It’s kinda sad when my ungeeky users don’t understand the sheer brilliance of the passwords i create for them.
- c=0.3Gm/s
- H2O=water
- Pi<=22/7
Shame regular users can’t type out funny characters. Otherwise π ≈ 22/7 and c ≈ 0.3 Gm/s would be both more correct and more secure. On the other hand, i do occasionally include spaces in passwords but sometimes get weird looks when i inform them their new password “Cheers, matey!”.
One day i’m going to give somebody the password e^(i*phi)=cos(phi)+i*sin(phi) out of sheer frustration. Or eiφ = cos φ + i sin φ, if i’m particularly nasty. Let’s see how they insert italics and superscripts into their passwords.
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Heh, den var bra.
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Nice!
But for regular non-geeky users it is probably best to stick to simple words they already know, unpredictably l33t-ified. If one explains that concept slowly, most get it pretty quickly and will have the courage to toss away their post-it within a day or two… -
In fact, one user actually did see the light when i explained that the speed of light is (approximately) zero point three gigameter per second.
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