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I can't remember my passwords for websites. I'm sorry, but it's just not
worth my while remembering the password for your random site. Hell, I
can hardly remember my password for my online banking - there's no way I'm
going to memorise the details of my Bob's online bait house emporium
account.
Most web site designers have realised this. I like the fact that most
sites can mail me passwords if I click on the 'ooops I'm a moron' button
(or mail me a link that will let me reset my passwords, which is better as
it never sends what might be a sensitive password over cleartext.)
Other sites haven't. They expect me to email a real person. Real people
are slow. And real people get pissed off if you mail them every couple of
weeks.
Hey, George, I've got an idea how we can save our company a mint! You
know how Betty down in accounts spends half her day emailing clients with
lost passwords? Maybe we could get that repetitive boring task done by
one of these new fangled computer thingywosits!
No Ernie, that'll never fly.
bah.
--
#!/usr/bin/perl -T
use strict;
use warnings;
print q{Mark Fowler, mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, http://twoshortplanks.com/};
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