Gerry Atrick wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:10:22 GMT, Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org>
> wrote:
>
>>Locked down browser/client -> ActiveX, Java, Javascript, cookies,
>>popups, plugins - especially Flash & WMP, iFrames - I am finding this
>>to be necessary more and more -> all disabled.
>
> While you are correct about this. These days half the websites wont
> work without some or all of this stuff. Many sites these days do

None that I care to use.

> nothing at all without flash. Go to budweiser.com and you see nothing
> with flash disabled. I absolutely hate flash ads, but I love watching

Good. That means there is nothing on budweiser.com worth looking at.

> videos on youtube.com. So I am constantly switching flash on and off

YouTube took over where Napster left off. Number One trafficker of
pirated media content on the internet. YouTube cannot get sued out of
existence fast enough for me.

> with "flash switch". I cant connect to any of the yahoo groups
> without cookies and java script (maybe activeX too). So all I do is

I would rather have Herpes than anything from Yahoo!. Easier to get
rid of. And I won't be party to anyone who had anything to do with
this poor ******* breaking rocks for 10 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4221538.stm

Ten effing years. I haven't used my Yahoo! account since then. Screw
Yahoo!! YMMV.

> switch things on and off, cus alot at all the hassles, and grin and
> bear it. I just removed Quicktime from my computer because it is so
> resource hogging and plays my .mov files really slow with "skips" in
> them. I downloaded "quicktime alternative", began the install, and ws
> told that I must upgrade my activex from 6.x to 9.x. Exactly what I
> DONT want, is MORE ActiveX garbage on my puter. I tossed quicktime

The goal, of course, is _zero_ ActiveX garbage, not more or even less.

> alternative in the recycle bin and now I can not play my .MOV file

Another proprietary format that deserves a special place on the pile
of discarded garbage that we are all better off without.

> collection. I honestly dont know how anyone can run without activex,
> hava script, flash, cookies and all of that. Some days I think using
> a computer is like playing russian roulet, and if you remove the
> "gun", nothing works....

I bought my WinXP box 2 years ago. No Flashcrap. No ActiveX. No inline
media content. No WMP. No RealPlayer. No Quicktime. No
Adobe/Macromedia garbage. Not now. Not ever. Life is good.

Media Player Classic - No Spyware, No Adware, No DRM, No BS

http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

If I cannot use MPC to view it or hear it, I don't want it.

> I do see a Macintosh in my future !!!!

Apple vs. MS? Just a matter of which group of a**holes one chooses to
get into bed with. [g]

Just say no to things like ActiveX and Flashcrap. You might be amazed
at how little you miss this crap, and how much better your life will
be without them. I saw this come down the KL RSS wire the other day.

Suspected virus writer detained in Ukraine

http://www.viruslist.com/en/news?id=208274037

Quote: "The 20-year-old suspected virus writer has no specific
academic qualifications apart from a high-school diploma. He started
writing the new virus in 2005 using the Delphi programming language,
according to a report by the Kommersant newspaper in Ukraine. In order
to spread the virus he embedded it into popular flash animations and
uploaded them to file exchange servers. The Trojan, called “Eye” by
its creator, took over a person’s computer when an infected file was
opened and played, leaving it open to access from the outside. After
that an attacker could freely access information stored on the machine
or hijack its Internet connection."

It's a jungle out there. But it really doesn't have to be. Life is
much better when the 14-year-olds and criminals who traffick in this
crap are no longer in charge of your computer and your life.

I have _never_ had any malware on my computer. Almost none of my
friends and family can say that. But then they do stupid things like
use ActiveX, Flashcrap, HTML-formatted email, etc. IMNSHO, they
deserve the misery that is heaped upon them. If you could not tell
which of the goblets did not contain the poison, would you drink out
of any of them?

It is time to grow up, folks. As always, just my 0.02. YMMV.

Ron