"We don't care. We don't have to. (snort) We're the Phone Company!" -- Lily Tomlin from "Saturday Night Live: The First 20 Years" (1994 Cader Company).
If a person is stable on medication, then flashes may not cause actual seizures (I really don't know any statistics on that). My wife, however, gets migraines from the sun shining through trees while we drive, simply because it is a flashing light effect. In my opinion, a migraine is bad enough. Intentional flashing is just plain irresponsible. I'd also say that for the "blink" value for the "text-decoration" attribute in Cascading Style Sheets.
Of course, not everyone responds to medication, either.
Not to mention the fact that flashing anything can cause problems for the epileptic. Seriously, my wife is epileptic, and, at best, this sort of thing can give her a migraine. At worst, it gives her an epileptic seizure.
In this manner, I consider these ads an assault on those with similar conditions.
From a security POV, this article scared me. I don't really expect it to teach how to harden a MySQL server, nor a WEBrick server created through this system, but didn't anyone else feel the urge to vomit when he said to leave the administrator password on the MySQL server blank?
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Here is my simple script to speed up the process:
#!/bin/bash
echo "rejected"
Now if you'll excuse me... I have to get this patented before it is put into effect.
a boycott? Seriously... it seems the only way to get the attention of hostile businesses is to deny them income.
"We don't care. We don't have to. (snort) We're the Phone Company!" -- Lily Tomlin from "Saturday Night Live: The First 20 Years" (1994 Cader Company).
Sadly, I doubt it.
If a person is stable on medication, then flashes may not cause actual seizures (I really don't know any statistics on that). My wife, however, gets migraines from the sun shining through trees while we drive, simply because it is a flashing light effect. In my opinion, a migraine is bad enough. Intentional flashing is just plain irresponsible. I'd also say that for the "blink" value for the "text-decoration" attribute in Cascading Style Sheets.
Of course, not everyone responds to medication, either.
Not to mention the fact that flashing anything can cause problems for the epileptic. Seriously, my wife is epileptic, and, at best, this sort of thing can give her a migraine. At worst, it gives her an epileptic seizure.
In this manner, I consider these ads an assault on those with similar conditions.
If by seamless, you mean heavily hacked to get around platform/browser compliance/implementation... then yes, I agree.
Nevermind... to many /.ers trying to access it, I guess! ;-)
It looks like this site just got yanked...
From a security POV, this article scared me. I don't really expect it to teach how to harden a MySQL server, nor a WEBrick server created through this system, but didn't anyone else feel the urge to vomit when he said to leave the administrator password on the MySQL server blank?