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Most Expensive JavaScript Ever?
ekran writes "A while ago Opera Software needed more servers. Not just a few servers either — they were planning Opera Mini's growth, implementing Opera Link, and My Opera was also growing quickly.
Most of the major hardware vendors grabbed their specs and came back with offers and sample servers shipped all the way to Oslo for testing. One of the biggest vendors, however, did not do their homework. They shipped the server, but when the Opera sysadmins started up the web-admin interface, they were met with a JavaScript statement that managed to piss off the whole company including the CTO. The script, apparently, locked out the Opera web-browser."
A while ago Opera Software needed more servers
I think they still do.
spoof the agent, just like everyone else who uses Opera
What's the current SMP/NOK exchange rate?
This guy's the limit!
Not that Opera doesn't have serious funding... but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this javascript would be more expensive, most of the time
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if (is.explorer)
{
window.location.href="config/error.htm";
}
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The British cartoonist Giles is said to have made himself practically sacking proof by one of his cartoons. The Duke of Edinburgh remarked that "The [Daily, owned by Beaverbrook] Express is a bloody awful newspaper."
Giles promptly did a cartoon of his employer being led off in chains by Yeoman Warders, watched by the Duke, with the caption
From scarped cliff or quarried stone she cries "A thousand types are gone, I care for nothing, no not one."
currencies:
NOK = Norwegian krone
SMP = Slashdot Mod Points
The uncyclopedia will explain:
Free Martian Whores!
Many years ago, we were bidding on a US Postal Service contract to supply computer equipment to all of their offices. We had several pallets of bid material on the loading dock, ready to go. Fortunately, one of the program managers made a last minute check and discovered (in time!) that nobody had bothered to tell the shipping department to ignore the standard, "Ship all contract proposals FedEx, overnight", procedure in this case.....
And more importantly, how many Libraries of Congress can we fill if we buy 5.25" floppy disks full of The Internet?
Finally had enough. Come see us over at https://soylentnews.org/
That must be terrible, being forced to use a non-broken browser. I'm so sorry!
Americans making currency jokes about an oil exporting country.
That's why love this site.
Trolls are so obvious lately. Back then they were more green and weren't that fat. Sigh...
Quick way to get 30% Funny 70% Troll: defend Opera browser on
I'd mod you "-1, Annoying as hell typing syntax".
How else are they going to make the cool intro screen with flying text and their logo that links to main.htm?
The Library of Congress is a unit of data storage, not a unit of volume!
... and it worked. It displays just fine. Are they trying to make their competitors look good or something?
now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
Why can't it be both? It wouldn't be that hard to measure the volume of all the buildings making up the LoC.
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Who's there?
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You really, REALLY don't want to know why some places mandate the GIMP as a graphics editor.
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That's what cubic football stadiums are for.
Your head a splode
Way ahead of you, my friend!
.there is enough of everything for everyone.
What's the current SMP/NOK exchange rate?
The same as the current SMP/ATD (Alterian Dollar) exchange rate. The problem here is the Vogons mod everything down except their own poetry.
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Remind me, exactly how many cubic footballs fit into one stadium?
The same as the ratio of Schrute Bucks to Stanley Nickels or Unicorns to Leprechauns.
volkswagen beetles are a measure of volume
football stadiums are a measure of area
round trips to the moon is a measure of lenght
parsecs are a measure of time
shitloads are a mesure of weight
bajillions are a dimensionless quantity
and the measure of power is a universal constant: 1.21 jigawatts
What ? Me, worry ?
Fantastic! I nominate yours for a Slashdot Achievement (which if they don't have then they certainly *should* have!)
Most Tortured Car Analogy of the Year ;)