in reply to Totally OT Microsoft RTFM

not quite...
http://www.microsoft.com&item=q209353@hardware.no/nyheter/feb01/Q209354%20-%20HOWTO.htm
                                     ^
           indicates url has a username & password...

username=www.microsoft.com
password=item=q209353
http://hardware.no/nyheter/feb01/Q209354%20-%20HOWTO.htm
Slashdot got plagued with these silly things a while ago...

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Off the off topic: Opera (was: Totally OT Microsoft RTFM)
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Feb 03, 2002 at 00:45 UTC
    Opera brings up a dialog box with just that info, warning you that you're hitting a URL with an embedded username whenever you do.

    Makeshifts last the longest.