Ah, yes. I just forgot...this whole blog thing is an interesting animal. What are the standards, are there any standards, how do bulletin boards fitn the blogosphere, etc.
As to the presale issue, I know I'm over pretty far on one end of this spectrum. I am that odd animal that doesn't forward the email to friends. I will PM someone here who didn't get the email (which is probably a slippery slope, I understand).
These presales are always such cluster%^&@s, so it makes sense to me that you try to keep the passwords as limited as you can, reasonably.
I know this is in fact a probably unreasonable desire, but it's my opinion. I'm a pretty big rule follower. You should see my Myers-Briggs score!