A Critique of Pure Passwords...

...and a little advice on how to cope until they are finally made obsolete.

First the Critique:
Passwords shouldn't be simple, but this is getting ridiculous (Guardian.co.uk - John Naughton)

So I think of a really secure, incomprehensible password and type it in. The system rejects it as laughably inadequate. So I try another and another and another. Same result each time. At this point, I'm getting irritated.

Then, a helpful commenter directs us to the advice:

(Click to Enlarge) Source http://xkcd.com/ 

It's true. A 23 character password can be easier to remember than an 11 character password. The longer the password, however, the higher the likelihood of typographical errors and mis-keyed passwords.