Senior trying to set a password ...

[IMNetUser]

Received below from my sister who works in a Senior Retirement Home. One of the residents originally sent it to her.

Please note, parts were changed to protect the "G" rating !

*WINDOWS: Please enter your new password.*
*USER: cabbage*

*WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters.*
*USER: boiled cabbage*

*WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain 1 numerical character.*
*USER: 1 boiled cabbage*

*WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot have blank spaces.*
*USER: 50bloodyboiledcabbages*

*WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain at least one upper case Character.*
*USER: 50BLOODYboiledcabbages*

*WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively.*
*USER: 50BloodyBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourNoseIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessNow!*

*WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot contain punctuation.*
*USER: ReallyPissedOff50BloodyBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourNoseIfYouDontGiveMeAccessNow*

*WINDOWS: Sorry, that password is already in use.*

[Rudi]

I was waiting for the statement: Sorry, the password cannot contain sarcasm.

[IMNetUser]

Sarcasm, from a Senior ?!?!?!?

Nawwwwwwww

Just Age Old WISDOM

[John Gray]

Windows is not so restrictive, thus the joke fails my "is it fairly reasonable that this could happen" test.

[HansV]

This joke has been doing the rounds for a while. In most versions, the password is for a website, for example online banking, not for Windows. Still not very probably, but ...

[PaulB]

I can understand John's pedantry, but et tu Hans?

[IMNetUser]

Hmmm - I seemed to have missed the mark.

This was only intended for light humor, although I know various forms of this joke has made rounds before.

It struck me as funny recently because it seemed all of my online passwords were requiring changes recently.

Most notably, my online yahoo accounts, due to recent "Activity" caused me to re-do the password. My bank now requires password changes every three months [At least 10 characters, 1 upper case, 1 lower case, 1 number and 1 special character - first character can NOT be a number or special character]. The "Smart" password generator also checks to ensure you are not changing only 1 or 2 characters or the reverse of the old password.

I realize the need for security - but it gets harder to remember all the passwords without writing them down (which so far I have avoided doing).

Thank you for the comments.

[HansV]

I did like the first post - it brought a smile to my face. My reply to John Gray's comment was not intended to suggest otherwise; I'm sorry if it did.

[BobH]

Hmmm - I seemed to have missed the mark.

This was only intended for light humor, although I know various forms of this joke has made rounds before.

It struck me as funny recently because it seemed all of my online passwords were requiring changes recently.

Most notably, my online yahoo accounts, due to recent "Activity" caused me to re-do the password. My bank now requires password changes every three months [At least 10 characters, 1 upper case, 1 lower case, 1 number and 1 special character - first character can NOT be a number or special character]. The "Smart" password generator also checks to ensure you are not changing only 1 or 2 characters or the reverse of the old password.

I realize the need for security - but it gets harder to remember all the passwords without writing them down (which so far I have avoided doing).

Thank you for the comments.

You might want to investigate software that will generate passwords and keep them for you. I use KeePass (it's free) and I'm certain that there are others out there. I never use the same password twice and I don't have to remember them - but I do have to remember to take my USB thumb drive that contains them all if I want to use them from any machine other than my own.

Just a thought . . .

[Rudi]

Hmmm - I seemed to have missed the mark.
This was only intended for light humor, although I know various forms of this joke has made rounds before.

Don't be so concerned...
ANYTHING goes in Scuttlebutt and a post can take a sudden turn or be pirated unexpectedly; so you never know how the original topic will be interpreted or end up. I remember an example (possibly due to the fact that I was responsible for it ) where Chris uploaded a photo of an unusual tree felling AFAIK, and no-one caught onto it so it ended up as a discussion on UFO's and Bigfoot...

[viking33]

I can understand John's pedantry, but et tu Hans?

You can understand John's pedantry????

[Rudi]

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[PaulB]

OK... I may have overstated it a bit!

[mishmish3000]

It's all in good fun...

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[ChrisGreaves]

... Chris uploaded a photo of an unusual tree felling ...

All together now:=
"For he's a jolly good feller, for he's ...

[IMNetUser]

To All ....

Thank you all for the comments, I appreciate the sentiments and all words. Truly, my feelings were NOT hurt and I was not concerned. I realize it is all in good fun.

I have been a fan of this site (and Woody's) for many years. I only recently came back due to, well that is a boring story for another century.

Anne - I loved the Dilbert cartoons - a favorite in this household.

Pedantry ? => Coming form an extended family of nitpickers ...

I picked a not as good as could be joke - I will try better later.

At least I did not originally go with the longest password joke - that one I originally hear back in early 80's.

The Disney variation I originally heard was:

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MickeyMinnieDonaldHueyDeweyLouieGoofyPlutoSacremento
Has to be at least 8 characters and one capitol !

BobH - Thanks for the password suggestion. I tried that but kept losing my "Stick". I went back to an old method I used back when I started computing.
Create an algorithm that can be modified depending on the site or application you are trying to log into. The all you have to do is memorize the algorithm and you can re-create the password. One benefit of the new password requirements and technology, are more characters. Therefore you can use sentences.

Simple Example, for online purchasing/auction sites: Create sentence using incorporating first three letters of website base name and last three letters in website base name in reverse order.
Amazon.Com - SpendingAmamoney2muchNoz
eBay.Com - SpendingEbamoney2muchYab

When you need to change password, revers old password. If special character is needed, insert one somewhere in the sentence.

Book complete - I do not plan to write this long and will try not to again to avoid computer .

and hic hic

[John Gray]

Being the official Lounge Pedant, I need to encourage a good standard of jocose exchanges.

However, I appreciate that the American sense of humor is deficient by one letter compared with the British sense of humour!

[Rudi]

That's a very colourful statement John. (...or should that be colorful )

[IMNetUser]

Being the official Lounge Pedant, I need to encourage a good standard of jocose exchanges.

However, I appreciate that the American sense of humor is deficient by one letter compared with the British sense of humour!

So it is all about U

I am also one of the worst spellers around. Thank goodness for technology - to a point.

[ChrisGreaves]

I only recently came back due to, well that is a boring story for another century.

Forgot your password ?