Article 5PCFA Error'd: Swordfish

Error'd: Swordfish

by
Lyle Seaman
from The Daily WTF on (#5PCFA)

Despite literally predating paper, passcodes and secret handshakescontinue to perplex programmers, actors, and artists alike.

For our first example, auteurAndy stages a spare play in three acts.
Nagg: Hello I'm not the account owner and shouldn't be logged into this account. Can you help me?
Nell: Sure, here are the owner's credit card details. Please usethose to say that you are the account owner.

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Fellow arts enthusiast Paul shares some Surrealism "snatched from the official Greekgovernment site for emergency communications."

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Web comics fanGeoff G. alludes to a classic (weall know which one) with his "Now I have two problems..."

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While an anonymous gourmand mumbles, mouth full, "Unicode Tofuis my secrets ingredient!"

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And oldworlder Jan declares this bit of user experience needs no words."Who needs a description when you have clear symbols?"It's like a watercolor about a novel.

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Finally, Dima R. brings down the curtain with this little mind blower. Quoth he: "It's secured by shibboleths." Or encrapted by wishes.

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