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The problem with accents is that most keyboard do not have them naturally (dedicated keys) and finding the proper key combination is a bitch.
At one point my laptop was set to use the AZERTY (instead of (QWERTY) layout when it asked for password and that was fun!!! (my password had numbers and symbols).
I'd rather be phishing!
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I went through that sort of thing on an internal company site the other day. The page listed the requirements (length, upper, lower, digit), but didn't say that a "special character" was required (or forbidden), but threw back a vague error message when I tried to use an equal-sign. I sent an email off to the developers.
A worse thing is that there seems to be a one-password-change-per-day limit, but no one tells you about it -- so all you get is an "invalid password" message, which is absolutely untrue and unhelpful.
A 486 I once had allowed a BIOS password -- but considered DELETE a valid character so I had to remember something like passs<delete>word .
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I think it's still possible to use the delete character in a Windows password. At least Ctrl+Backspace in the login window sends a delete character to the password field (instead of the now more common "delete the whole word"). I didn't really test it though as I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to actually input that character everywhere I have to use that password
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Been out drinking with Damian S for the past 3 hours.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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And where have you left Damian? Will he make a full recovery?
veni bibi saltavi
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Check under the tables - this is Michael Martin he was drinking with...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nah, that's too easy. Pink tutu, wellies and a slow boat to Marrakesh.
veni bibi saltavi
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Could be worse: 'He came to in a burger bar on one of Saturns moons, wearing a lady's pink crimplene hat and a pair of yellow fishing waders, with no money and a passport in the name of "Emily Berkenstein".'
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sorry? You are?
veni bibi saltavi
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DeathByChocolate wrote: with a pine tree stuffed up your !**!!
Ah. You met up with DD then?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes ... and a word of warning, if he has a wicked grin on his face and offers to 'brighten your Christmas' whilst holding a set of fairy lights and a broom handle, just get away as fast as you possibly can!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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I dunno... Some people here might be into that sort of thing... And if not here, then definitely in Q/A.
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You have to be a special kind of person to hang around in Q&A and not go slightly bonkers, so you are probably right!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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Hey, I'm already more-than-slightly bonkers, but even I keep my distance from Q&A... So I'm sure there are plenty of tree-toppers there
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Ian Shlasko wrote: tree-toppers
That's funny! I am going to use that expression for slightly bonkers people from on and see who is the first person to ask why.
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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#sings#
She's only a poor little fairy,
Sat on the top of the tree,
They turned on the lights,
And bang went her tights,
And off fell her legs,
One, two, three...
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: One, two, three...
Wrong kind of fairy!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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The Barron Knights ... you should be ashamed of yourself!
Happy Merry Gin soaked Chrimbo to you and the whole family of Vilmos's!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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I saw "Top of the Pops" and quickly killed the page. What are you trying to do to me Nagy? Next you'll be posting vids of Bieber!
I may have to dub you "dastardly".
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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DeathByChocolate wrote: I have a new colleague and he keeps me very busy
Willie Wonka?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
(√-sh*t) 2
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You know me too well!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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DeathByChocolate wrote: .. that should cover it!
No, you missed an important one: Saturnalia[^]
Especially in the context of drinking and debauchery, and ample chocolate of course
Your Saturn to have a good time
(ducks).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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