[ale] restricting web input

[Jeff Lightner]

I worked at a place where we used the 3 initials + first 3 of SSN for
unique 6 character IDs - worked pretty well until we hired a Chinese
person with no middle name. 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
David W. Millians
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:38 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] restricting web input


Mike Harrison wrote:
> I liked the idea of asking for the e-mail address on another page.
> Simple, effective.

It is good. Unfortunately, what you discover is that about... 5%, I'd 
say, of your users don't know what their email address is!

As they say, when you make something idiot-proof, you're actually making

better idiots.

Part of this is sometimes email addresses change behind the scenes- 
Gwinnett County schools have so many accounts that they are going to 
first_middle_last@ to get unique names, and even that doesn't work all 
the time, I hear.
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