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Since when does "optional" mean "required"?

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  • P PIEBALDconsult

    http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Uploads/2587207/RSSbus.png[^] :doh:

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    Erik Burd
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    Sounds about right. I see this often on other web sites, where they don't specify something is required, but you only find out after clicking on Submit.

    "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian

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    • P PIEBALDconsult

      http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Uploads/2587207/RSSbus.png[^] :doh:

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      Lost User
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      They want you to enter an email address with the optional domain, eg. piebold at optional.com

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        They want you to enter an email address with the optional domain, eg. piebold at optional.com

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        Oh, so I didn't need to specify Bill@Gates.com ?

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        • P PIEBALDconsult

          http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Uploads/2587207/RSSbus.png[^] :doh:

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          It is optional. You can chose to give them your email address, or somebody else's. :-D

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            It is optional. You can chose to give them your email address, or somebody else's. :-D

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            I really need to keep a list of the addresses that noobs post on here...

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              I really need to keep a list of the addresses that noobs post on here...

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              OriginalGriff
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              Get thee behind me Satan! I must admit, there are a few QA posters that it is tempting to sign up for some ... erm ... specialist ... websites... :laugh:

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              • P PIEBALDconsult

                http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Uploads/2587207/RSSbus.png[^] :doh:

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                newton saber
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                seriously, this is where http://mailinator.com[^] comes in terrifically handy. All you do is make up your [name]@mailinator.com and you are good to go. Later if you want to check that email, you can by going to the main page and typing your original [name] into the text box. Very easy and fantastic for all those coupons sites and the like. Yes, the email can be read by anyone who has/guesses the one you used. Yes, they email are stored in memory for (some time) and then trashed. Try it, you'll love it.

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                  seriously, this is where http://mailinator.com[^] comes in terrifically handy. All you do is make up your [name]@mailinator.com and you are good to go. Later if you want to check that email, you can by going to the main page and typing your original [name] into the text box. Very easy and fantastic for all those coupons sites and the like. Yes, the email can be read by anyone who has/guesses the one you used. Yes, they email are stored in memory for (some time) and then trashed. Try it, you'll love it.

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                  OriginalGriff
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                  There is also http://10minutemail.com[^] - which does what it says on the tin: the address lasts just ten minutes (unless you tell it you want another ten).

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    seriously, this is where http://mailinator.com[^] comes in terrifically handy. All you do is make up your [name]@mailinator.com and you are good to go. Later if you want to check that email, you can by going to the main page and typing your original [name] into the text box. Very easy and fantastic for all those coupons sites and the like. Yes, the email can be read by anyone who has/guesses the one you used. Yes, they email are stored in memory for (some time) and then trashed. Try it, you'll love it.

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                    dan sh
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                    I prefer AOL. :laugh:

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                    • P PIEBALDconsult

                      http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Uploads/2587207/RSSbus.png[^] :doh:

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                      This is simply the design pattern "Only One Radio Button" exists :laugh: Bruno

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