Chris M. '12 | April 09, 2009
"I'M BACK!!!"
Ok, so long story short (I'll blog the whole thing later), I use firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I remember my username easily enough, but I could never remember my password very well, which is why I told Firefox to just remember it. It worked great, until a catastrophic hard drive failure over spring break landed me without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially finished blogs too for that matter). So I started the arduous task of trying to guess MY OWN PASSWORD (Harder than you think). Obviously though, I've finally succeeded in hacking my own account, which presents a strange duality of feelings of both win and fail. Anywho, I'm back on track now. And here is a puppy for your trouble:
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You know, I've done that exact same thing before. luckily the passwords i forgot weren't for anything that was life or death (like your blogs lol)
Posted by: Justin E '13 on April 9, 2009 12:49 PM
Wow - you know you are REALLY obsessed with this site when you are First TWO TIMES !
Posted by: Next Year '14? =) on April 9, 2009 12:49 PM
Ok maybe not :-(
I look forward to more blogs :)
Posted by: Next Year '14? =) on April 9, 2009 12:51 PM
sorry Next Year '14 u can stay first....i too stalk the site...i just typically don't post stuff lol
Posted by: Justin E '13 on April 9, 2009 12:55 PM
an MIT applicant forget his/her password right in pi minute, wow what a disaster. world in danger.
wait, there's no password for this.
please forget your decision page password
see above sentence contains six words
talents are covered with passwords, no MIT is not a videogame pack that gamers play over the weekend and save their game locked with a password.
let them remember their password and turn to their next firefox tab which says caltech.edu
Posted by: comboy on April 9, 2009 01:06 PM
@comboy
...that almost made sense?
Posted by: Justin E '13 on April 9, 2009 01:09 PM
Justin, don't wait for 13'
read the last blog entries, even with the very last which are still on homepage, jump into ocean and swim, make yogurt and move your dorm walls. i bought two bananas and i'm looking for honey. my roommate left and took his oven, if i had oven now i would eat my second own-made yogurt friday morning. cut your hair and paste it into bathroom bin.
Posted by: comboy on April 9, 2009 01:33 PM
very cute puppy! Glad you're back!
Posted by: las1 on April 9, 2009 02:28 PM
Hi Chris Mills,
I had a question about majoring in Physics. I have only taken introductory Physics in high school because my school doesn't offer AP Physics. I'm pretty sure I won't be taking 8.012 or 8.022 - just sticking with 8.01 and 8.02. But I really really like physics, I want to major in it, but I know it's hard at MIT. Are there alot of physics students who took only 8.01 and 8.02 and survived? Thanks for your help!
Posted by: Sally '13 on April 9, 2009 05:02 PM
Hi Chris Mills,
I had a question about majoring in Physics. I have only taken introductory Physics in high school because my school doesn't offer AP Physics. I'm pretty sure I won't be taking 8.012 or 8.022 - just sticking with 8.01 and 8.02. But I really really like physics, I want to major in it, but I know it's hard at MIT. Are there alot of physics students who took only 8.01 and 8.02 and survived? Thanks for your help!
Posted by: Sally '13 on April 9, 2009 05:03 PM
Hmmm....let's see, MIT students can hack the T, but you couldn't find anyone to hack your password?
Posted by: chris on April 9, 2009 06:29 PM
That puppy is adorable. You'll get one soon? Yes?
Posted by: Michelle '11 on April 9, 2009 07:50 PM
@comboy
...what.
@Chris
Does that say something about the security of this site..?
Posted by: Anonymous on April 9, 2009 07:57 PM
I LOVE dogs!
Posted by: Vinay on April 9, 2009 08:09 PM
@comboy
I just realized...
you can have cats in your dorm?
not fair.
@chris:
I saw a puppy just like that at lacrosse practice today... it was riding in a baby carriage ^_^ cutee
Posted by: Anonymous on April 9, 2009 09:12 PM
@comboy: I TOTALLY got that. =\
Haha, actually, one of my friends forgot his password at pi minute. Twenty minutes. TWENTY - just sitting there guessing.
Posted by: Janille '13 on April 9, 2009 09:19 PM
I'm trying to read Snively's blog from my school computer (after reading Chris's of course) and I can't access it. It says "you attempted to access appears to contain, or is labeled as containing, material that has been deemed inappropriate". Just curious, what did Snively write about?
@ Chris
Thanks. I have the same problem remembering passwords too so I frantically saved all my passwords after reading your blog.
Posted by: Rediet '13 on April 10, 2009 07:34 AM
Even without skipping directly to the puppy picture, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It is adorable, though, so it's okay. :)
You should try KeePass Portable. As long as you don't lose your USB flash drive, you're good.
Posted by: Michelle '13 on April 10, 2009 03:44 PM
We missed you!
Cute puppy. =)
Posted by: Lyddie on April 10, 2009 09:19 PM
Pfft, more like "if you skipped directly to the picture, I hope it's made you understand the exact situation I've been through."
Puppies speak louder than words, after all. Assuming they're really yappy puppies.
That *looks* like a relatively yappy puppy ^.^
Posted by: Narce on April 11, 2009 12:07 AM
@Michelle'13
I actually use and recommend a program called TrueCrypt (google it) for file security. Since I have more sensitive information I like to keep than just passwords, it's a good solution. You can mount secure drives inside USB drives too.
@Sally '13
8.01 and 8.02 are required classes, so I'd say there are a lot of students who survive (i.e. all of them). If you mean can you just take the "basic" level physics and still be okay to major in it, absolutely. In my opinion, 8.012 and 8.022 aren't harder by virtue of the physics being more difficult, they just tend to be more mathematically rigorous. Physics here is a bit different than it is in high school, but don't worry you'll be fine. After taking 8.01 and 8.02 I think you'll have a good idea of if you want to major in physics or not.
Posted by: Chris M. on April 11, 2009 03:08 PM
Chris, your posts always make me smile. :)
Posted by: Aubrey '13 on April 11, 2009 04:04 PM
awwww the puppy is adorable
Posted by: hamsi on April 11, 2009 07:20 PM
awwww the puppy is adorable!
Posted by: hamsi on April 11, 2009 07:20 PM
oops - sorry for the double post.
Posted by: Anonymous on April 11, 2009 07:25 PM
You admissions blog people are STRANGE... Which makes me want to choose MIT even more...
Posted by: Anonymous on April 12, 2009 10:08 AM
Well,I think it was more of a password guessing than a true hack...
Posted by: james on April 12, 2009 07:04 PM
chris you should blog more often!
Posted by: r on April 12, 2009 10:27 PM
I haven't visited the MIT site for a while now. Anyhow, welcome back Chris! :)
Posted by: Alex on April 13, 2009 02:53 AM
CPW!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ronny '13 on April 13, 2009 12:46 PM
