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Sorry, time spent at WITFITS is non-refundable. B...

2005-12-23T13:08:00.000-05:00

Sorry, time spent at WITFITS is non-refundable. But, if you spend another hour and a half we'll send you a free* WITFITS totebag emblazoned with Kato's grinning visage!

* Totebag may not be free. In fact, it doesn't exist. WITFITS of America Corp. is not responsible for dashed expectations.

I can't come back here. You ask to much of me. You...

2005-12-22T14:18:00.000-05:00

I can't come back here. You ask to much of me. You simply want more attention than I can give.

I'm sorry.

But I'm gone.

Uh. You just stole 30 minutes of my life. Can I ha...

2005-12-22T14:17:00.000-05:00

Uh. You just stole 30 minutes of my life. Can I have it back?

Somehow I knew you would.

2005-12-05T11:28:00.000-05:00

Somehow I knew you would.

Well, I remember phone numbers in the British patt...

2005-12-05T07:05:00.000-05:00

Well, I remember phone numbers in the British pattern. 5 digit area code, followed by a 6 digit number.

I can symapthise

Scarlet: Aruba sounds nice. Word verification is...

2005-12-04T23:01:00.000-05:00

Scarlet: Aruba sounds nice. Word verification is tricky, I'm guessing it has to be non-standard enough to make it tough for a image processing app to read it, but still recognizeable for a human. Blogger isn't bad, but some of them are aweful. I was listening to a podcast the other day where a blind podcaster was lamenting the technology because, obviously, he has a hard time with it. So far I've only seen one site which has an audio version for the visually impaired. upskbjwq!

Paulius: That is indeed a dubious talent. I had a prof. in college who once told us that his wife had the annoying habit of remembering phone numbers as 4-3 instead of the usual 3-4 pattern. For example, if their number was 555-6024 she remembered and said it as 5556-024.

I'm lucky with this. I have the dubious talent of ...

2005-12-04T22:50:00.000-05:00

I'm lucky with this. I have the dubious talent of being able to remember strings of numbers. Tell me a 9 digit number, I'll repeat it three times, and it's permanently stuck in my head. (I still remember the first telephone number I ever had...not bad considering I was three, and we only had it for 2 months.

Basically, all my passwords are 9 digit random numbers, with the odd letter thrown in.

I also never use the "I forgot my password" thing. Anyone who knows you slighty can guess it. If I do, I just make up a random answer, that has nothing to do with the question.

I can't tell you how many times I encounter this f...

2005-12-04T12:25:00.000-05:00

I can't tell you how many times I encounter this frustration. The best is when they don't tell you what the password requirements are, so you have to find out on your own that it is too long, or too short, or you're not allowed to use the same character twice in a row (sorry, "poop" is not a valid password. please try again). So if your mother's maiden name just happens to be Oovalsa#vicc8875, you can't use it as your password but any shmoe who has stolen your identity and uses the "I forgot my password" feature is going to Aruba on your tab.

And what's up with word verification being so hard to read that even real live people often have to try twice? (Ticketmaster is horrible for this.) Doyjmc!