I consider shouldn't be there "public"
And that is in a finance related web...  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: After finding out my password again I wrote them an email..
And I'm sure they never even replied. Also, if they had, they may have gotten angry that you did the things you did. I normally won't even let the web site know this stuff because they may turn it around on you.
Nelek wrote: And that is in a finance related web...
And you probably did the only testing that was ever done on that page.
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raddevus wrote: And I'm sure they never even replied.
You are right.
raddevus wrote: Also, if they had, they may have gotten angry that you did the things you did.
I now think it too.
raddevus wrote: I normally won't even let the web site know this stuff because they may turn it around on you.
That's why I don't do it anymore. You try to help and you might get busted... screw them.
If I get problems due to the low security of a site, I will be the one suing them.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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the solution is to write down your password and glue it to the laptop
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Today is day 1 of my son's new job.
He was so excited to go in to the office and meet everyone...
...he got an email on Friday telling him to work from home until further notice. His new laptop and some office supplies, etc. arrived in the mail on Saturday.
I woke him for work today and before I left for my office I saw him there in bed with his laptop. Ah, the joys of working from home in your PJs!
This might be me in the next few days.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Best wishes to your son!
Quote: This might be me in the next few days.
Probably.
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Forogar wrote: I woke him for work today and before I left for my office I saw him there in bed with his laptop. Ah, the joys of working from home in your PJs!
Nip this habit in the bud right now.
I've been working from home for over 12 years now, and I always make a point of not having a laptop in bed with me and putting on some actual clothes in the morning.
Why? Because once he actually needs to get out of bed, get prepared in the morning and, y'know, leave the house to go to work, he's gonna find it doubly harsh. I've never lost the habit and firmly believe it to be a plus.
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Yep. Work is a habit, and it's also a frame of mind - if you're in bed in PJ's then you aren't in the right "mental space" to work. Me? I wear jeans and an ironed white shirt - just like if I was in the office and had no custards to see - my hair is brushed, my teeth are dealt with, and I'm ready to to business.
Clothes affect your thinking - compare how you behave in a T and ripped jeans to a suit and tie. PJ's is the start of a bad idea that ends up camped in front of the fridge coding around mouthfuls of cheese... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: if you're in bed in PJ's then you aren't in the right "mental space" to work
Ain't that the truth.
Sometimes it's hard for me to make the disconnect between "work time" and "my time", because I remain in the same physical area. If I had the habit of having a laptop on me when in bed, I'd be afraid I'd start subconsciously associating that time with work, and it would start affecting my sleep patterns...in the same way that if I'm laying down on my bed to watch TV, then I have a hard time not falling asleep because that's how my body responds to being in that position for some amount of time.
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I was always comfortable in trackie daks and ugg boots but ALWAYS in the office. Even now I have a laptop that has not moved off the desk in 12 months.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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OriginalGriff wrote: Clothes affect your thinking - compare how you behave in a T and ripped jeans to a suit and tie. PJ's is the start of a bad idea that ends up camped in front of the fridge coding around mouthfuls of cheese...
I don't know all the jobs you are involved with but IMHO you could be a rather good writer.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Thank you.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In bed with a laptop? Probably on his lap, which is a bad idea. Laptops can get hot, and I've heard of more than one case where this has led to a hospital visit with burns to nether regions. It happens gradually, so it's a frog in a pot situation.
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Two days ago I reported the case of the character who hoarded thousands of bottles of sanitizer to sell through Amazon at ridiculous prices. Amazon foiled his plan when they terminated his listing for price gouging. Well, it seems he suddenly decided to donate the items, when he started to receive death threats and the Tennessee attorney general started a criminal investigation, with him as target, for price gouging. Nice! That news brightened my morning!
The Man With 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer Just Donated Them[^]
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Cp-Coder wrote: to receive death threats
This story and all that surrounds it shows that the world has lost its mind.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I agree that death threats are not acceptable, but prosecution for price gouging is entirely appropriate!
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Cp-Coder wrote: prosecution for price gouging is entirely appropriate
At the corporate level, sure, but not at the individual level.
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