Is a cryptic password always necessary?

[Erik Ryberg <ryberg@seanet.com>]

Hello,

I have a home machine which I'm not too worried about security wise.  If
I don't go on-line as root, is a difficult to type and remember password
really necessary?

Thanks.
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