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O' Master of the Web,
As I furst registered 6 minutes ago I thought I should commence my service in the proper spirit, and begin with a COMPLAINT>
Eons ago, I was a registered member of BladeForums. (So todays' BF
tell me.) So I would need for my PASSWORD TO BE RESET.
The next email screen from these clueless doofballs at says"...To reset your password, pls visit the following page:
<http://www.....blahblah, two lines long.> When you visit that page, your password will be reset, and the new password will be emailed to you." [I SWEAR!!!!THAT'S WHAT THESE PINHEADS SAID!!!!aALL that's a DIRECT QUOTE, except what's between the < >.}
I had to make twostaabs at it, over two DAYS, to get into this asylum. ". . .[P]lease visit the following page... . . .When you visit that page,. . ." What in hell is this guy TALKINg about?
"Visit" is NOT an operationally defined term. It is an obscure, ambigous, misleading, uncertain, vague, enigmatic,word, and I didnt ever encounter it in Wordprocessing I or II. It took me TWO DAYS of wonking around, trying to get past the gate, because I, I, I, was a dorkbrain---and, consider, there may well be others out there like me---that, oh, I was required to dredge up some move from Advanced Wordprocessing>> I was going to have to Cut-and-Paste,
maybe Copy-and-Paste. So I pulled out my old textbook, tried ababab, then babahbabahbabah, then, x, ... y ...z.
Before it occurred to me: (i) hey, by "page" here, maybe they just mean these two lines of code; and (ii) by "visit" they mean just
repeat the words/numbers/letter, like a chimp. And "page". I thought, 'Where's a "page"? I dont see a page." I see two lines of code, nonsense syllables, maybe its a web address, I dunno, but I dont see a "page"..."visit this page": sounds like the guy is holding a teacup, talking about buggying out into the country, visit the Simpsons....WHY dont you say, instead of "Visit the page below", a feminine-sounding formulation if ever I hearnd one>>>say innsgted: Put the two lines of code below into your search box". (and click). Would doing this Give Away A Secret? Aw. You cant be SERIOUS. Typing, pecking the nonsense lines (...a=pwd&u=118112&i yaddayaddayadda). THIS shows that the password-forgotter is more worthy of being reinstated? Why cant you simply make up a few test questions out of the personal id info you already have? Or else, do as other sites do: ask "What is the name of your dog? What is your favorite color? Where were you born? What is your mother's maiden name? etcetcetc These questions are, unlike the Blade Forum test, are unambigous, plain-speaking, idiommatic, Wouldnt such questions validly test, with an extremely high degree of probability, whether the applicant is an imposter impersonator or the real guy?
:yawn: :grumpy: 
As I furst registered 6 minutes ago I thought I should commence my service in the proper spirit, and begin with a COMPLAINT>
Eons ago, I was a registered member of BladeForums. (So todays' BF
tell me.) So I would need for my PASSWORD TO BE RESET.
The next email screen from these clueless doofballs at says"...To reset your password, pls visit the following page:
<http://www.....blahblah, two lines long.> When you visit that page, your password will be reset, and the new password will be emailed to you." [I SWEAR!!!!THAT'S WHAT THESE PINHEADS SAID!!!!aALL that's a DIRECT QUOTE, except what's between the < >.}
I had to make twostaabs at it, over two DAYS, to get into this asylum. ". . .[P]lease visit the following page... . . .When you visit that page,. . ." What in hell is this guy TALKINg about?
"Visit" is NOT an operationally defined term. It is an obscure, ambigous, misleading, uncertain, vague, enigmatic,word, and I didnt ever encounter it in Wordprocessing I or II. It took me TWO DAYS of wonking around, trying to get past the gate, because I, I, I, was a dorkbrain---and, consider, there may well be others out there like me---that, oh, I was required to dredge up some move from Advanced Wordprocessing>> I was going to have to Cut-and-Paste,
maybe Copy-and-Paste. So I pulled out my old textbook, tried ababab, then babahbabahbabah, then, x, ... y ...z.
Before it occurred to me: (i) hey, by "page" here, maybe they just mean these two lines of code; and (ii) by "visit" they mean just
repeat the words/numbers/letter, like a chimp. And "page". I thought, 'Where's a "page"? I dont see a page." I see two lines of code, nonsense syllables, maybe its a web address, I dunno, but I dont see a "page"..."visit this page": sounds like the guy is holding a teacup, talking about buggying out into the country, visit the Simpsons....WHY dont you say, instead of "Visit the page below", a feminine-sounding formulation if ever I hearnd one>>>say innsgted: Put the two lines of code below into your search box". (and click). Would doing this Give Away A Secret? Aw. You cant be SERIOUS. Typing, pecking the nonsense lines (...a=pwd&u=118112&i yaddayaddayadda). THIS shows that the password-forgotter is more worthy of being reinstated? Why cant you simply make up a few test questions out of the personal id info you already have? Or else, do as other sites do: ask "What is the name of your dog? What is your favorite color? Where were you born? What is your mother's maiden name? etcetcetc These questions are, unlike the Blade Forum test, are unambigous, plain-speaking, idiommatic, Wouldnt such questions validly test, with an extremely high degree of probability, whether the applicant is an imposter impersonator or the real guy?
:yawn: :grumpy: 
I feel stupider having read that Thanks 
Jason.