How many of those redirects lead to adult sites? A very large number I'd imagine.
Further actual numbers mean little - what percentage of porn sites are infected (or deliberately take malware related action) as opposed to legitimate sites?
Ok, I'm presuming that the problem is native browser printing. The printer section of CSS is the red headed stepchild of the spec with only Opera getting it remotely right. That leaves PDF which has been discussed. Given your description of the situation you might have a third option.
If you're building this for an in house company as it sounds and the server is onsite consider creating a Postscript file and then commanding the OS to print the file normally. This cuts the browser out of the equation entirely and lets you get very specific with the printer since you can use system commands to control it fairly directly (or even cURL to it if the printer runs a webserver - some do). This solution is only viable if you have a specific printer or printers you're using regardless of the location of the computer that is commanding the print job be done.
IE 8 does fully implement CSS 2.1 (no one implements 2.0 sparky) and HTML 4.01 strict. They just did it 2 years after most other browsers had finished it. Psuedo elements (:first-child,:nth-child(even) ) et al are CSS 3, large sections of which the competition has already implemented and that is where IE 8 is truly lagging. That and javascript performance.
Programmers (even me) somewhat snobbishly try to reserve the word "language" to mean "programming language". XML and HTML are not programming languages - they are markup languages - exactly what it says on the tin even (HyperText Markup Language, eXtensible Markup Language).
Markup languages lack control structures of any sort, without which they cannot be used to program anything. In and of themselves they are quite useless, but used for their purpose they are highly useful.
That's not entirely an operating system issue. CSS support for multiple column layout of text would be nice. And to be clear, I'm referring to CSS outdividing the text into the columns within a given div - not creating columns for menus et al.
The sooner the "old media" of mega corporations deciding how millions should think passes away, the better. Murdoch has proven to be worse than most in that regard. His misery at the passing away of the bad old days only makes me smile.
Ahem, code must go through a compile even in an interpreted language like PHP. The difference is an interpreted language is compiled at run time, whereas in a "compiled" language it has to be compiled before attempting a run.
Next time you decide to be pedantic about someone's word choice make sure you have your facts straight.
Judges, lawyers - fools and buffoons to every last man and woman among them. They think they understand logic. They boast about their reasoning prowess. Ever tried to translate any law into code a computer can parse?
They're all a bunch of script kiddies without a computer to puke their nonsense back at them. True logic lies in the machine.
If Congress had to write laws that were held to anything remotely approaching the standard of what computers require of programmers there would be about 3 pages left.
Agreed - couple this with the reality that at least half and probably more of all malware today is packed in with programs the user installed. I don't know how much BearShare and similar crap I've had to clean off relative's comptuers. This technique does nothing to stop malware of that nature - no antivirus technique known can stop the user from installing programs that do stuff other than what they advertise to do.
A needle in a haystack wants roughly the same amount of space as a straw - doesn't make it any easier to find (indeed, that's part of the reason it's so hard to find).
Even if this technique has merits, it does nothing to correct the primary reason for computer infection - stupid users.
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How many of those redirects lead to adult sites? A very large number I'd imagine.
Further actual numbers mean little - what percentage of porn sites are infected (or deliberately take malware related action) as opposed to legitimate sites?
Ok, I'm presuming that the problem is native browser printing. The printer section of CSS is the red headed stepchild of the spec with only Opera getting it remotely right. That leaves PDF which has been discussed. Given your description of the situation you might have a third option.
If you're building this for an in house company as it sounds and the server is onsite consider creating a Postscript file and then commanding the OS to print the file normally. This cuts the browser out of the equation entirely and lets you get very specific with the printer since you can use system commands to control it fairly directly (or even cURL to it if the printer runs a webserver - some do). This solution is only viable if you have a specific printer or printers you're using regardless of the location of the computer that is commanding the print job be done.
IE 8 does fully implement CSS 2.1 (no one implements 2.0 sparky) and HTML 4.01 strict. They just did it 2 years after most other browsers had finished it. Psuedo elements ( :first-child, :nth-child(even) ) et al are CSS 3, large sections of which the competition has already implemented and that is where IE 8 is truly lagging. That and javascript performance.
You aren't a court.
Programmers (even me) somewhat snobbishly try to reserve the word "language" to mean "programming language". XML and HTML are not programming languages - they are markup languages - exactly what it says on the tin even (HyperText Markup Language, eXtensible Markup Language).
Markup languages lack control structures of any sort, without which they cannot be used to program anything. In and of themselves they are quite useless, but used for their purpose they are highly useful.
Nixon and Ford targeted Mars by the end of the millennium. Reagan targeted it at or around this year. Clinton said by 2020 - Obama pushes it to 2030.
It's always going to be Current date + 20. I've lost hope.
That's not entirely an operating system issue. CSS support for multiple column layout of text would be nice. And to be clear, I'm referring to CSS outdividing the text into the columns within a given div - not creating columns for menus et al.
Right - like AT&T and Verizon are any better. Seriously, if we don't start regulating carriers soon they're going to be regulating us.
Just because it's possible doesn't make it legal.
Yes, I want spam coming in on my printer with it's outward facing IP. Not to mention Google data sniffing every document I print.
Worst. Idea. Ever.
Pot, Kettle much? At least I sign my name to my opinions.
The sooner the "old media" of mega corporations deciding how millions should think passes away, the better. Murdoch has proven to be worse than most in that regard. His misery at the passing away of the bad old days only makes me smile.
BUURPP!!
Sure you can play Super Street Fighter IV Jimmy, as soon as you finish reading War and Peace :D
Seriously! I pulled the sticker off my old Commodore 64 this morning and put it on my computer. Now it too is a commodore 64!
Brains......
Ahem, code must go through a compile even in an interpreted language like PHP. The difference is an interpreted language is compiled at run time, whereas in a "compiled" language it has to be compiled before attempting a run.
Next time you decide to be pedantic about someone's word choice make sure you have your facts straight.
Even the worst code must compile to be used. Law doesn't even have to pass that litmus test, and it shows.
Judges, lawyers - fools and buffoons to every last man and woman among them. They think they understand logic. They boast about their reasoning prowess. Ever tried to translate any law into code a computer can parse?
They're all a bunch of script kiddies without a computer to puke their nonsense back at them. True logic lies in the machine.
If Congress had to write laws that were held to anything remotely approaching the standard of what computers require of programmers there would be about 3 pages left.
I guarantee you're going to die someday.
-- Not a death threat.
Agreed - couple this with the reality that at least half and probably more of all malware today is packed in with programs the user installed. I don't know how much BearShare and similar crap I've had to clean off relative's comptuers. This technique does nothing to stop malware of that nature - no antivirus technique known can stop the user from installing programs that do stuff other than what they advertise to do.
Reminds me of Murphy's 7th law - "Should you ever idiot proof anything God will make a better idiot."
Not a fair comparison. Malware usually does what it's supposed to.
A needle in a haystack wants roughly the same amount of space as a straw - doesn't make it any easier to find (indeed, that's part of the reason it's so hard to find).
Even if this technique has merits, it does nothing to correct the primary reason for computer infection - stupid users.
SCO: Posterchild for Tort reform. If this company's antics don't demonstrate how utterly broken the US legal system has become, nothing does.