An Andy Rooney Rap Session

Do you know who Andy Rooney is? The wry, witty, fuss-budget octogenarian who's been appearing on CBS's 60 Minutes forever? Andy always has a grip about something and vents his spleen without shame, all the while posing pointed questions about things that probably aggravate many of us. Could it be that this is why Andy's lived to be an octogenarian and is still so with it? So, for the next few days, let's have a real Andy Rooney Rap Session a get whatever's been bugging you off your chest--whether in  NetMarketing, the neighbors' dog, TV commercials, whatever.

OK, so here's mine. Everybody's probably seen by now those Turning Numbers, Security Codes that many web sites for programs have. We all understand that they are a necessary aggravation these days because so many bad guys out there could automatically sign us up for programs that we have absolutely no interest or need for. But why the heck do so many of them have to be illegible? Yes, many of them have a sound option, but many of us prefer to go about our Web business with the speakers off, and not have unexpected messages blared out at us. From my experience, these turning numbers are graphic files, as opposed to text. One would assume that robots are scanning for text, and can't read any graphic file. So why the *#@ do the security codes have to look like something that a two year old wrote, then put out on the barn yard for the chickens to scratch?  Really, do we need the extra eye strain? Does anyone know why security codes have to be so blasted illegible?

Now let's hear what's been bugging you!