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Bad user, no biscuit

Ovid on 2004-02-23T17:27:27

I can't tell you how many times I've seen our customers email us their username and password and say "I can't log in". Given that most people reuse passwords ...

Exactly

chaoticset on 2004-02-23T17:48:37

Although it's better than them asking if they need to use the right password. "Do I make up a new one here?" I'm tempted to say, "Yes, as long as you're okay with it not working."
On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.