Half Full by Maria Scrivan for October 19, 2021

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    A Common 'tator  about 3 years ago

    I’ve posted this before but someone might not have seen it…

    WINDOWS PASSWORD

    WINDOWS: Please enter your new password.

    USER: potato

    WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters.

    USER: boiled potato

    WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain 1 numerical character.

    USER: 1 boiled potato

    WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot have blank spaces.

    USER: 20damnedboiledpotato

    WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain at least one uppercase character.

    USER: 20DAMNEDboiledpotato

    WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot use more than one uppercase character consecutively.

    USER: 20DamnedBoiledPotatoYouIdiotGiveMeAccessNow!

    WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot contain punctuation.

    USER: IWillHuntYouDown20DamnedBoiledPotatoYouIdiotGiveMeAccessNow

    WINDOWS: SORRY, THAT PASSWORD IS ALREADY IN USE

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    Dobber Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Or my personal fave- “Enter email address to retrieve lost password”… then….”We don’t have an account with that email. “ …then after starts new account …”That address is already taken”

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    LOLBeth  about 3 years ago

    Sorry, Goldilocks, that third password is still way too short and obvious.

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    Lady loves a joke  about 3 years ago

    Clever way to keep track of the value of her investments, too.

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    Zen-of-Zinfandel  about 3 years ago

    porridge@2021…works for me.

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    Sir Isaac  about 3 years ago

    Death to password thieves!

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    WCraft Premium Member about 3 years ago

    No wonder I keep getting the notice: “Password already in use”

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    Bill D. Kat Premium Member about 3 years ago

    If that is referencing the current gold price, it’s actually $1776 an ounce.

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    jrbaskind Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I would have thought the best password would have been something like Ju$tryt!

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    mistercatworks  about 3 years ago

    A long, easy to remember phrase is the best password. Modern password cracking programs have no trouble with funny characters but prefer short, (low-hanging fruit) passwords.

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