How to view articles at washingtonpost.com without an account

This may be something that is widely known, but I'm mainly blogging about it for my own personal reminder in the future. Like most people, I hate having to create an account just to read a news article at the WashingtonPost.com. I barely ever go there anyway, and it's usually to look at the job postings, which don't require an account to view.

Anyways, I recently dugg a story on Digg.com that was a link to a washingtonpost.com story and I didn't have to create an account. I was wondering how come I didn't have to create an account to view the article, so I checked the link and sure enough I found my answer. At the end of every articles URL there this piece of code without the quotes "?referrer=digg". So this obviously tells washingtonpost.com that any traffic comming from digg does not need an account to view the article, seems logical to me.

So to read any article at washingtonpost.com just right click( or Command Click) and "Copy Link". Then paste the link in the URL bar and append ?referrer=digg

Example:
Before: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/21/AR2007012101188.html

After: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/21/AR2007012101188.html?referrer=digg

I know there are websites out there that give you dummy accounts to use, but this is much easier, so don't bash me. And who knows, maybe Digg gets a couple pennies for every time they get referred from digg, so it works out for everyone.

Enjoi!!