Good advice. In my group, "root" is the much preferred choice of password. None of our machines are on the Internet, so it's safe from the cracker perspective. Our problem is mainly clueless employees "tweaking" system settings and b0rking the entire system.

On the flip side, our tech guy just changed our admin password. It's like 15 characters long, and includes numbers, symbols, and both regular and capitalized letters. Why couldn't it just be "buttons" or "ashleesimpson4eva" or something?

If it weren't for you meddling Furdells, my plan to hax0r and b0rk the entire universe would have succeeded!! Whatever the hell that means.

Here's the real story behind the story:

James had the option of describing himself as Encylopedia Brown, either of the Hardy Boys, even Bert Bobbsey... but he chose Nancy Drew?!

I suppose it could've been weirder - he could have gone with Dick Grayson.

I had "Hardy Boys" at first, but that doesn't make sense since there's only one of me. And I can't remember their first names. So, I decided to prove to the world that I'm confident enough in my sexuality to metaphorically compare myself to Nancy Drew. Huzzah!

Fair enough.

By the way, is "Super Password" an acceptable password? It would be just like a regular password, only more super.

Wierd. I just read this and my post today mentions global thermonuclear war as well. Sweetness.

Criminal masterminds and James and Pup shares the same mind. Brillant!

What's wrong with a Nancy Drew reference? I read the whole series as a kid, which may explain James' quick recall: it's genetic. Besides, there was one case entitled "The Secret of the Latvian Shake-down."