Date   : Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:37:12 +0100
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Mailing list

Rob wrote:

 > so all that shared knowledge won't get lost.

At the end of the day, I think that's one of the biggest benefits to any 
group. Not just the discussion in the present, but the history of what 
was. Well, maybe excepting the rubbish I write. :-)


> For sites which provide the entire posting, or most of it, I may not
 > even have to visit the web pages!

Interesting approach!


> Yup.. most of my web browsing is done with animated gifs turned off,
> plugins off, and I always click and block any ads that make it
> through.. this relieves me of most of the crap ..

I keep GIFs and stuff on, but run AdBlocker and a cookie-munger that 
defeats a lot of tracking cookies. I did start a custom imageblock list, 
but AdBlocker put paid to that. It's quite comical to see all these big 
blank spots in websites.
I also have a custom list of cookie exceptions (allow for 
session/disallow). It is a great shame Firefox doesn't have a widget in 
its list of cookies that would one-click push it to the exceptions list, 
so I can say that Amazon.fr can remember me, but meteornetworks 
(McDonalds' service provider) can't.

Still, if I'm going to a site I think may be a bit fishy [*], I actually 
have a use for MSIE8! Load it up, Sh^P and you're into the naffly named 
"InPrivate" browsing mode. NOTHING is remembered. :-)


* - don't think I frequent porn sites. I look for all sorts of stuff, I 
wander around hacker sites looking for interesting ways to hack my 
intranet (for the hell of it) and if anybody has hacked the Sagem 
Livebox Mini (it doesn't have hidden telnet/ftp like the original 
Livebox), plus I wander around YouTube, follow links to stuff that looks 
interesting, look up lyrics to Japanese songs, try to find it in romaji 
:-) and all sorts of webcams. 'cos I have no life. Whatever.

There is only *ONE* time since I got online back in August that Avast 
has freaked out, wet itself, splatted big OMGWTF!!?? warnings around as 
it blocked a potential infection.
It was when looking up an Amish crochet pattern for mom...
OMGWTF indeed!
I expect to get warnings on lyrics sites, especially when they start 
talking Russkie and offering a choice of MP3 downloads - but CROCHET!?


> Ah, now you lie - some definite eye candy here:
> http://www.heyrick.co.uk/willow/index.html

That's biological eye-candy. Doesn't count. :-)


> and a few more of her on [...] along with some random pictures of, well,
 > you! What a juxtaposition..

Gee, thanks.
Those are old pictures. I'm greyer, fatter, crankier. But still with the 
mind of a 12 year old and the reasoning capabilities of an 8 bit CPU. :-)


>> Storage would worry me, and how would the 2MHz CPU be at indexing and
>> threading? How about with a weeks worth of postings? In any case, /way/
>> to trash a floppy! :-)
> Well anybody sensible will have an econet fileserver to hand with at
> least half a gig of space on it ..

Well, that rules out the FileStore on account of storage space (I think 
the StackingFS can only 'legally' go as far as 4x60Mb?) and also on the 
basis of "takesages" and ages and ages and ages.

The MDFS, on the other hand...


Best wishes,

Rick.

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