agreed, i'm about to sign up to hashcows for testing and these password requirements are cumbersome
about 85% of the computers i use are 23 year old radio shack types and a variety of letters can be quite sticky
not to mention letters can be used to form words that some people find offensive
i say make required passwords be a 3 digit pin (no duplicate digits! i might hit the key twice on accident!) and leave it at that
If this isn't sarcasm, I just don't quite know what to say . . . maybe . . . Wow!
