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sometimes I wish my sisters all had their own computers so they would leave mine alone. I go take a shower, come back and there's 50 new spyware programs running in the background and my favorites list suddenly doubles in size.

Then I realize that I'd have to network all their computers and do 24/7 tech support and fix them when they screwed them up, not to mention protect the damn network from the virus's they seem to download for fun, and I realize maybe its not just a good idea.
 
One dude during my apprenticeship(it takes 4 years, he said it in the 3rd year, let's say, he's just a normal geek(after this quote, not really actually)


We had to install Linux and the Apache Webserver with PHP
The whole Class: Damn, Netscape 4.7 sux big donkey balls. It just fvcks up whole webpages sometimes and Internet Explorer can display it correctly. And damn, you also have to write specific Javascripts for each browser. (that was the time before Mozilla and let me remind you, Netscape 4.7 DID suck balls)
Smartass: Yeah, it really sucks... it can't even display PHP pages.


he said it in a real serious tone and was wondering why we were laughing at him 🙂
 
ndee: I'd like to say I laughed at that but I have no idea why it's funny since I know nothing about *nix or php.

Explanation?
 
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
ndee: I'd like to say I laughed at that but I have no idea why it's funny since I know nothing about *nix or php.

Explanation?

OK, php is a server scripting language, it has nothing to do if a browser can display it or not. It's only a matter if the server has PHP installed. You use php for dynamic pages and stuff. And we were bashing Netscape for it's stupid Javascript support and he thought it would be cool if he can bash Netscape too 🙂
 
ndee:

Actually, there are certain things that netscape can't display and i.e. did display it correctly. I forgot which instance, but it happened to me a couple of times.
 
Originally posted by: MonkeyDriveExpress
"You don't have AOL on this computer, how can I get on the internet without AOL?" My mother

That's my mother!!!!

Just convinced her to drop AOL after 10 years.... maybe.

 
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
ndee:

Actually, there are certain things that netscape can't display and i.e. did display it correctly. I forgot which instance, but it happened to me a couple of times.

PHP generates HTML code(normally), no? So it would be a HTML problem and no PHP problem. A browser doesn't need a special "add-on" for PHP, right?
 
Originally posted by: ndee
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo ndee: Actually, there are certain things that netscape can't display and i.e. did display it correctly. I forgot which instance, but it happened to me a couple of times.
PHP generates HTML code(normally), no? So it would be a HTML problem and no PHP problem. A browser doesn't need a special "add-on" for PHP, right?
It's been a while and I need to dig deep to remember which, either some java or php scripts that didn't execute properly in netscape.
 
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
Originally posted by: ndee
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo ndee: Actually, there are certain things that netscape can't display and i.e. did display it correctly. I forgot which instance, but it happened to me a couple of times.
PHP generates HTML code(normally), no? So it would be a HTML problem and no PHP problem. A browser doesn't need a special "add-on" for PHP, right?
It's been a while and I need to dig deep to remember which, either some java or php scripts that didn't execute properly in netscape.

Javascript? Fully agree. PHP itself? Totally disagree 🙂
 
We had a guys windows 98 machine in for virus removal. I happened to be the one who checked him out when he paid for it. Our conversation went like this:

Him: "So the machine no longer has a virus?"

Me: "Yes sir."

Him: "Good, now I can format it without worrying."

I just handed him his machine and thanked him.
 
Concerning the original post, IIRC, one of the major software companies quite a few years ago released software that did indeed contain a virus. I wish I could remember more about it, but it had to be at least 10 years ago.
 
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