• Scott McNulty:
    I have to wait 3 days before I can turn on two factor auth for my Apple ID. I’m not the only one who thinks that is bizarre, right?
  • John P. Speno:
    Is it because Apple forced you to update your password in order to turn on 2-factor auth? Me too.
  • Scott McNulty:
    No, I didn’t update my password. I clicked “enable 2 factor” and it said, “Thanks! Come back in 3 days to really do it.”

Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re trying to throttle the rollout so they can keep up with login issues.

  • Scott McNulty:
    That would be fine, though the copy says, “For security reasons you have to wait 3 days.” WTF?

Maybe trying to prevent people switching accounts to 2-factor as a lockout attack? Otherwise stumped.

  • hodgman:
    Should I buy Jay-Z’s share of the Nets? I’m serious.

“: Should I buy Jay-Z’s share of the Nets? I’m serious.” // sounds like a fun story to write.

  • Jesse Spector:
    It’s interesting, but I don’t know what I would write!

get the man on the phone, and I suspect the hook becomes obvious after a few minutes.

  • Melody Kramer:
    1) Put on nice outfit 2) Go to coffee shop to write emails 3) Spill coffee all over nice outfit. 4) ??? 5) Profit

4) buy stock in companies focusing on production of nice, brownish, quick-drying outfits

  • Richard Dawkins:
    I can see that Gmail has to make money. And scanning for keywords would be better than reading our mail. But DO they read our mail?

not so much “they don’t” as “they can’t”: the volume is way too high. But admins *always* have access if they choose to look

  • Laila Lalami:
    Immigration, a lexicon. You’re a ‘migrant’ when you’re very poor; ‘immigrant’ when you’re not so poor; and ‘expat’ when you’re rich.

  • Sixth Form Poet:
    Suzanne Vega has a daughter, so clearly what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas.

  • Glenn Fleishman:
    I’ll take “the Penis Mightier” for $800, Trebek.

Damn, you should have tried that on the actual show, just to see the reaction.

  • Glenn Fleishman:
    Oh, they have heard every variation. They warn you about being too cute.

That inspires an SNL metajoke about Trebek deliberately nailing a contestant to the wall. “It was to-MAY-to. You said to-MAH-to.”

  • Glenn Fleishman:
    I mispronounced Keynes and I write for the Economist. And Alex corrected me. And I knew how to say his name correctly. =

Finally, an explanation for why they make you use your initials. :-)

  • Glenn Fleishman:
    Had a terrible idea today for parents. Get tattoos on your body marking the height of your children as they age.

Well, it’s a better idea than attempting to tattoo the children.

  • Seth Trueger:
    if you tattoo the children, you only have to do it once

Yes, but you have to tattoo on the mathematical tangent with the top of their heads. I think that’s impossible.

  • Harry McCracken:
    Trying to have the Mandalay Bay remove an accurate charge from my bill. Rep insists that their refreshment-center sensors are infallible.

First rule of dealing with Vegas hotels: ALWAYS call a casino host. They grease the wheels.