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  • The world really is stupid

    This happened awahile ago, but it still makes me laugh. This was when I was doing an online tech chat with a client.

    (S)ub : Customer
    (T)ech: Me

    (S) yeah I'd like to change my password on my account.

    (T) sure we can do that.

    (S) could you set it as "6153"

    (T) ok the passowrd has to be a minimum of 8 characters

    (S) oh ok, could it be "6153ha"

    (T) ok that's only 6

    (S) oh all right, add an "s" at the end

    (T) well, you're up to 7

    *groan*

    and the call just went downhill from there
    Part Angel Part Sadist

  • #2
    What a moron. You really need this particular password, and it only has 4 characters, and they require 8?

    How about just being slightly brighter than a dust mote and using your chosen numbers twice, i.e., 61536153, or perhaps 66115533?

    How tough is that?

    Oh, wait....not as bright as a dust mote. Forgot. My bad.

    "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
    Still A Customer."

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    • #3
      Quoth Jester View Post
      Oh, wait....not as bright as a dust mote.
      Dust motes are covered with Whos. Very intelligent.
      [/HORTON]
      I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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      • #4
        Whos are, certainly. Not so sure about the dust motes, though.

        "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
        Still A Customer."

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        • #5
          Were they, perchance, trying to use their bank PIN number as their computer password? If so, they are unfit to own a computer. (This is the first thing I thought of when I saw that their requested password was only four numbers.)

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          • #6
            I frequently use a 4 digit ID issued at previous job as a pw, because it has no relation to anything in my life like birthdays, phone numbers, addresses. I frequently double it to get 8 places, and add special keys and letter keys to accommodate IT requirements. [never used it as a bank card PIN though]
            EVE Online: 99% of the time you sit around waiting for something to happen, but that 1% of action is what hooks people like crack, you don't get interviewed by the BBC for a WoW raid.

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