I liked the cartoon in the ComputerWorld article. You can find it directly at: http://www.xkcd.com/323/

On 10/6/07, Michael McDonald mikencolleen@gmail.com wrote:

Hi

I thought the following reported error message was a joke, but it appears to be genuine. Admittedly, it was a rather rare one. Can you imagine the look on a person's face if they received this error message?

Reported in Computerworld http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/fry/B89135639310C834CC25736B0005B677

Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords

— Microsoft KB article Q276304 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276304/en-us )

Michael

-- Michael

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