0327: "Exploits of a Mom"

[vish]

re: needing to have it explained.

"Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." - Mark Twain.

[OmegaLord]

Pretty sure it's 867-5309. Now we know her first name, too.

I don't get it. I don't feel like pondering it. I got the first one, but I'm tired and irritable.

[Surgery]

Pretty sure it's 867-5309. Now we know her first name, too.

I don't get it. I don't feel like pondering it. I got the first one, but I'm tired and irritable.

8-6-7-5-3-0 nii-ee-ine

[__Kit]

re: needing to have it explained.

"Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." - Mark Twain.

Haha, I'm using that, especially after this weekend having to explain one simple joke to two different people. Argh, but then again I'll end up explaining the quote...

[OmegaLord]

OH! I checked the interweb and made like 800 anagrams out out the possible letters.
No wonder none of them worked.

[amedico]

The comic got a mention in this week's Crypto-Gram:

http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0710.html

[Steve the Pocket]

In fact, a whole host of such situations could be considered: if, for example, one changes one's name to "Fire!", and someone calls one's name in a crowded room, who is at fault?

Actually... heh, given that my online username other places online is "Firehazard" and I have been known, at conventions, to be addressed simply as "Fire," that issue might one day come up.

Oh, and I showed this comic to both my profs the other day. One of them thought it was a riot and actually showed it in class even.

[sab39]

Hey wow, Mrs Roberts is responsible for building the universe, too?

Or just share's the Creator's sense of humor...

http://www.xkcd.com/10/

['; DROP DATABASE;--]

So today I got a letter from the University of Missouri-Rolla. The person they sent it to? "Michael Delete 14039913wartz". I wasn't amused; if a technology school cant manage their their own databases, what is the world coming to? By the way, my last name isn't even wartz, although it is close.

Hah, the other day I got an email from my school. They wanted to send it to every student on campus. Their solution? Put everyone in the CC field. So now everyone has a list of every student's name and email address. Even more amusing is that some noob replied to it, sending the reply to everyone as well, and didn't even delete the 10-page CC field from the reply.

To think I was planning to take CS here... maybe not.

[Jamaican Castle]

Reminds me of something my brother used to do in EV Nova. (For those who don't know, the game involved you flying around in a starship doing adventure-type things.) His ship was traditionally named something along the lines of "...against my better judgment". So he was always getting messages like, "...against my better judgment, you're clear to land." or "I've got a job for you, ...against my better judgment." It was vaguely hilarious at the time.

Then again, he also had the one-character password I never could figure out...

Also, CC and reply to all have to be the most easily abused features of any e-mail-type system in existence.

['; DROP DATABASE;--]

Sometimes I do that in games, naming myself stupid things like LOL. "You must save the princess, LOL!"

[pKp]

"Or Maybe Not" would be a kickass character name.

[Master Gunner]

'n00bsauce42 was killed by a bullet'

['; DROP DATABASE;--]

There's also the classic on IRC...

* Someone is now known as Your
* Your computer has encountered an error, press Alt+F4 to repair

Similar can be done with MSN Messenger's sickeningly long names.

[retro22]

lmao this is hilarious

once had email wars w\ a handful of friends

used our schools auto mailing functions(like in outlook) to crash our net, its still slow as they couldnt afford a good new server

does 90k mails a second mean anything to anyone?

[dckx]

"That would make it easy for your mom to push her overclock higher. "

=D

I rofl'd. Then I thought of this comic and rofl'd more.


~x

[MysticTerminator]

http://bash.org/?714309

[ooloi]

"Help I am being held Prisoner" by donald westlake is what I immediately thought of when I saw the alt-text.

There is a scene in it where the gentleman practical-joker in prison is accused of enclosing a note from the license PLATE factory at the prison which reads, "Help I am being held prisoner". It is such an obscure little book that I immediately found the forums and registered to see if perhaps the sketch had been associated with it. After reading the thread I conclude that the Our Noble Sketcher probably was just thinking of some of the other references found herein such as the fortune cookie factory or the license factory, even though most licenses are made on the spot, not in a factory.

Regardless, this is one of several of xkcd comics that left me helpless with laughter.

[Baza210]

The "Help, I'm.." line was also used in Calvin and Hobbes-

Mom: Who typed "Help, I'm a bug" on my letter to Grandma?!

Calvin: Evidently some bug. How strange.

[';--]

Sorry to bump such an old thread but I felt it was worth it.

Someone I know via IRC has just had their name changed by deed poll to "Lord Sean DSC00155.JPG Theyre taking the hobbits to eisengard'); DROP TABLE Users;"

[MotorToad]

Oddly, I had just come across...

[Myself]

I'm naming my child Eicar. Or rather,

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

I think his middle name will be 8====D

[Random832]

Oddly, I had just come across...

For those wishing to avoid eyestrain:

BY THIS DEED I the undersigned LORD SEAN DSC00155.JPG THEYRE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO EISENGARD'); DROP TABLE USERS; of XX{REDACTED}XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX UNITED KINGDOM XXX XXXX British Citizen do hereby absolutely renounce and abandon the use of my former name of SEAN BROWN and in lieu thereof do assume as from the date hereof the name of LORD SEAN DSC00155.JPG THEYRE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO EISENGARD'); DROP TABLE USERS;

AND in pursuance of such change of name as aforesaid I HEREBY DECLARE that I shall at all times hereafter in all records deeds and instruments in writing and in all actions and proceedings and in all dealings and transactions and upon all occasions whatsoever use and sign the said name of LORD SEAN DSC00155.JPG THEYRE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO EISENGARD'); DROP TABLE USERS; as my name in lieu of the said name of SEAN BROWN ?? be renounced as aforesaid

AND I hereby authorise and request all persons to designate me by such assumed name of LORD SEAN DSC00155.JPG THEYRE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO EISENGARD'); DROP TABLE USERS; only.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunder signed my assumed name of LORD SEAN DSC00155.JPG THEYRE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO EISENGARD'); DROP TABLE USERS; and my relinquished name of SEAN BROWN this day of 11/12/2008.

SIGNED AS A DEED by the ) {SIGNATURE}
above-named and delivered ) LORD SEAN DSC00155.JPG THEYRE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO EISENGARD'); DROP TABLE USERS;
in the )
presence of ) formerly {SIGNATURE}
SEAN BROWN


Witness {BLANK}
Name (Print) LORD SEAN DSC00155.JPG THEYRE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO EISENGARD'); DROP TABLE USERS;
Address {REDACTED}

{STAMP}

Hope he read the fine print - it says he's not allowed to use his old name at all.

Is it even valid without a witness?

[dasada122]

So I just learned about SQL injection, and this comic all of a sudden clicked.
NOW it's really funny.
Really.

By-the-by,
does anyone know of a sandbox where I can practice this new skill?

[jasonkoller]

This just came up.
http://gizmodo.com/5498412/sql-injectio ... ic-cameras
Simply brilliant

[Uninfinity]

My database professor offered to give extra credit to anyone who named their child either "Backus Naur" or "Anomaly." I recall thinking Anomaly would make a rather spiffy girl's name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eVcp6Xl6NM
Incubus seems to agree.

[YTPrenewed]

How would they even pronounce that name? o.o

[CoatedMoose]

This article seems relevant.

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010 ... 94376.html

I used to go to a school in this school board. Good to know my data was nice and safe.

[k2daevin]

I showed this comic to our professor and now he shows it in the lecture

It is a good example for security

[dotwaffle]

Looks like someone at Andrews and Arnold (UK ISP) have taken this to a new level - they are allowed to choose their own job title for the day of the census in the UK and chosen quite an interesting job title...

[BIGmexico]

Took me a while but I finally understand the alt text. The mom had named the son with the idea that when he went to school his name would create a problem in the computer system, but until and after that point it would seemingly have no purpose. She named her daughter so that when someone looks at her driver's license they will think that someone trapped in a driver's license factory is trying to send them a secret message, but otherwise, it would just be an odd name. Somebody probably figured this out already, I saw it discussed on the first page.

[vincentvega]

[My previous post was disapproved by a moderator, trying again without links]

Little Bobby Tables makes an appearance in Liberated Pixel Cup's HTML5 demo. I can't post screenshots (because images are no allowed for me) and I can't link to anything (because I'm new), so I'll just give instructions. When the demo has loaded move the left until the new screen loads, then move left some more. Bobby Tables is standing underneath 2 trees and you can talk with him

[vincentvega]

Image of Bobby Tables' appearance:

[acd]

new, implemented incarnation http://kwejk.pl/obrazek/1739885/.html