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To: bruinbirdman
I logged back on to throw in one example I thought was hilarious.

I recently had to change the password on my work computer. I keyed in "Sum(n)=n/2(A1+An)".

The system gave me a message that my proposed new password "is not unique enough."

Unique is a binary choice. Something is either unique or it's not. And what was the problem with my prospective new password? I tried several other entries, with the same response.

So I called our help desk. The helpful help desk guy explained that I needed to make my password uniquer.

gitmo

73 posted on 05/29/2007 4:33:14 AM PDT by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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To: gitmo
Sum(n)=n/2(A1+An)

Any system that won't take THAT as a password needs to be reprogrammed!

175 posted on 05/29/2007 6:35:51 AM PDT by Cymbaline (I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
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