Have a good vacation and see some epic things for me! ;) lol

The problem with the Internet is that everyone keeps coming in with their own little idea of how to do things on it, and damn issues like compatibility or security. It might be worthwhile to write out exactly what you are doing and what responses you get, just as a point of interest.

Retrieving a lost password from Yahoo is practically impossible. I tried it a few times, then I just gave up and started a new account, with a rather nasty password that does not leave my opinion of Yahoo to the imagination.

Naw, my password's fine...I just can't pull up the page because apparently my school's server is blocking any Yahoo-related pages. I think it may be automatic because of the encryption style...I've been on computers that have bitched at me about it before, but this one's definitely the dorm server. I have to keep going to Ari's house or the computer lab just to check my stupid e-mail.
And yeah...they should stop it already!! I don't need all these stupid special cases that my firewall blocks due to their strangeness.

The problem with administering a network in a facility that can literally be used by anyone is that the administrator is forever playing catch-up with things the users do that he thought they would not. If that makes any sense. Whomever runs the network there will probably have experienced a problem with a virus or other malicious software getting through that just happens to match the characteristics of Yahoo's site. Or it could just be Yahoo trying to pull programming tricks that aren't quite kosher. Yahoo are definitely not above playing fast and loose with programming standards.

Of course, none of this would be necessary if the home computer software market was not flooded and practically choking on bad products. I am only able to stay on the net thanks to third-party firewall software, and even some of the programming in that makes me want to hit the programmer. *sigh*

Yeah, it's maddening. I have to keep switching between my computer and Ari's because my school's network refuses to go to some messed-up sites (including Sprint.com and Yahoo! Mail) and his connection refuses to go to others. Grrrrrr.

I find it baffling, honestly, that America can claim to be this paragon of democracy when it is the only country outside of communist Asian dictatorships such as China where one cannot access sites if they are on a particular network. That is basically tantamount to having a police officer following you around at the library and telling you what books you can read. *shakes head*