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... and just got a new password. I must have tried it at least a dozen times, but never got any mails.
And then I saw it: There is one of those captcha thingies! My ad blocker had reduced that thing to a red rectangle with 'irrelevant' in it, alone for using the wrong language. And perhaps it would be nice not to show a message that pretends that a mail has been sent when it actually was not because you ignored the captcha.
However, be happy and rejoyce. You now have me back. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Now we will have to think about other ways to lock you out - 
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I am the shadow that flaps in the night.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It was not much of a question that this was going to come. The only real question was: By whom.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: By whom
The voting was totally anonymous - but still you got 100% of them 
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Good that I still have a good supply of 5 1/4 inch floppies[^].
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Whitelist the site!
That way, your ad blocker doesn't get all confused, and CP gets some revenue, which helps it to keep going ...
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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+ You get a lot of funny ads (so out of your context)...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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You get revenue for shown ads, even unclicked?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Yes - not that much as for clicks, but yes...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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When you've got 70,000 users visiting at any particular moment, that tiny amount of cash adds up fast! (Probably not as fast as Chris would like, but ... every little helps pay for the severs.)
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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We may create a browser plugin, that 'clicks' on random ads in CP? To help Chris out of course...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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We may but we should blacklist CP, as it's a good way to get the site out of any Ad circuit
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I'll let you suggest that one to Chris...
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: every little helps pay for the severs
Chris and gang severing a lot of limbs are they?
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It's the well trained ad blocker between the ears.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: And perhaps it would be nice not to show a message that pretends that a mail has been sent when it actually was not because you ignored the captcha.
That would give the bots an easy way to determine whether or not they'd solved the CAPTCHA.
The general rule of thumb is that you always display a "message sent" message, even if the user doesn't exist. Otherwise, you leave yourself open to account enumeration.
Troy Hunt: Everything you ever wanted to know about building a secure password reset feature[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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As if I could not enumerate enough user names by simply scraping the right web pages, like this one: https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Profiles.aspx.
I worked for a company that specialized in document archives. They had code that quickly and reliably found anything you were interested in in any formatted document. In this case it would be the account names and I would get myself that list before ever trying to hack the password reset.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: My ad blocker
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Not quite. Mine is located more at the back of the head, somewhere where relevant and irrelevant visual information is plucked apart.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: I must have tried it at least a dozen times, but never got any mails.
And then I saw it: There is one of those captcha thingies!
Reminds me of an older system we've got here. If you click forgot password, there is a quick 'processing' overlay which appears and vanishes as if something happened but no email gets sent! The trick is to type your login name into the field and THEN click the forgot password link. Once you do that, the system sends an email to whatever address it has on file for the provided username. 
Reported it as a bug the first time I used it, only to be told working as intended and was provided instructions for making it work.
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I'll add this to the list, but please understand that chasing all the bugs caused by add-ins that block our means of paying for this awesomely massive free service isn't going to be our highest priority.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The problem is that the 'add-in' is a well trained sense of ignoring everything that does stick out of the site's design and is placed distractingly in the way. It works so well that it took me a few times to even take a closer look at it, read a single word of the text or finally realize what it was.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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