[OT] why isn't bikeshed good enough as a sounder replacement?

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 10:37 +0200, Amedee Van Gasse wrote: 
> On Wed, June 22, 2011 20:39, Ric Moore wrote:
> 
> > Been there, it didn't describe HOW-TO as well as Amedee did. It's damn
> > near like a literary test at some old deep south voter registration
> > though, when it could've been a point 'n click. Joe Lunchbucket needs to
> > be able to register too, if we are going to dummy down the user
> > interface ala Unity. After all, you never know from whence comes your
> > deliverance. :) Ric
> 
> I agree, it's too technical for people who don't want to be involved in
> the technical side of Ubuntu.
> I guess that you agree that creating a Launchpad account shouldn't be a
> big problem, but after that: why can't they just serve us a web page with
> the CoC and a checkbox at the end "Yes, I have read all of this. I didn't
> cheat and I didn't just press Control+End to get at the bottom of the
> page."
> 
> I had to create a pgp key that I will never use. I don't know how many PGP
> keys I have already generated that are floating somewhere out there on the
> net. Same thing with ssh keys: every time I need one, I just delete every
> existing key on my 'puter and recreate from scratch. Key revocation?
> That's beyond my intelligence.
> 
> </rant>
Damn good rant too... thanks. Shucks, just create a cookie for my
browser, if that amount of security is needed. I can see that the
procedure would prevent some spammer from creeping in, but it also keeps
a lot of legitimate users out. Only 500 people have jumped through the
hoop. Ergo, it's not very representative for the user base. Ric 

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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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