When loading a PDF, if Reader sees there's JavaScript that wants to run, Reader pops up a dialog along the lines of, "Hey, this file contains executable code which is, y'know, kind of contrary to the whole concept of a 'document'. Do you want to allow the code to run? [Yes] [[Hell, No]]"
Do you think that the average user will read anything before clicking "Yes"?
So make sure that pressing escape, space or return will all do the same thing: fail safe.
And/or maybe reword the question: "This file contains unsafe content which could harm your computer. Protect your computer against this threat?"
Or don't even make it a question: make it an alert box with only one option (ok), and you have to go elsewhere (dive into some menu) to turn on scripting.
Until you know who launched this, under what circumstances, and in which jurisdiction, don't assume that it's illegal.
In other words, innocent until proven guilty.
The site complains to AVG that its load has increased, so in response in gets a/.ing. Nice!
Anyway, the statement that "We've seen a traffic increase as much as 12 hits per second" is meaningless without knowing the overall traffic levels - for example, is +12/sec an increase of 100%, or an increase of 1%?. It's referred to as a "significant drain" on resources, but quoting one number without the other is pointless.
Anti-spam advice that's that old is often worth taking with a big fat dose of NaCl. Of course it might still be OK, but it's worth bearing in mind the age of the advice.
I could be wrong, but 1 million 8-digit (assuming decimal digits) numbers takes at least 3.3 megabytes of storage, before you even start trying to sort anything. So kinda hard to see how you can do that in 2 meg of memory...
I'm an alumnus of Southampton Uni - I graduated 10 years ago and revisit the city (and sometimes the campus) once or twice a year. I had a few lectures in that building, but mostly I was in Maths on the other side of the campus.
The building in question is in a very tightly-packed part of the campus, and if memory serves is probably only about 200yds from the neighbouring houses (Hartley Road etc). So it sounds like it could have easily been a lot worse.
On the plus side, the campus is on top of the edge of the river valley, so the whole of the nearby Itchen valley would have been treated to an early fireworks display:-//me keeps an eye out for photoblogs
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When loading a PDF, if Reader sees there's JavaScript that wants to run, Reader pops up a dialog along the lines of, "Hey, this file contains executable code which is, y'know, kind of contrary to the whole concept of a 'document'. Do you want to allow the code to run? [Yes] [[Hell, No]]"
Do you think that the average user will read anything before clicking "Yes"?
So make sure that pressing escape, space or return will all do the same thing: fail safe.
And/or maybe reword the question: "This file contains unsafe content which could harm your computer. Protect your computer against this threat?"
Or don't even make it a question: make it an alert box with only one option (ok), and you have to go elsewhere (dive into some menu) to turn on scripting.
People should already be doing that for the existing intarweb, no?
Until you know who launched this, under what circumstances, and in which jurisdiction, don't assume that it's illegal. In other words, innocent until proven guilty.
It's not discriminating against any application, not even the legal ones.
I hope by "application" you mean "use" (noun), as opposed to "software product".
BitTorrent, for example, isn't illegal (I hope). Using it to distribute some specific content might be.
The site complains to AVG that its load has increased, so in response in gets a /.ing. Nice!
Anyway, the statement that "We've seen a traffic increase as much as 12 hits per second" is meaningless without knowing the overall traffic levels - for example, is +12/sec an increase of 100%, or an increase of 1%?. It's referred to as a "significant drain" on resources, but quoting one number without the other is pointless.
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Anti-spam advice that's that old is often worth taking with a big fat dose of NaCl. Of course it might still be OK, but it's worth bearing in mind the age of the advice.
I could be wrong, but 1 million 8-digit (assuming decimal digits) numbers takes at least 3.3 megabytes of storage, before you even start trying to sort anything. So kinda hard to see how you can do that in 2 meg of memory ...
I'm an alumnus of Southampton Uni - I graduated 10 years ago and revisit the city (and sometimes the campus) once or twice a year. I had a few lectures in that building, but mostly I was in Maths on the other side of the campus.
:-/ /me keeps an eye out for photoblogs
The building in question is in a very tightly-packed part of the campus, and if memory serves is probably only about 200yds from the neighbouring houses (Hartley Road etc). So it sounds like it could have easily been a lot worse.
On the plus side, the campus is on top of the edge of the river valley, so the whole of the nearby Itchen valley would have been treated to an early fireworks display