Re: Need help on modifying and assembly of a small program!

From: NoDot (no_dot_at_msn.remove_this.com)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:34:39 -0500

Beth wrote:
> I wouldn't know, Frank...I don't use IE, I use Mozilla (and develop the
> HTML pages on that: With specific purpose too, as Mozilla is the "most
> standards compliant" browser)...also, Opera correctly handles this
> situation too, as does Konqueror...I solely use IE for the only purpose of
> "double-check" with another browser...I'd fracking uninstall the nightmare
> of a thing instantly, if only Microsoft hadn't "hard-wired" it into the
> OS...

I prefer Firefox, which *should* be as standards compliant, since it
uses the same rendering engine.

> ...I'm also perfectly aware that XHTML is lowercase only (and tags
> must match and lone tags should have a slash at the end and...and...) but,
> sorry, I didn't see there was any useful point whatsoever to "XHTML
> compatibility"

If XHTML takes off like I'd expect, then the conversion problems won't
exist.

Besides, if nothing else, lowercase tags are easier to read, because the
human mind takes lowercase letters better than uppercase letters. (I
read this is one of Randall's books on his site. I think it was about
writting readable MASM code.) (The idea makes sense, considering the
number of lowercase letters vs uppercase letters one reads everyday.)

> I wouldn't say "dump SF", though...their facilities are good and
> useful...and it only effects the mailing-list...I just need to find some
> other free Email thingy or something...I think it's much easier for
> Mohammed to go to the mountain than the other way around, yes? Problem is,
> Hotmail was rather useful because it works with Outlook directly (you know,
> no horrible "webmail" crap) and - an absolute requirement in my case, as I
> loathe the things - no adverts automatically pasted onto whatever you send
> and so forth...what's Google's "gmail" like? I'll look around...there's got
> to be something...or, indeed, NoDot mentioned he has "spare" Emails on his
> Email thingy...might be easiest to "borrow" one of those, if that works...

That might work, I'll just have to check on size limits.

You could also just grab an UnlimitedMail account for yourself. They
even have instructions on how to set it up with Outlook Express. (The
POP access is the main reason I have it in the first place.)

> [ I think, these days, some kind of "install / uninstall" functionality
> should probably be "built-in" to OSes...this could even help to improve
> "security", perhaps...if all programs have to go through some "install"
> process to be executable, then the OS could do some "MD5 sum" on the
> file...and then whenever you go to run the program again, it can check the
> "sum" once more to ensure that no nasty virus has attached itself to the
> file...and, if part of the OS itself, then it could store these "sums" out
> of reach from viruses being able to read them...perfect place for a "virus
> checker" to attach itself...so, as well as providing "easy and clean
> install / uninstall", it could also be used to improve the
> "security"...some "policy" where no executable file is permitted to be
> executable without passing it through the "install" procedure (which is
> where a "virus checker" can check it, the OS can work out a "checksum"
> which it can then use to "double-check" the program has not been modified
> and the "install" procedure can _always_ show a "do you want to install
> XYZ?" prompt on the screen, so you can't have any "spyware" or "viruses"
> trying to install themselves without a big prompt flashing up in the middle
> of the screen...unless they get "permissions" to be installed by the user
> with the prompt, they can't be executed :)... ]

I'll think about this for the DotOS design; though, it sounds like an
Admin/root thing to me.

> Beth :) 

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