DOH!
Hey! They are listening!! Thank you HardSparkle... I am elated that this has finally been given a response. To you this might sound like a small problem, I run an ISP in the midwest and have reccomended this site to several of my customers who really want to learn. They are kind of like my students, and several have forgotten their info and have been unable to log into their accounts. I promised them I would try my best to retieve their user names so they can get back on. I also know this sounds very feeble, but these people are not very versed in computer ethics at all, they don't yet have the insticnts that most of us here have. I have been known on AO as a kind of "old d00d" that tends to take nubes under my wing when I see their potential. I understand too that a lot of those nubes have been banned when I couldn't jump in to try to protect them, if I can't find their profile I cannot track their movements on this board to find out where they have screwed up. Some have deserved it, most have not, usually their glowing ignorance is all it takes to get them banned.
This brings me to the fact that JM has removed the more "general" forums from the front page, I have always thought that should be an earned choice for the Senior Members to be able to choose what they want to see on the front page. Most of my "students" screw up the worst in the forums that have been removed from casual viewing. The nature of this community has a lot of newbies afraid to post in the security forums because they do not know security... at all! So... For the sake of your Senior Members that DO contribute to the quality of this site, I think you ought to consider this request. I will forget all of the changes of the past (banner free surfing and the like) if you will fix these problems and work on giving us Seniors a bit of incentive to stay here, I will be much less critical of your "improvements" in the future.
Don't let these wounds fester, they may become gangrenous.
