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Is this really necessary anymore? How many people DON'T know about bugmenot? Hell, there is even a firefox extension to plop it straight into your browser!

If you don't want to install Java to have a convenient link to Bugmenot, there's always the bookmarklet, to be found in the Bugmenot FAQ. I haven't used the extension, but the bookmarklet more than suffices for my needs.

Of course, you could also use http://www.bugmenot.com/ and use on of their preregistered accounts. ;)

I hate registering

So use Bugmenot. If you are really clever you can use Firefox and use the bugmenot extension. hOORay!

No need to waste a mod point on something that does not deserve it.

...with a little help from bugmenot. One thing in their article that struck me as unexplanatory is the statement that finding these planets suggests we will be finding some earth-mass planets one of these days soon. Guess I should've submitted the story, eh? Especially since the assignment was on writing summaries.

The NYT article doesn't say the planets are smaller than neptune or jupiter, as the NASA article does, but neither article explains why these planets are signs of Earthlike planets. Can someone fill me in?

What happened to http://www.bugmenot.com/? It appears to be dead, yet I have no idea why.

you'll also need to untick the "remember me" tick box or else you'll get stupid cookies-are-needed-blah-blah messages...

I think the Globe and Mail have their system set up so that casual visitors aren't required to register, but frequent visitors are. (Easy enough to track with cookies.)

This policy makes more sense than all the other news sites make you register just to read one article even though you'll probably never read their site again. Fortunate for those, there is bugmenot.com.

seti in dna article : bugmetnot is your friend

I love this place.

BugMeNot.com

Try using bugmenot.

...when it asks for a login/password, don't forget bugmenot!

go to http://bugmenot.com/ for an Amazon registration ID and Password if you need it to log-in to vote.

Bugmenot hides behind their "Agents of password sites" registration process.

I'm not sure anyone would want to go through that :-D

Everytime I encounter a site where I need to log in (except /.), I go to Bug me not and get a user id/password that is already set up. For most sites, this works well.

You know they are tracking usage statistics so by using someone elses account their tracking is not as accurrate....to which I say good. That's what they get.

www.bugmenot.com

Just enter the web site you're interested in and it will return a user name and password. Great stuff.

A website called BugMeNot which was recently featured in Time magazine, has a pretty big database of passwords and logins for a lot of sites. http://www.bugmenot.com/

Web Services that require registration use that information to: 1. Target online advertising towards based on reading habits.
2. Sell the information to other companies, based on viewing habits.
3. They can do demographics based on who actually reads what articles. Sort of like an instant survey based on reading habits.
4. They want to control who reads their stories, so web robots and other programs cannot steal stories without using an account to verify who they are.

The problem is that many use bogus info to register an account. For example, my alias, Orion Blastar, I use to register with various services. I use a real phone number and address, but I add an extra line to my address to tell me who got the information. So I can tell if Microsoft, NYT, etc sold my info to another company without my permission. I always check that "no" box to contact third parties and special offers. Yet I still get spam and postal mailings. Many Big Brother companies think that Orion Blastar exists for real, and I even get loan offers and credit card offers with rates lower than my real name can get, I just shread those and throw them away. Orion Blastar is not just my alias, but also my alter ego, another side of my personality, that somehow got a presense in the real world.

The interface is similar to a search engine. You load the front page, submit the URL, and you are presented with a user/pass combination. No additional steps are required.

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And even when it doesn't make sense, it remains the sole prerogative of the publisher to conclude that their barriers don't make sense, or are alienating customers, or whatever, and make changes.

Entirely true. And the way to make them realize it doesn't make sense is to feed in bogus data and use sites like bugmenot.com to feed them bad statistics and so forth.

When the statistics they get from the data are heavily skewed and they realize that, then they might realize that the whole thing is worthless.

Use BugMeNot
There's even a FireFox extension that will look up a login for you.

Sorry, with hyperlink... bugmenot.com

Using Bug Me Not will likely help a lot. When the sites realize that they can't control logins and they have dozends, hundreds or even thousands logged in with the SAME info, they'll know it's not helping them in any way. What'll happen next remains to be seen, but I doubt they'll pull content, it's too ingrained into people's expectations anymore.

bugmenot.com has a login for you. Once logged in, the site works properly.

Just to spread the word, there is a site calledBug Me Not that is designed for the specific purpose of supplying usernames/passwords for these types of free registration sites.

They have Mozilla and IE extensions for easy access, and anyone can add to their database. Tell everyone you know (their motto).

Just use Bugmenot to provide registration codes.

It's simple. Use The Washington Post. The archives remain free as long as you have a valid link....true, you can't search into the past, but for most website with proper uris, you can simply use a search engine, which will link to a blog, which will link to the article in question. Yes, you have to register, but that is what BugMeNot is for. Plus, the WaPo has Dana Milbank, one of the best reporters in the business!

I use BugMeNot via the FireFox plug-in to save registering myself.

Account #4
THIS_SITE_IS_BEING_WATCHED
F**K OFF

greedy little p2p wankers.

I used to use something similar, but now, there's a partial solution. For sites that require registration, I use BugMeNot.

No longer need to register.

In fact, Firefox even has an extension for it. So I simply just right click, choose BugMeNot, and get a username and password for that site.

Enjoy,

Seems I'm pretty much the only one who used nothing@all.com before BugMeNot came to be.

I own a domain that relates to a popular TV show -- many people use characters' email addresses when polluting registration databases (instead of using BugMeNot) and I get that email.

I also set up an AOL screenname "ignoreallemail@aol.com" and I use it when I'm polluting a database myself. I don't think that one can be killed. AOL dumps the inbox for me as it fills, but since I don't read any email there, I don't care.

Annoying, I agree, but there are workarounds: http://www.bugmenot.com/

Get around required registration! usernames and passwords for the NYTimes

<grouse>

Amen.

Every ./ user should be using bugmenot by now. And every person who whines about subscription required should be using and promoting bugmenot! I don't think there's anything wrong with the NYTimes asking for registration. I think it's wrong that you slackers are complaining about it, rather than showing them the futility of trying to gather information this way.

It's similar to people who protests against copyright laws, but aren't actively distributing copyrighted material. The only way to beat the system is to BREAK it. If you aren't being civily disobediant, you are supporting the law.

</grouse>

Finally, as regards the article itself:

But the politics surrounding open-source software do not always fit neatly into party categories. The people who work on software like the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server and others are an eclectic bunch of technologists. "You'll find gun nuts along with total lefties," Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, said in an e-mail message.

So the real point here is that support of open source has nothing to do with political ideology?

"It may be that the populist-versus-establishment dynamic plays out as Democrat versus Republican in this election," Mr. Weitzner said. "But the open-source movement is a populist phenomenon, enabled by the Internet, and not a partisan force in any traditional sense of politics."

So, the article says CLEARLY that open source is not a stricly republican or democrat favorite.

Eric Raymond, a leading open-source advocate, writing in his online "Jargon File," described the politics of the archetypal open-source programmer, whom he calls J. Random Hacker, as "vaguely liberal-moderate, except for the strong libertarian contingent, which rejects conventional left-right politics entirely."

And of course Libertarians are further right on the political line graph than republicans, and they are big supporters of OSS. So OSS views actually have NOTHING to do with your political party?

This story is pure and simple propoganda. The headline and opening paragraphs make it seem like republicans are against open source. It would be like saying Democrats are against gay marriage just because John Kerry is The reality is that politics, like OSS decisions are all about choice. In this case, one person chose their platform of choice. For example, This Repbulican introduced legislation in Texas which seeks to ensure that free/open-source software is given a level playing field when competing with proprietary products in state agencies There was a /. article about it a year ago, but damned if I can find it now.

That doesn't mean all republicans are pro OSS either. It just means that

OSS is prefered by everyone who gets to know it

the NYTimes is pro-Kerry

if you must read the Times, read the whole article.

Sometimes (pun intended) the reporting is good, but the headlines are rarely written by the reporters who know the story. Editors write headlines, and they write the headline that will get the most people to buy the paper. They slant them as per their personal choice and perception as to wh

<grouse>

Amen.

Every ./ user should be using bugmenot by now. And every person who whines about subscription required should be using and promoting bugmenot! I don't think there's anything wrong with the NYTimes asking for registration. I think it's wrong that you slackers are complaining about it, rather than showing them the futility of trying to gather information this way.

It's similar to people who protests against copyright laws, but aren't actively distributing copyrighted material. The only way to beat the system is to BREAK it. If you aren't being civily disobediant, you are supporting the law.

</grouse>

Finally, as regards the article itself:

But the politics surrounding open-source software do not always fit neatly into party categories. The people who work on software like the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server and others are an eclectic bunch of technologists. "You'll find gun nuts along with total lefties," Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, said in an e-mail message.

So the real point here is that support of open source has nothing to do with political ideology?

"It may be that the populist-versus-establishment dynamic plays out as Democrat versus Republican in this election," Mr. Weitzner said. "But the open-source movement is a populist phenomenon, enabled by the Internet, and not a partisan force in any traditional sense of politics."

So, the article says CLEARLY that open source is not a stricly republican or democrat favorite.

Eric Raymond, a leading open-source advocate, writing in his online "Jargon File," described the politics of the archetypal open-source programmer, whom he calls J. Random Hacker, as "vaguely liberal-moderate, except for the strong libertarian contingent, which rejects conventional left-right politics entirely."

And of course Libertarians are further right on the political line graph than republicans, and they are big supporters of OSS. So OSS views actually have NOTHING to do with your political party?

This story is pure and simple propoganda. The headline and opening paragraphs make it seem like republicans are against open source. It would be like saying Democrats are against gay marriage just because John Kerry is The reality is that politics, like OSS decisions are all about choice. In this case, one person chose their platform of choice. For example, This Repbulican introduced legislation in Texas which seeks to ensure that free/open-source software is given a level playing field when competing with proprietary products in state agencies There was a /. article about it a year ago, but damned if I can find it now.

That doesn't mean all republicans are pro OSS either. It just means that

OSS is prefered by everyone who gets to know it

the NYTimes is pro-Kerry

if you must read the Times, read the whole article.

Sometimes (pun intended) the reporting is good, but the headlines are rarely written by the reporters who know the story. Editors write headlines, and they write the headline that will get the most people to buy the paper. They slant them as per their personal choice and perception as to wh

use bugmenot. you are using firefox, right?
if not, you can go to the site and get a login.

Bookmark BugMeNot or get the BugMeNot Firefox plugin. Use it. Love it.

Soul-sucking registration no longer required to read the NY Times online! Check out BugMeNot.com for usernames and passwords -- there's even a Firefox plugin, or a JavaScript bookmarklet for those of you who haven't seen the light yet.

Soul-sucking registration no longer required to read the NY Times online! Check out BugMeNot.com for usernames and passwords -- there's even a Firefox plugin, or a JavaScript bookmarklet for those of you who haven't seen the light yet.

BugMeNot.com

also has a firefox plugin!

Use http://www.bugmenot.com/ for soul-sucking registration-free login/pass.

I think they'd be more likely to release the search algorithms. Almost nobody can handle giant clusters like they can...Akamai is one of the few exceptions...and that power base is a huge advantage for them. Here is a great article about all this...soul-sucking free registration required unless you use BugMeNot.

I got this link from here on /. for communal userid/psswds. Make sure to use it for the greater good of mankind. Bug Me Not

Try this:
Non-subscribe option #1

Slashdot won't let me link to the javascript, and pasting it in as code adds a bunch of spaces, so you should probably just visit their page, it's right on the homepage, the link "bookmarklet." Just drag it to your quicklaunch bar, or wherever you'd like.

....right here.

Solution to the problem presented in the article: A database of pregenerated username/passwords for "free" news sites.

http://www.bugmenot.com solves all problems.