OT - Internet and on-line booking questions for the group

"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I might throw in a cute pic (warning: contains nudity!):
http://www.hotze.priv.at/centerfold.jpg ...... *yammi*


Mmmmm. Nice, uh, Cherokee...

;-)

I was more impressed with the mountains.

Are you kidding? I had to go back to the picture to see what *was* in the
background. g
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Jim in NC

Ross Younger wrote:

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Alas, I can't open Windows media files either ;-) Ah, such is life...

Get xine. Compile it with libdvdcss and install the Win32 codecs package
that is mentioned in the docs. WMV's, DVD movies, even Quicktime are all
available under Linux.

Here's where to start:
http://xinehq.de/index.php/home

snip

--
Frank....H

"Jose" wrote in message
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Some loops cause a new instance of Explorer each time

I doubt Java has the capability of starting a new process. It would be
antithetical to the whole "sandbox" concept.

In article ,
"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

Jose wrote:

Java is executable code. Executable code can be harmful so many
people turn it off.

Java is not executable code. Java is interpreted code. It can be irritating
(like popups that won't go away), but it cannot be harmful. Unsigned Java
applets are not allowed to access most of the memory of your computer (the
phrase is that they "run in the sandbox"), they aren't allowed to access the
file system, and they can't establish a network connection with any server
except the one you got it from.

Signed applets can do some of these things, but you have to explicitly give
the
server permission to download them every time you download one. Signing for
one
of these can allow damaging software on your machine.

you have way more faith in the correct operation of software than I.

--
Bob Noel

I said it's a messy solution; the best solution is to smallify the picture
or eliminate it.

"Smallify"???

As an old English major, I really like that word.

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

I might throw in a cute pic (warning: contains nudity!):
http://www.hotze.priv.at/centerfold.jpg ...... *yammi*

Mmmmm. Nice, uh, Cherokee...

Yep. Not too many of those blonde Cherokees around. :-)

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Bob Noel wrote:

you have way more faith in the correct operation of software than I.

The software in question (the interpreter) is provided by the internet browser.
I suppose it's always possible for sloppy coding in the Java interpreter to
screw up memory management, but the instruction set doesn't exist in Java to
allow a Java coder to do it. The same is true of file access - Java is incapable
of accessing your computer files or creating files on your machine because the
commands to do this don't exist in the language. This makes it impossible for a
hacker to modify your OS or install things like trojan horses by using Java.
About the worst they can do is cause other applets to start up when you try to
close a window. I've always found that killing the browser from the task window
takes care of that. I've also found that this never happens anyway if I stay
away from pornographic web sites.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

"Jay Honeck" writes:

"Smallify"???

As an old English major, I really like that word.

"Any word in the English language can be verbed."

I've always found that killing the browser from the task window
takes care of that. I've also found that this never happens anyway if I stay
away from pornographic web sites.

It happened to me from acronymfinder.com.

Jose
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Freedom. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

http://www.hotze.priv.at/centerfold.jpg ...... *yammi*


Mmmmm. Nice, uh, Cherokee...

;-)

I was more impressed with the mountains.

Are you kidding? I had to go back to the picture to see what *was*
in the background. g

Who said anything about a background?