On 1/22/2013 8:19 PM, Scott Ford wrote:
Proving we mainframes are a pretty smart bunch ...
Or maybe not? In the late nineties I was working as a contractor at the IRS, and one of my coworkers was an elderly gentleman whom I would categorize as an old, congenial grandfather. He had a problem remembering things, and carried a notebook where he recorded JCL, his job card information, and other job related stuff; unfortunately next time he needed the information, he seemed to have forgotten that or where he recorded it. He wrote his password and user id on a Post-It, stuck to the side of his terminal (PC). He used AAA111. When advised that this was a security violation, he removed it. The next day I saw a note in his desk drawer with a BBB222 on it. He was too young to qualify for Social Security retirement, but might have had a chance at disability due to his failing memory. As you might think, he didn't last too long at the job.
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