Cussedness

The natural cussedness of things in general.

  • Windows Mobile 5 WPA Key Input

    I just acquired a new smartphone, with all the bells and whistles, including WiFi capablility, and upon trying to connect to my office network I discovered a particularly stupid piece of GUI design: it is impossible to paste a network key into the wireless key input box. You are forced to type it in manually. If, like me, you have a stupidly long and meaningless 63 character key for security and paranoia purposes, this is rather a pain. In combination with the fact that the input is completely replaced by asterisks it’s borderline impossible. After about four attempts to input my key manually, I gave up and formulated an alternative solution.
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    2 comments • 2007-02-08 11:54 • Categories: Computers, Geek Stuff, Rage • Tags: Fix, HTC Wizard, Qtek 9100, Scripting, Security, WiFi, Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 5, Wireless, WPA

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