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User:CopaceticOpus

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A copacetic penguin, who is not Opus due to copyright restrictions.

About Me

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My name comes from Copacetic, one of my favorite words, and from Opus of Bloom County. I'm most interested in comedy, technology, and language.

I don't know User:GrowlyGenet but I found that person's user page to be a very helpful template. Thanks, random person!

Pages I Have Edited

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Umph - This product didn't have an existing page, so I created one. I wish I didn't need to use caffeine, but due to my insomnia it is inevitable. Umph is my preferred caffeine delivery mechanism when I am feeling very tired at work.

Penguin Mints - I added a summary of the caffeine content (and other active ingredients) in their products.

The Hartford - Added Aetna, Inc. to list of competitors.

List of notable wagers - Removed redundant reference. Article was orphaned, so I linked to it from the Pascal's wager and Gambling pages.

Deleted Article 1: List of films in which an attempt is made to guess a password

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This is a very common movie convention which I felt was worth tracking. Unfortunately, others did not agree! Some people thought it worthwhile, some people didn't, and it got deleted without my knowledge that it was even under debate. I was able to recover a version of the list using Google. Gee thanks,that really makes me feel excited about contributing.

Article Content

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Making an attempt to guess a password is a movie cliché. In modern movies, the attempt is typically made at a computer terminal by a heroic character under pressure to access a system or uncover a critical piece of information. However, password guessing scenes predate the computer and can take many forms.

In most cases, the character succeeds in three guesses or fewer. This is only possible because a weak password was chosen. Still, the ease with which the character guesses the password is often criticized as being unrealistic.

Movies featuring an attempt to guess a password include:

  • Horse Feathers (1932)
  • WarGames (1983)
  • Fortress (1993)
  • Jurassic Park (1993)
  • The Net (1995)
  • GoldenEye (1995)
  • Independence Day (1996)
  • Batman & Robin (1997)
  • Swordfish (2001)
  • Klatretøsen (2002)
  • National Treasure (2004)
  • Superman Returns (2006)

Deleted Article 2: List of wagers

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Apparently this interesting and enjoyable list didn't cut the mustard either. Again, I recovered the article from Google.

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Self Categorization

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♂This user is male.
UIUCThis user is or was a student at the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign.
gkThis user is a geek.
This user is a Pirate. Arrr!
XThis user is a member of
Generation X.
INFPThis user's MBTI type is INFP.
This user does not smoke.
This user is right-handed.
This user was born in the year of the Rabbit.
Grrr! Brains! Brains!

Personal Interests

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XDThis user is interested in comedy, and may enjoy writing or performing it.
This user is interested in linguistics.
This user enjoys cooking.
This user enjoys photography.
This user enjoys comics.
This user drinks beer.
This user believes in the existence of Zoom Zoom.
This user can drive.
HWThis user enjoys collecting (or playing with) Hot Wheels cars.
G This user's favorite color is green.

Linguistic Preferences

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itsThis user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).
…in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.
A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma.


they
he or she
This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage.
to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.
man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.
to
too
two
This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.
their
there
they're
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
your
you're
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
. TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.
’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.

Wikipedia Profile

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This user is a Wikipedian.
inclThis user is an inclusionist.
This user contributes using Firefox.
This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
This user finds copyright paranoia disruptive.
1+This user has made over 1 contribution to Wikipedia
This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.

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