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I really can't be bothered to create an account and sign up for spam from every single website I ever browse. Other news sites, such as the LA Times are beginning to follow suit. I saw an interesting article in a UK news site the other day, only to be prompted with a box telling me to register, then pick a userid that hasn't already been taken, then choose a password they consider to be secure enough, then wait who knows how many minutes for an email to arrive, then click on the URL encoded in the mail, then verify my account, then log in, then go to the story I was interested in. Needless to say, I didn't look at the story.

The NY Times Random Login Generator is a good start, but if every news site (or content sites in general) start requiring cumbersome registration, all the sudden the internet becomes far less useful.

- Rob

- Rob

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Go here for the NYT Random Login Generator.

Registration-free link: http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html?url=2002/06/15 / echnology/15NET.html&submit

Here's a link to an script that automatically generates a subscription, so you can see the article without hassles.

Enter the NY Times Random Login Generator! http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html

you must mean this

For the impatient here's an automatic registration link to the article.

For the impatient here's an automatic registration link to the article.

Go to this url, http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html and paste this address into the form:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/technology/10WIR E.html&submit
Then just press submit. It'll create you an account and log you right in. Nice and simple!!!! :-)

Here's a link through the Random NYTimes Registration Generator to view the NYT article anonymously:

> http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html might come in handy for some

And here's an HTML link for those who want to just click instead of copy and pasting.

Greets.
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Posting anonymously to avoid childish karma-whore flames.

Registering sucks

thanks

Try this.

use this for logging in

...or, even better, use the NYT Random Login Generator.

Those who want to read the NY Times articles but do not have a login can generate one here.

NY Times random login generator there should be more of these, we need to make our lives easier, there is no need whatsoever for nytimes to require my userinformation to display free articles. If they want to display their articles freely why have these login requirements at all?

We can have all sorts of stories posted about the latest Linux kernel patch level, but when it comes to important matters of freedom... the Slashdot editors turn the other way ("Oooh! Puppies!"). Sorry for the OT, but this is for those interested in the fight to keep freedom in and censorship out of libraries...


* 2002-06-01 13:41:19 Courts Strike Down Law For Library Filters (yro,news) (rejected) According to this story over at the NewYork Times (free registration automatically generated for you), a "federal court panel struck down a law requiring libraries to filter the Internet for material harmful to minors yesterday, saying that the technology blocks so much unobjectionable material that it would violate the First Amendment rights of library patrons." I think we all know what a great win this is, especially if you've ever had a search struck down when doing research on breast cancer or the Holocaust (such nasty topics children should never be exposed to, appearantly).

Skip that pesky login process.

Login to NYTimes without registering by clicking here, and then just click Register and Go.

Cameras to Seek Faces of Terror in Visitors to the Statue of Liberty

(NY Times article)

Never screw with that registration crap

Godless Capitalist has followed up the post you referenced by pointing out that a committee has been formed. This was mentioned earlier, but the Times article seems more informative and names the high profile members of the committee. .

Use this link to automatically generate a login and view the article.

I can't figure out what his motive could be. Like Godless mentioned, he was destined to be found out when engineers attempted to create products. I wonder if he was trying to gain riches or fame, or if (unlikely) he believed so much in the new technology that he wanted to see it attempted even if he had to fudge some results.

Now what would be -really- useful is for someone to write a PHP script that goes to the signup page, enters random information. signs you up, then logs in and goes to the page you originally wanted. Then we could just point all the links to mydomain.net/ReferToNyTimes?StoryID=x You mean something like this?

I got your link, right HERE!

It's funny, but every time a NYT story comes up on /. now, the first thing I do is search for the direct link (which doesn't seem to be working right now) in the comments (since I didn't keep the cookie), then I read the replies about how posting this link is evil, a DMCA violation, it's karma whoring, and bla bla bla... :)

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It's funny, but every time a NYT story comes up on /. now, the first thing I do is search for the direct link (which doesn't seem to be working right now) in the comments (since I didn't keep the cookie), then I read the replies about how posting this link is evil, a DMCA violation, it's karma whoring, and bla bla bla... :)

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Generate your own random info here

http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html

http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html?url=http://www . ytimes.com/2002/05/10/movies/10STAR.html&submit

Generates a random login every time and jumps to the page ... until they change the registration format again, that is...

Anyone else notice the blah/blah and yada/yada login/passwords don't seem to work at New York Times anymore. Perhaps they have noticed the huge number using those accounts and cancelled them. Use this link instead.

Use the NYT Random Login Generator to get around that pesky registration requirement.

Don't forget the New York Times Random Login Generator for those annoying NYT links. Now, you can link directly to the article in question, and a fresh login is generated every time.

Don't forget the New York Times Random Login Generator for those annoying NYT links. Now, you can link directly to the article in question, and a fresh login is generated every time.

As always, use this handy page to view the NYT article without registering (yourself) :

NYT random login generator

...now with automatic URL filling and submit, like a real gateway should:

http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html?url=http://www . ytimes.com/2002/05/02/technology/02SUN.html&submit

Article, linked with the NY Times random account generator...

My first time karma whoring. Woa it feels weird. :) It really is annoying to have to register to read an article...

"Synergies": dot.com-speak for "We don't know what the hell we are going to do next".

Don't believe me? Look at Margaret Wente's commentary on BCE's chair resigning at the Globe and Mail, Michael Posner's comments on Vivendi's fall from grace, and perhaps most damagingly, a recent NYT comment (registration, blah blah).

One problem is that 'content driving distribution' ends up looking like trying to play monopoly (in general terms, not the board game), especially when the 'synergistic' entity restricts content competition on distribution channels. Remember the ABC cable fiasco from a couple of years ago, when they wouldn't let one channel show up on people's tv screens?

Another is not restricting access to avoid the public/governmental response outlined above: where's the 'synergy'? If there is no 'synergy', why bother?

AOL-TW is just the biggest failure, not the only one. And to be honest, the prospect of seeing this kind of 21st century 'new' mercantilism fail actually doesn't bother me a whit.

http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html

Ummm.. Niscenus -- are you sure you linked to the correct Christopher Jones on your Slashdot post? This is taken from the website [http://www.christopherrjones.com/] you linked to in the post:

My name is Christopher Ryan Jones. I currently live in Houston, TX. I am a student at North Harris College and the Owner of Think Computing. I guess that should do it for now. Look for more information coming as I have time to post it.

Are you sure this is the same Christopher Jones that is a Microsoft VP? I'm guessing not. Oh and by the way, for those of you who don't know about this and want to login to NYTimes without having to give personal information or fill out the damn forms yourself to make an account you can click here and allow this site to automatically create an account for you and log you in and give you the cookie you need so you don't have to mess with creating an account and all that jazz.
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Just use the Random NY Times Registration Generator.

How many people is this really a problem for, anyway? I can understand that college students don't necessarily have the advantage of cookies, but everyone else? I filled out a fake account, ONCE, and I never have to re-enter it here, unless of course I install a new browser (/me hugs Mozilla 1.0).

Now just allow it to automatically register and view without having each user to type in a link using a link similar to: Click here to read the article anonymously.

http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html

My boss pointed out this handy NYTimes Registration Generator page. Makes viewing the times online much more enjoyable.

http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html generate a registration over here, a lot easier :-)

NYT Random Login Generator

There ya go

http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html