Living in 2006
You know you are living in 2006 when…
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
12. You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on this list.
9 Comments
sweet
O’Leary’s a bitter old poser.
I thought this was hilarious, and by 13 I was indeed formulating the recipient list for the “Send Link” email.
Yes, the list is flawed. For starters, how is it possible to accidentally enter your password into the microwave? A smart person living in 2006 would not even know their passwords because they were smart enough to be concerned about security and would be using a program that automatically selected and entered passwords on their computer.
I use “KeePass Password Safe”. It is one of the few programs I would ever consider recommending and it is free. You can find it at:http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
One final thought, my microwave only allows me to enter numbers…no letters or symbols. And if your passwords are numbers only, perhaps you can punch these numbers onto your microwave keypad. But if you have numbers only for passwords you are vulnerable to hackers easily walking away with your passwords.
hahahajohn o’leary you legend. marry me?
haha that was funnny…a little a.d.d. moment at the bottom and i didnt get #11, the guy who tryed to critize and make u look bad is a computer geek thats ugly and probibly jacks off to the screen while writing the nasty to u
funny story…write more
“A smart person living in 2006 would not even know their passwords because they were smart enough to be concerned about security and would be using a program that automatically selected and entered passwords on their computer.”
That may seem like a good idea until either:
1) You find yourself at another computer without your precious program trying to log into some web app.
2) Your hard drive crashes. Yes, a smart person would backup regularly, but how many actually do? I forget the actual statistic, but it’s pitifully low.
3) Someone physically steals your computer.
A better way to make good passwords is when you get a randomly generated password, memorize it.
YOU REALLY KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 WHEN …
1. you try to change the TV channel using your cell phone keypad;
2. you feel your belt or purse vibrate even when someone else’s phone is ringing;
3. you trust your car GPS route finder more than what you can see through the windscreen;
4. you choose your friends according to the size of their MP3 music collection, and of course whether they are prepared to share them with you;
5. you try to warm up your take-out meal in your hotel room’s electronic safe;
6. you wish you could put your mother in law in hibernate mode, or yourself in log-off mode;
7. you try and press ‘page down’ when turning the page of the novel you are reading, and are surprised when it does not work;
8. with hundreds of zooty ring tones available, everyone selects the antique one;
9. your laptop picks up twenty wi-fi networks in an airport but none of them is free;
10. you have three mice on your desk and are not sure which machine they link to;
11. you spend more time obeying what your computer and emails tell you to do, than listening to what your manager tells you to do;
12. when there is a power outage there is no option but to go home, and even the home experience is limited;
13. you are really really sick and tired of messages ending my telling you to pass them on to your friends, but you obey anyway…
hahaha
Very interesting