take back the web.. again - Page 2

BigV · 05-18-2005, 05:40 PM

Oh yay. I haven't unlimbered my pedantic muscles in a long time.

"Cybortion"? That's funny, but its more like a process-prophylactic since it prevents something from starting instead of ending something already begun.

While we're on the subject of funny usage, why are y'all getting exercised about "kill" being inappropriate for describing the stopping, but no eyelash is batted when "execute" is used to describe go, run, activate?

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NoScript provides extra protection for your Mozilla Firefox browser: this extension allows JavaScript execution only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site).

This whitelist based pre-emptive script blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even not known yet!) with no loss of functionality...

You can enable JavaScript execution for sites you trust with a simple left-click on the NoScript status bar icon (look at the picture), or using the contextual menu, for easier operation in popup statusbar-less dialog.

Staying safe has never been so easy!. Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript :-)

(bold mine) ...yeah. Pro(cess)phylactic.

Clodfobble · 05-18-2005, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

wow, this is fun. it is unusual to see clodfobble poking people with sticks.

Spammers and poor grammar both push my buttons.

I've been thinking about the first, and I think that it's because I am inexplicably terrified that this board will somehow become overrun with people like this and I will have the most awesome place on the internet taken away from me. I know that UT would never let that happen, but I'm still rabid about protecting it.

wolf · 05-18-2005, 08:08 PM

That's why this place is so cool.

Except for some very rare exceptions (and the Invasion of the Intelligence Snatchers (released in the UK as TINPeople) ... it's self-correcting.

Gwennie! · 05-18-2005, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Be Less Bored

Yes, by now most people with any sense have abandoned Internet Explorer and switched to firefox. Take back the web again with this literally killer extension:

http://www.noscript.net/

BLB, you'd get a better response if you didn't belittle people (any sense) before evangelising a possibly good thing. The "literally killer" phrase is also annoying; I didn't think you meant literally "kill -9 29323", but it evokes the idea that someone died from executing (re:earlier post) javascript.

It seems that whitelisting javascript publishers would work pretty well, at least in the short term. Eventually, web site publishers would have to switch to serving ads from third party ad networks on the publisher's own whitelisted URLs.

A popular extension for FireFox is AdBlock, which allows the reader to black list URLs with regular expression patterns. AdBlock works very well once you have a decent black list.

The company I work for is one of the largest ad networks on the Internet. We serve over 9 Billion impressions per month. In a face near you.

Silent · 05-19-2005, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by hot_pastrami

Yes... highly cromulent words, those. My vocabulary has been embiggened today.

To contiue the thread hijacking, I stumbled on this beauty yesterday:

tetrahedrotransmogrispinnify: To spin round faster than the speed of light.
Example: The ball spun round really fast. I thought it would tetrahedrotransmogrispinnify.

BrianR · 05-19-2005, 08:10 AM

Personally, I don't know how I got along without using StumbleUpon.

I forget who introduced me to this surfing tool, but now I can waste hours and hours surfing sites I would never have found otherwise. On one memorable occasion, I only stopped because I noticed the sun coming up and realized that I had forgotten to sleep!

a POX on your head, whoever you are!

Brian

hot_pastrami · 05-19-2005, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

I forget who introduced me to this surfing tool, but now I can waste hours and hours surfing sites I would never have found otherwise. On one memorable occasion, I only stopped because I noticed the sun coming up and realized that I had forgotten to sleep!

a POX on your head, whoever you are!

I fear that I may be the one whose head you mean to pox. Fortunately, I have an impoxable head.

BigV · 05-19-2005, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

I forget who introduced me to this surfing tool, but now I can waste hours and hours surfing sites I would never have found otherwise. On one memorable occasion, I only stopped because I noticed the sun coming up and realized that I had forgotten to sleep!

a POX on your head, whoever you are!

Brian

HP's post was before mine, but I promise mine was an independent discovery. So, there is a chance I am guilty as well.

footfootfoot · 05-19-2005, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hot_pastrami

Yes... highly cromulent words, those. My vocabulary has been embiggened today.

I dream of the entire cellar being waited on by stacyv and having her ask our table if we've been "embeveraged" yet.

A boy can DREAM can't he???

Be Less Bored · 05-20-2005, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I thought we were going to go out and be a roving gang of vigilantes

Hey I'm not going to stop you. At least not as long as you carry a pointy stick.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

No, you don't get it. Javascript is not alive. It cannot be killed.

You must have been really annoying in programming classes.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

"Sir, processes aren't really alive. Please stop promoting the slaughter. I'm having a hard time sleeping at night. I don't literally have a porn addiction. It's only a virtual relationship I swear. The school counselor insists I'm a good person. Can you help me write a program to remind myself of that?"

Wow.. you have so many issues. Take a metaphor and don't call me in the morning.

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Originally Posted by Gwennie!

The company I work for is one of the largest ad networks on the Internet. We serve over 9 Billion impressions per month. In a face near you.

Now where'd that pointy stick weilding gun run off to?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2005, 07:27 PM

Hmmmm.

wolf · 09-15-2005, 01:07 AM

Everyone totally needs this Mozilla extension.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-23-2005, 09:34 PM

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Yes... highly cromulent words, those. My vocabulary has been embiggened today.

And not hemipygian either. Unlike that Hubbardism "enturbulate."

BrianR · 09-24-2005, 06:52 AM

Wolf...what does it do? There is a deplorable lack of description.

wolf · 09-24-2005, 11:02 AM

The Bene Geserrit prayer. Whenever you need it. Pops up on your desktop in a window. You click "ok" when you're done.

05-18-2005, 08:08 PM	#18
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That's why this place is so cool. Except for some very rare exceptions (and the Invasion of the Intelligence Snatchers (released in the UK as TINPeople) ... it's self-correcting. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-19-2005, 08:10 AM	#21
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Personally, I don't know how I got along without using StumbleUpon. I forget who introduced me to this surfing tool, but now I can waste hours and hours surfing sites I would never have found otherwise. On one memorable occasion, I only stopped because I noticed the sun coming up and realized that I had forgotten to sleep! a POX on your head, whoever you are! Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-04-2005, 07:27 PM	#26
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hmmmm. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:56 PM.

09-15-2005, 01:07 AM	#27
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Everyone totally needs this Mozilla extension. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-24-2005, 11:02 AM	#30
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Bene Geserrit prayer. Whenever you need it. Pops up on your desktop in a window. You click "ok" when you're done. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-24-2005, 06:52 AM	#29
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Wolf...what does it do? There is a deplorable lack of description.

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