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08:00Not of General InterestAcademics, teaching, books,
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20502849266722896412013-12-09T17:10:00.000-08:002013-12-
09T17:14:12.225-08:00Random bullets of interesting
news<ul></ul>1. You know how people are always warned to make
hard-to-crack passwords and end up using "password" or
"12345678" or something easy anyway?&nbsp; Would it make you
feel better to know that the people behind the nuclear launch
codes felt the same way?<br /><ul></ul><br />From<i> </i><a href
="http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/015629.html#0156
29">Making Light</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Given how
nervous many of us were during the Cold War, it’s just as well
that we didn’t know the interesting fact recently reported
in<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a
href="http://www.thegua