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Here's the problem with all this.

8 characters for a name. Yes, in a hypothetical sense you have
2.183401056?10^14 possible passwords if you use 8 ascii alpha/numeric
characters with no punctuation characters, but the vast majority of that
space are random strings not suitable for nicknames or meaningful
identifiers. For instance, I can't see that any remaining meaningful
permutations of "john smith" could possibly be left. How many email
addresses do they assign a year? How many back-logged names did they
create at first?

When an alum dies, does their email address become available?


> Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 10:24:54AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Eric Chadbourne <sillystring at protonmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> > Off topic, warlord at MIT.EDU, is the best email ever.
>>>
>>> Thanks.  I've had it since 1989.
>>
>> MIT trivia: once you have a username, you can't change it.
>>
>> http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/dont-screw-up-your-username
>
> Only mostly true.  I know a handful of people who successfully changed
> their usernames.  It's rare, and only done in extreme circumstances.
> But it *can* be done.
>
>> -dsr-
>
> -derek
>
> --
>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
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