I very much enjoy Scott Simpson's tumbleblog ("tumblblog"?). He probably has the perfect sense of humor. This post, for instance, made me laugh more than anything I've read in this godforsaken second half of the aughts:
Pronounced “EYE-lins,” I.Y.L.N.S. is a failsafe mnemonic device I use to remember my passwords:Now, all the finest bits of humor are funny for a whole wad of reasons simultaneously, but this little gem takes the cake on that front. Just to name a few of the angles that rise with haste to the top of my head:
It’s
Your
Last
Name,
Silly!
If you found this tip useful, let me know!
- The supposed "mnemonic device"'s acronym is confusing and outwardly meaningless
- He attempts to imbue it with memorability by way of a pronunciation that makes it more confusing
- He implies that not one but all of his passwords are his last name
- By presenting this tip as "useful," he flatly assumes that everyone, without exception, does this
- The "Silly!" at the end, while endearingly goofy, also smacks of a word one would add to a mnemonic device simply in order to form a recognizable acronym — i.e., "Keep It Simple, Stupid" — but here the "S" makes it even less like a real word
- The device is more complicated than the password itself
2The scene when air support pulls out
Posted by: LOUBOUTIN | May 25, 2012 at 08:38 PM