We need one just in case you forgot so suggest one.

The5thLetter

Make it easy. Keep them the same.

The5thLetter

Make it easy. Keep them the same.

I second that,
Did you know that in the lifetime of someone who was born in the X's
will have to remeber the follwing amount of passwords/number sequences
60: 30
70: 100
80: 200
90: 500
00: >1000

This is on average thought an entire lifetime:eek:
Glad I was born in the 80's

The5thLetter
Where did you come across that, Memphus?

That trend seems surprising at first (and ominous), until you realize that they have simply extrapolated the curve into the future, even though there is no reason to imagine that the rate of increase will continue to grow.

After all, we are still in the beginning of the electronic age, and I wouldn't put any of my money on a prediction about how things are going to turn out 85 years from now (for someone born in 2000). It's not to much of a stretch claim that the number of passwords will actually decrease to Zero!

I would say, based on my own experience, that we've already crossed the Password Tolerance Threshold. Of course, my PTT may be lower than yours, but I'm sure you have one as well. Once the PTT is crossed, the very idea of a password becomes irritating. Reference my ranting posts in the Email thread :). Nowadays, every idiot webmaster thinks that "your privacy" is your primary concern when you enter something into a text field on their website. Why on earth would I care if someone else 'hacks' into my weather.com preferences?!! The very idea of someone going through the trouble is preposterous.

Same thing with my cel-phone company's website. If a ne'er-do-well were to get into my account, they wouldn't be able to get my CC info because it's already xxxx'd out!. Yet they insist on constructing the website such that one must have different password from the one used to access the account via telephone. Why? There's no good reason. The site masters may think there's a good reason, but they are wrong (in my not-so-humble opinion :))

Webmasters have lost sight of what's important and useful. This forum has different password requirements from my bank, from my email, from my work email, from ebay, and on and on. This lack of a standard is only a little more annoying than those drop-down menus that force you to click on the state you live in! Really, just because something can be put into a dropdown menu does not necessarily mean it should be. After all, the chances are pretty good that I know the two letter state code for where I live.... but no! I have to stop typing (which I was just doing when I entered my address in the text field just above!), move my hand to the mouse, and thank the site designer for assuming I didn't know what the choices were for what state I live in.

Sorry about all this, but I've had three cups of coffee today and my fingers have taken over control of my brain.

BottomLine: The5thLetter

@Peter - Why on earth would I care if someone else 'hacks' into my weather.com preferences?!! :lol:

As for the state drop down menus, try typing the first letter of your state over and over again until it comes up. That's what I do - though it is still annoying!

Yeah... been there, done that. My point still stands that there is simply no utility to putting the states in a dropdown.

Because I live in New York, when I type N I still have to scroll down to my state, as the drop downs invariably drop "up" from the letter I type.

Freaking idiots running the internet these days, I tell you!

Okay, I'm really done ranting off-topic. Thanks for bear with me, everyone.

We are not having the same password for both the team and the save, we need something different for security reasons. This should be harder to forge because it does not matter to much if other teams can get to our email account, but this is far more important.

I disagree for obvious reasons, some stated elsewhere.

No one is going to 'accidently' open our save. No one will know the password but us. This idea of security has really gone beyond the realm of the rational.

But really, I should just shut-up, because I can't even open the save!

If a team wants to violate the rules and open our save, I say let them. The admins will discover it, and they will hand out a suitable punishment. When they're sitting in 5 turns of anarchy, that's an advantage for us!

Where did you come across that, Memphus?

Well I could tell you but then I would have to kill you ;) :lol:
No actually it is a smei private statistic for my company who deals with security

The reason the number may seem more than inflated is because it isn't only passwords which is included:

How many phone numbers do you know of the top of your head?
Postal codes?
passwords
personal numbers (social inssurance, medical...)

I do however agree with you that a certain PTT has been reached, but it is all the other useless things which now fill our head which increase this number.
how many web pages do you know off the top of your head?
www.google.ca
www.civfanatics.com :lol:
...

That is why the number goes up
On monday I can check the exact number or 'passwords' for security reasons there are per person

How many phone numbers do you know of the top of your head?
Postal codes?
passwords
personal numbers (social inssurance, medical...)

At the same time, though, we rely less and less on our memory for these things. Imagine how lost you'd be if your cell-phone were to disintegrate, and you hadn't backed up your numbers. People used to rely more on their memories even just 20 years ago.

So, even though there are more short tid-bits to remember, I think the real problem is that we, as technological humans in the early 21st century, aren't required to remember them. I, for one, know that my short term memory is nearly useless at this point. Before I had a celphone, I could remember someone's phone number upon the 2nd or 3rd use. Not any more :)!

I vote having the same password ... it is much easier to remeber something that is not random, something that will spark easily. I also choose not to carry useless information in my head ... I'd much rather use that particular brain cell to remember my lady's telephone number ;)

Anyway it's a team decision !!! ... and in this team majority rules :p

It may seem like The5thLetter could be easy to guess, but even with hints it'd be very hard for someone to crack the password. And this game is a fun competition between 5 teams of humans playing only for pride. Its not as if someone would spend 50+ hours trying to get a password for a game that isnt being played for prizes or money.