Astro - Totally off topic, but pretty interesting :-)

Err - Kevin Smith mumbled something like:
Subject: This is pretty impressive


some programmers been having some fun......


1) Go to Google.com

2) Type in (but don't hit return): weapons of mass destruction

3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, instead of the normal "Google
search" button

4) read what appears to be a normal error message carefully

Something to do wjilst your waiting for Mars to clear the house in
front :-)

Bye for now

Kevin
www.kevsmith.com


Though I hate to admit it... Thursday? Radio 2? Jeremy Vine? (it was on a
radio I was wlking past at the time, your Honour, I swear...)

Arthur


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Err - Kevin Smith mumbled something like:
Subject: This is pretty impressive


some programmers been having some fun......


1) Go to Google.com

2) Type in (but don't hit return): weapons of mass destruction

3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, instead of the normal "Google
search" button

4) read what appears to be a normal error message carefully

Something to do wjilst your waiting for Mars to clear the house in
front :-)

Bye for now

Kevin
www.kevsmith.com


Though I hate to admit it... Thursday? Radio 2? Jeremy Vine? (it was on a
radio I was wlking past at the time, your Honour, I swear...)

Arthur


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Subject: This is pretty impressive


some programmers been having some fun......


1) Go to Google.com

2) Type in (but don't hit return): weapons of mass destruction

3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, instead of the normal "Google search"
button

4) read what appears to be a normal error message carefully

Something to do wjilst your waiting for Mars to clear the house in front :-)

Bye for now

Kevin
www.kevsmith.com

Kevin Smith wrote:

some programmers been having some fun......

Nice. Now try:

French military victories

Best,
Stephen

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Kevin Smith wrote:

some programmers been having some fun......

Nice. Now try:

French military victories

Best,
Stephen

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"Stephen Tonkin" wrote in message
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Kevin Smith wrote:

some programmers been having some fun......

Nice. Now try:

French military victories

Best,
Stephen

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vary good, but don't go and click on the pop up asking if you want to
visit a really annoying web site as it carries a VIRUS!!

I know as i have just done exactly this. caught it before any damage was
done - hopefully.

Cheers

Martin A

"Stephen Tonkin" wrote in message
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Kevin Smith wrote:

some programmers been having some fun......

Nice. Now try:

French military victories

Best,
Stephen

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vary good, but don't go and click on the pop up asking if you want to
visit a really annoying web site as it carries a VIRUS!!

I know as i have just done exactly this. caught it before any damage was
done - hopefully.

Cheers

Martin A

Martin Anderson wrote:
vary good, but don't go and click on the pop up asking if you want to
visit a really annoying web site as it carries a VIRUS!!

Funny. It didn't get intercepted by NAV, and I have the latest
definitions. Also doesn't show up on a scan of my 'pooter.

I know as i have just done exactly this. caught it before any damage
was done - hopefully.

Which virus is it? I'm also curious as to how merely clicking on a web
page can get you infected with a virus.



Best,
Stephen

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Martin Anderson wrote:
vary good, but don't go and click on the pop up asking if you want to
visit a really annoying web site as it carries a VIRUS!!

Funny. It didn't get intercepted by NAV, and I have the latest
definitions. Also doesn't show up on a scan of my 'pooter.

I know as i have just done exactly this. caught it before any damage
was done - hopefully.

Which virus is it? I'm also curious as to how merely clicking on a web
page can get you infected with a virus.



Best,
Stephen

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Martin Frey wrote:
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Nor mine. After half a dozen pop-up alerts I gave it the 3 fingers and
it died painlessly. Would something more radical happen if I had let it
run and run?

Nah, I held down the space bar to rapidly recycle through the pop-ups,
entered trash in the occasional dialogue boxes that occurred, and it
eventually gave up and did something else (can't remember what). It
really was the "irritating web site" taken to extremes; I can think of a
few web designers that ought to be pointed there!

Thinking about the virus claim, I did wonder if it had a Java routine
designed to irritate by making you *think* you have a virus, but I tend
to surf with Opera in a fairly secure/stealthy mode, so I'd not have
seen it anyway.

Best,
Stephen

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