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RE: Changing Our Password Policy
July 21, 2012 at 6:21 pm
I hate it when things like this happen.
Not the password thing, the whole fall out thing. Long time members arguing with each other.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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RE: Changing Our Password Policy
July 21, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Over something fucking stupid as well. To think that some of the staff thought people would be more concerned with the fact that I took password hashes and tried to crack them. Nope, people are pissed when I try to make the forums more secure for everyone...jebus.
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RE: Changing Our Password Policy
July 21, 2012 at 6:25 pm
One new entry into my daily text log, one set of mnemonics added and an excellent passphrase later, I log back on...
Only to find people have pitched a bitch.
Seriously, it isn't that hard.
Use a password manager.
I don't -- that's why I spent some time mulling it to find a phrase that comes naturally. I found one.
Slave to the Patriarchy no more
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RE: Changing Our Password Policy
July 21, 2012 at 6:34 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2012 at 6:39 pm by Tiberius.)
Y'know what, on second thoughts, fuck you all if a change in password policy which will barely ever affect you causes you to leave. We don't need you on this site if you have that kind of shitty attitude. The staff made a decision, we're going by it, and a minority of pissed off members isn't going to change that.
To everyone else who supports the change; I apologise for being a pushover to some crybabies. I have grown some balls. Tiberius is back.
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RE: Changing Our Password Policy
July 21, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Haha, love a bit of flip-flopping. Sure this time, Tib?
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RE: Changing Our Password Policy
July 21, 2012 at 6:43 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2012 at 6:44 pm by Tiberius.)
Yes. I pay for this site out of my own pocket. The staff are hand-picked out of the best people in the community; they have literally years of experience behind them. We sometimes make mistakes, and we always apologise for them. This isn't one of those times; the decision to increase password security is logical, and if you can't deal with it, don't deal with it.
Now I have to figure out which people changed their password so I can force the change on everyone else...
