It is false economy. And worse than not having it at all. It condones poor habits and impede progress. No wonder the top 10 passwords are still:

123456
password
12345
12345678
qwerty
123456789
1234
baseball
dragon
football

Most password meters are junk. Here is Drupal's:

Will you help me complete my graph?

Sometimes I wish I can unread or unknow something. I have no words.

Pathetic Thing

I am not one for raising news stories, but this one hit close to home. With no electricity for 36 hours you tend to suffer some consequences. Such as throwing out $400 worth of food from your fridge / refrigerator. Potentially losing very expensive fish from your aquarium due to O₂ starvation, cold and buildup of H₂S in the biofilter due to anaerobic conditions due to the stagnant water. Needing to wash yourself in freezing cold water...

These are from a 1.5km radius from my home: