
And while we’re on the subject of electric blankets…

Here’s an awesome non-fiction story by Neil Gaimain regarding Christmas trees when he was growing up.
See, now, this makes sense. I understand the need to protect your intellectual property and your need to protect your copyright, but I also understand the need for the ISPs to stay in business. The RIAA should pay attention to this guy, and start ponying up some dough if they want to poke around in places that are none of their business.
Ah, security questions. I loathe them, because every time I see them I think of scenarios where they don’t work. (Too many years in tech support I guess. Milo could relate, and probably will at some point.) I’ve brought it up in multiple settings, but the usual excuse is that there’s got to be a question or three in the set of eighty kajillion that works for everyone if they just try hard enough. Sigh.
A recent UIE Brain Sparks sums it up nicely. Bonus is comment #10, with the security questions we’d like to see.