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| (...) not (...) Perish the thought. I did not even read the password thread as I found it boring to a certain extent - as it does not effect me. I made the suggestion in good faith which I thought may have pleased more people than what exists right (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Actually, I'd seen someone rating quite a few of your articles highly, and I kinda assumed that it was you :) :) My password is kinda easy to remember as passwords go, containing my initials, a single repeated digit and a naff name that I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) But I don't _want_ to, and to suggest that as an alternative to carrying around a machine-generated password seems a little boneheaded. I don't _want_ to leave myself logged into Lugnet just like I don't _want_ to leave myself logged into (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) That it is! (...) Hummm, did I somehow imply that it did? (...) All right, fine. I forgot the "please." Scott, please drop this -- you're beating a very dead horse. In my best estimation, the password checker is appropriate (if not a shade (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Mode. (...) OK, make me confirm my confirm (each time warning the non geeky that maybe, just maybe, they ought to use the one the were given) when I go to pick my password, then subject it to a few quick checks to see if it was a good choice (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Totally agreed. Machine generated, unchangeable passwords get written down. That compromises them. If this system is so important that security is paramount over ease of use (which I have a hard time seeing, it doesn't control human lives or (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) 5: Members can't remember their passwords? At least, that's the case for me... My password was put in a safe place when it got mailed to me, and I haven't had a chance to dig it out (yes, I know where it is) and use it, now that there's an (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I only use my at-home machine and I'm always logged in. (I have no idea what my password is) So, do I really need some other confirmation code to simply add a group to my rcv-by-email list? Wait! don't answer that. I'll assume it's a "yes." (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Yeah, but the point is we ARE right. You're not concerned about it, Todd may not be concerned about it, but the market backs us up. Can you change your password at Amazon.com? BN.com? Any other major online retailer you care to name? How about (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) So what do I do when I login at a publicly accessible machine in a lab? What does anyone in a college environment do? People who are lucky enough to have a spouse who reads (and has a membership) at LUGNET but uses the same computer? To be so (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) Use either the top radio button and close the browser when you're done, or use the bottom radio button and set a timeout like 1 hour in case you forget to sign out manually. (...) Leave yourself signed in, or sign out manually when you're (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) That might be fine for home (or maybe it wouldn't be - maybe my wife and I share a computer to access LUGNET (we don't, since I have more than a few computers, but we could)?) but it wouldn't work for work. My LUGNET packet is sitting in my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) Well, obviously, don't do that on a machine that's not under your control. That's for your home system or your laptop -- whatever you use regularly. (...) No, not dug in, just a bit skeptical and need to think changes through carefully. No (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) Hrmmm .... or maybe article scoring could be turned off for the market groups where listings are posted? Probably not, though, since those groups often contain discussion in addition to listings. (...) Dunno about Ed, but I read LUGNET from (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Ditto to that. I currently can (and do) access Lugnet from at least 5 machines at home, 3 machines in my cube at work, and any number of machines scattered around campus (what else am I supposed to do while waiting for a server to do something (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Excellent. I do foresee one possible area that could be a problem (but I could be overreacting) - Auction/Sale/Trade announcements could all end up with a 75 rating (the initial 50 and then the poster gives it a 100). This could give a false (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I agree. But if Mike's suggestion is taken a little differently, i.e., "I think _I_ should have to sign in to post via the web interface." ...then that's probably a good thing. Once you do decide to beomce a member, you should (it would be (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Getting a password reset?
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| Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in article <Fy20EC.6GJ@lugnet.com>... (...) requester (...) password (...) that (...) instance, I (...) (URL) and I have a number of different cookies in force on various machines as well. But if I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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