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Microsoft's Hotmail is making me very angry.
They've got some new security push and the product is now insisting on some elephanting security code that has to be delivered to me by phone or text or as a tattoo on the back of an Asian princess - I don't know, and I don't care. I've been using the product for 5 years without all this additional security bullshit. I don't want to put in all these additional numbers but the nagging continues. I keep trying to hammer my way through it but they won't leave me the elephant alone and now I'm to expect an email in 30 days for reasons that are unclear to me - I may just close the account and find a different service. Leave me ALONE.
I open an account and provide a password.
IT ENDS THERE BITCHES!!!!
Facebook keeps nagging for additional information on me as well. I'm one "Do You Know These Elephants?" nag screen away from closing that account as well. If I want someone as a friend I'll very well go out and find that person - the nagware is driving me crazy here. They also want additional security information - blow me, ya little sh*ts, just blow me already. I want the most basic service possible without having to buy into a lifestyle of photos, tweets, messages, reminders, must-see TV, friends lists, ignore lists, prescription drugs, and nights in a darkened cellar being ritually paddled by drunk frat boys drinking booze out of enema bags.
I want email - not a suite of life encompassing solutions that intrude on the simple task of getting my mail.
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2 pass authentication? Turn it off.
Or, don't use Hotmail.
And certainly don't use Facebook.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Don't hold back... Tell us how you really feel 
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MehGerbil wrote: or as a tattoo on the back of an Asian princess
Personally, I'd pay to see that
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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With your luck, the order would get misread and they'd send you some Asian princes instead.
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I wish everything was delivered that way 
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It gets a bit tired, after a while.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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MehGerbil wrote: I want email
And how much are you willing to pay for it? 
/ravi
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1) Install Adblock Plus.
2) Install AdBlock PLus Element Hiding Helper.
3) CLick on the ABP dropdown.
4) Click Select an element to hide.
5) Mouse over the offending part of the web page.
6) Click on it.
7) Visually confirm the rule didn't delete anything important by accident.
8) Click Add element hiding rule.
9) Never see that offending bit of the page again.
10) ???
11) Still lose because you're using farsebook. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The userbase grew as soon as marketing found out that people respond if they keep asking often enough.
Merketing is evil, it's that simple.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You can register your own domain and host it for $120/year or even cheaper with unlimited email addresses, 80+ gigs of storage, web space, FTP, etc...if the free services irritate you so much, why not take the plunge?
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There's a perception-problem; the fact that you're not charged any money doesn't make it a free service.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I pay for my Hotmail account to avoid ads.
The problem is that these companies are pushy.
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Exactly. I've had my own domain and mail server since 1997 and have never had to deal with Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or AOL.
/ravi
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I keep a Windows Live account in Canada for those situations where you don't want to give your real email address because you know it's going to get spammed.
I haven't been hassled with any extra security requests though...maybe it's just in the US?...maybe the NSA wants to know more about you so they can protect you better
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..implies you never downloaded anything that requires you to login with the Microsoft Passport
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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My MS Passport (they call it something else now) identity is associated with my personal email address.
/ravi
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MehGerbil wrote: IT ENDS THERE BITCHES!!!!
I take it that "GO DIE IN A FIRE!!!" was already taken?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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It was implied.
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I don't use hotmail but yahoo is nearly as pathetic and faceslap has become a pimple on a fat womans ass.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Mike Hankey wrote: a pimple on a fat womans ass
Pictures...! Uh, no, wait... 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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MehGerbil wrote: Facebook keeps [huge rant elided] ... I want the most basic service possible without having to buy into a lifestyle of photos, tweets, messages, reminders, ...drunk frat boys drinking booze out of enema bags
But...why are you on Facebook then? 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I used Facebook to keep in contact with 14 people.
Even with that small number I'm considering pulling the plug.
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Have you tried LinkedIn? They, too, have annoying things such as "do you know.." and "Can you recommend..." but overall less annoying, a little more professional.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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