What's the password?

I was thinking the other day...as I typed in my umpteen millionth password...what a person from the middle ages, or even the early 20th Century, would think about all these stupid passwords we have to enter.  I think with the age of the computer came the age of the password.  I have a page of passwords just for programs at work and those change every few months.  We aren't getting to sneak into speakeasies or secret parties...nope - access to a bunch of programs.  Oi!  And you can't use all the same thing for everything or else you'll get hacked. I remember when having secret passwords was something fun, now I have to wrack my brain every time I sit in front of the computer.