What, this?

BTW: Happy Christmas guys!
dsp
- Sat Dec 29 08:15:18 2001

Does anyone have the "Brain Spotting" thingy that (I think) Tim did???
rowanboy
- Fri Dec 28 15:30:39 2001

Mr Hawkins, I think you should check to see if you get e-mail from the webmaster@maison-de-stuff.net account still? Theres a message there about Photoshop and Windows XP.
Jon E
- Fri Dec 28 08:06:26 2001

Merry Christmas.
Jon E
- Tue Dec 25 19:47:12 2001

Merry Christmas everybody!
John
- Tue Dec 25 12:53:16 2001

who was it that wrote on the floor next to my spew by the Onion " Raj Woz Ere" ?
Raj
- Fri Dec 21 16:04:46 2001

for camera's around 250 try fuji, or even kodak (if the yare a nOOb then thgere are kodak camera with usb cradles and one touch sending of photos from cam to pc for super easy non-techie antics) also snow !! where is it snowing, it's not snowing in hOOk also merry xmas and all that jazz, i'll next be back at work on the 7th, chat to yah then
Raj
- Fri Dec 21 16:02:28 2001

That is bloody superb Tim! Nice!
John
- Fri Dec 21 10:43:09 2001

Let it snow!
dsp
- Fri Dec 21 10:16:22 2001

Graf: I am getting there with the JS stuff... just need a decent filesystem :-)
rowanboy
- Thu Dec 20 20:31:27 2001

Seeya Mike! Have a nice time! Don't forget my shopping list! Say hello to your aunt for me!
John
- Thu Dec 20 17:32:25 2001

To the tune of that BMW (or whatever it was) advert:
If everybody looked the same,
You'd realise you were living in Norfolk.
John
- Thu Dec 20 17:30:57 2001

I'm off to Finland tonight. So, for any of you I don't see in person before then, have a great christmas!
Mike
- Thu Dec 20 17:16:22 2001

I was just thinking that all this web stuff that I do was triggered by Dr Sneeky Peek's patience one afternoon in Comp Serv. Showing me the wonders of HTML, chmod and public_html! Thanks Sneeky Peek. I appreciate it.
Rob Lang
- Wed Dec 19 12:08:33 2001

I quite like dpreview.com as a review website. My personal recommendation in that kind of price range given what's available at the moment would be an Olympus C1, C1 zoom or C2 - they look much nicer than some earlier Olympus "compacts" and the image quality is good. They're also really easy to use. It might also be worth taking a look at what fujifilm are doing around that price range, and I have a vague feeling some of the Sony models are being sold pretty cheaply now (in comparison to what they used to be). The Sanyo MZ1 is of course very nice but unfortunately not really available in this country, and maybe a bit above that price anyway (especially if you were paying UK prices).
John
- Wed Dec 19 10:15:23 2001

Nerdy Question. I need to hand out some advice concerning the purchase of Digital cameras. My 'friend' wants to purchase one for about £250. Are there any cameras that jump to mind? Are there any trusted hardware review websites I could check out? Any swift help would be greatly appreciated.
Rob Lang
- Wed Dec 19 09:48:17 2001

Tom, I was off yesterday afternoon, and would expect you to have sent me a card to my usual address, the one I cite here on the board, (you tart).
I have not yet received one, so I think you are crap.
dsp <thastings@ryder.co.uk>
- Wed Dec 19 08:46:24 2001

I'll always remember Raj looking like Captain Caveman, pissed out of his face on the grass at the rear of the union. How we laughed.
Rob Lang
- Tue Dec 18 16:25:41 2001

...that includes everyone as I only appear to have OLD OLD OLD addresses for you all...
rowanboy
- Tue Dec 18 15:48:55 2001

Anyone failing to email their current postal address by about 16:30 today will not get an xmas card from me and Sarah, so send it to tom.rowan@securityalchemy.net!
rowanboy
- Tue Dec 18 15:48:08 2001

...in fact, Raj and Tia Maria, Vodka and Baileys is also a bad idea. ;-)
rowanboy
- Tue Dec 18 15:42:16 2001

Raj and Alcopops should never be mixed.
rowanboy
- Tue Dec 18 15:41:30 2001

Oooh christmas curry, beer at lunchtime, ooooh.
John
- Tue Dec 18 14:36:25 2001

make em by hand, break em by hand
Raj <raj.sobratee@harrierzeuros.co.uk>
- Tue Dec 18 11:22:21 2001

Raj, Raj, was born on a barge.
His mum was fat,
And his dad was large.
My name is Raj, and I will destroy you.
dsp
- Mon Dec 17 15:34:48 2001

oi you tarts, why does noone email me grrrrrr 07968 330407 phone me too Raj
Raj <raj.sobratee@harrierzeuros.co.uk>
My Desk, On my Chair - Mon Dec 17 15:01:43 2001

Oh! Mrs Niggerbat's exploded. You never liked her anyway.
Rob Lang
- Mon Dec 17 14:35:28 2001

John! Where are the pics from the Christmas party?
Duncan
- Mon Dec 17 08:41:04 2001

Do you prefer temporary ones or permanent?
Simon
- Fri Dec 14 15:36:32 2001

I like traffic lights...
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
- Fri Dec 14 15:11:17 2001

Damn. That'll be where I'm going wrong with my sandwich making then.
Simon
- Fri Dec 14 12:46:36 2001

Look, I've told you once, I've told you a million times.

Pastry and Bread are not the Same thing

SOrry about the size of that, but I didn't have a link to give instead. Read it and be careful!
rowanboy
- Fri Dec 14 10:58:03 2001

OVERVIEW A flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows a malicious website to spoof file extensions in the download dialog to make an executable program file look like a text, image, audio, or any other file. If the user chooses to open the file from its current location, the executable program will be run, circumventing Security Warning dialogs, and the attacker could gain control over the user's system. A piece of HTML can be used to cause a normal download dialog to pop up. The dialog would prompt the user to choose whether he/she wants to "open this file from its current location" or "save this file to disk". The file name and extension may be anything the malicious website administrator (or a user having access there) wishes, e.g. README.TXT, index.html, or sample.wav. If the user chooses the first alternative, "open the file from its current location", an .EXE application is actually run without any further dialogs. This happens even if downloading a normal .EXE file from the server causes a Security Warning dialog. The user has no way of detecting that the file is really an .EXE program and not a text, html, or other harmless file. The program could quietly backdoor or infect the user's system, and then pop up a window which does what the user expected, ie. show a text document or play an audio file. No active scripting is necessary in order to exploit the flaw. The malicious website can be refered e.g. in an iframe, in a normal link, or by javascript. DETAILS The flaw is in the way Internet Explorer processes certain kind of URLs and HTTP headers. No further technical details are disclosed this time, as there is no proper workaround and the vulnerability could be relatively easily and unnoticeably exploited to spread virii, install DDoS zombies or backdoors, format harddisks, and so on. The flaw has been successfully exploited with Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6. An IE5 with the latest updates shows the spoofed file name and extension without a sign of EXE, and issue no Security Warning dialog after the file download dialog. Internet Explorer 6 is exploitable in a slightly different way, but the effect is the same. The user gets a download dialog with the spoofed file name and extension, and can choose between "Open" and "Save". Opening the file causes the program to be run. Older versions such as IE5.0 behave somewhat differently. The dialog indicates the user is about to execute an application; the dialog has the word "execute" instead of "open", and a Security Warning dialog appears after choosing "execute". It still shows the spoofed file name and extension instead of "EXE". Any way to skip all dialogs, ie. to run an application without ANY dialog with this vulnerability has NOT been found. In all variations of the exploit there is always the normal file download dialog, but the following Security Warning dialog is skipped. Technical details of the vulnerability will be revealed later. WORKAROUNDS Opening a file type previously considered safe, e.g. plain text or HTML file isn't safe with IE. Users of the browser should avoid opening files directly and save them to disk instead (if opening them is necessary at all). If this flaw is being exploited, the file save dialog will reveal that the file is actually an executable program. Dealing with files from an untrusted source isn't advisable anyway. Another workaround is switching to another browser such as Opera or Netscape which don't seem to have this vulnerability. VENDOR STATUS Microsoft was contacted on November 19th. The company doesn't currently consider this is a vulnerability; they say that the trust decision should be based on the file source and not type. The origin of the file, ie. the web server's hostname can't be spoofed with this flaw. It's not known whether a patch is going to be produced. Microsoft is currently investigating the issue.
rowanboy
- Fri Dec 14 10:57:22 2001

Excellent how did the pics come out? have you uploaded them yet ??what are you doing for christmas by the way !!
Dibble
- Fri Dec 14 06:45:55 2001

Hey guys. A post from my new abode.
Yay!
dsp
- Thu Dec 13 22:36:33 2001

BTW Dibble: Yes I did get your mail! Cheers! Sorry I've just been a bit busy this week. Saturday was a nice evening indeed...
John
- Thu Dec 13 14:48:21 2001

There have been reports of an outbreak of blandness in several areas of the country, with fears that it may spread.
John
- Thu Dec 13 13:35:18 2001

OOOOH TIM!
rowanboy
- Wed Dec 12 14:02:07 2001

Hey John did you get my e-mail? Just getting horribly depressed cos no-one ever writes to me....ah well never mind I suppose a life of obscurity isn't such a bad thing..
Dibble
- Tue Dec 11 18:02:21 2001

I expected little ones. Hmmmmmm......
- Tue Dec 11 17:15:29 2001

Wow They are big!
- Tue Dec 11 17:14:51 2001

Don't Know
- Tue Dec 11 17:12:31 2001

John: Indeed! It's on Friday
Simon
- Tue Dec 11 15:49:17 2001

am i related to you
s hawkins <lswshawk@livjm.ac.uk>
- Tue Dec 11 15:49:11 2001

Hey Simon, isn't it your birthday some time this week?
John
- Tue Dec 11 13:43:50 2001

Microwaved pasta (mmmm haute cuisine) with a couple of bread rolls, and, just to break the crisp monotony, some twiglets.
John
- Tue Dec 11 13:41:18 2001

Salami Sandwiches, Crisps, Chocolate Spread sandwiches, a Twix (fun size) and a Satsuma.......oh and a mince pie!
Simon
- Tue Dec 11 12:10:23 2001

Get yourself a new keyboard!
John
- Tue Dec 11 11:59:36 2001

W r gng t th pb.
rwnby
- Tue Dec 11 11:53:17 2001

I was considering soup - maybe tomato, maybe minestrone.
Mike
- Tue Dec 11 11:48:27 2001

What's everyone planning on having for lunch today then?
John
- Tue Dec 11 11:36:37 2001

John
- Mon Dec 10 19:24:03 2001

Here you go Tom, now you can copy and paste any you want:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
John
- Mon Dec 10 19:16:57 2001

h dr nw ll th vwls r stffd. sht.
rwnby
- Mon Dec 10 18:51:43 2001

P.S. feel free to copy and paste some of those letter os to use for yourself.
John
- Mon Dec 10 18:50:03 2001

Oooooooooooooooooooh noooooooooooooo that must be terrible for yooooooooooooooooooooou, oooooooon the ooooooooother hand, I seem to have the reverse prooooooooooooooooooblem.
Jooooooooooooooooooooohn
- Mon Dec 10 18:48:51 2001

The ' ' key seems t be brken n my keybard. Hw annying. I hpe yu can wrk ut what i'm saying thugh.
rwanby
- Mon Dec 10 18:41:13 2001

Those damned client server problems. Tsk.
rowanboy
- Mon Dec 10 18:38:51 2001

Chris why haven't you updated Chips and Beans yet?
Braceface
- Mon Dec 10 17:31:17 2001

Another important note is an option to backup the transaction log without actually truncating the inactive portion of the log (NO_TRUNCATE). This should be considered a part of any recovery procedure. When a failure occurs to the primary database file, you can possible recover up to the minute of failure, but only if you have a backup of the current, non truncated, transaction log
fagor3
- Mon Dec 10 17:28:53 2001

i can call my self something else if u want....open for suggestions...
chris rowan
- Sun Dec 9 02:59:00 2001

lol....i think he may have something to say about that, tim... what do u think of the site...(needs work i feel...?)...
Chris Rowan
- Sun Dec 9 02:57:46 2001

The Chris ambiguity is becoming confusing - all we need now is Mr. Challacombe to make an appearance.
John
- Fri Dec 7 09:33:17 2001

Hey Chris! Why not teach your brother some HTML!
dsp
- Fri Dec 7 09:11:39 2001

hmmm...er...hi everyone...can u check out my website: www.geocities.com/rowanboysworld any suggestions on what i could do to improve it... cheers... chris
chris (rowanboy JR) rowan
- Fri Dec 7 00:42:26 2001

Like what exactly?
John
- Thu Dec 6 18:04:09 2001

I like it !!
Dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:55:37 2001

Well maybe in 10 mins anyway
Dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:52:11 2001

My ID is: every_bloody_id_taken
John
- Thu Dec 6 17:51:00 2001

I will have in a minute
Dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:49:46 2001

Have you got yahoo messenger?
John
- Thu Dec 6 17:47:58 2001

Well do you know any chatrooms ?? This is painfully slow not that I'm dissing you in public or private for that matter hehe!
Dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:44:31 2001

- Thu Dec 6 17:40:11 2001

Sorry Dibble, I was just incapable of using a chat room that had such a strong glamrock theme to it.
John
- Thu Dec 6 17:38:56 2001

or maybe not !
Dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:35:10 2001

i'll see you there in the java chat section
dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:15:09 2001

Do you know of any chatrooms !! actually if you go to www.frynds.com theres a chat room there quite sad really it's the Lynrd Skyrnd chat site !!
Dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:12:24 2001

No, this is about as close as we ever got.
John
- Thu Dec 6 17:08:57 2001

is there a chat room anywhere john ???
dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:01:55 2001

anyway now that you've got my e-mail address you can mail me !! Where are you living now ?? and don't say Paraguay. From your photos it appears that you have grown somewhat since I last saw you ! I'm sure you were about 5'4" last time I saw you or did you get tortured in the military academy and put on the rack ??
Dibble
- Thu Dec 6 17:00:28 2001

Yep, the UTP generation has really got it all too easy!
John
- Thu Dec 6 17:00:13 2001

I always preferred crawling around the house trying to find the one BNC connector that wasn't quite crimped properly cos I only had a pair of pliers to do it with, fixing it trying again and then finding out that i'd buggered up one of the other connections and then eventually finding out that someone had put the terminator plug on the end !!!!
Chris Dabell
- Thu Dec 6 16:41:39 2001

And I'm spent.
John
- Thu Dec 6 16:13:43 2001

Hmmm....
John
- Thu Dec 6 16:09:22 2001

Is that tacky enough for you? P.S. Was there also a hidden requirement to still be able to read the messages properly...? Doh!
John
- Thu Dec 6 16:01:53 2001

Cat5, ooo!I would like to be the first board member to
wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Any chance of Christmas decorations on the board??
dsp
- Thu Dec 6 15:39:37 2001

Cat5, ooo!
dsp
- Thu Dec 6 15:25:37 2001

Oh bloody hell I meant put pictures from the RAF Club on the 'maison.
John
- Thu Dec 6 15:12:18 2001

Just put pictures from the RAF Club on the 'maison.
John
- Thu Dec 6 15:11:32 2001

I reckon you could get a rudimentary form of networking between two PCs by getting them to face eachother, then have them alternately open and close their CD rom drives - if you got them at the right height and disstance, opening one should close the other, and vice versa.
John
- Thu Dec 6 14:27:37 2001

I've got a spare null modem cable - it's double ended so it has 25 pin ports as well. Nice.
John
- Thu Dec 6 14:23:02 2001

I've got half a drum of CAT5e left Tim....?
rowanboy
- Thu Dec 6 13:35:49 2001

If I said I had never been to Nottingham, none of you
would know if I was telling the truth.
BTW, I move into my house on Monday.
And will shortly afterwards be able to offer invites
and host dinner parties and decorate trees and dust of
the old 'network skewer'.
dsp
- Thu Dec 6 13:05:04 2001

Nice to hear from you Chris! After forty eight years training in a South African military academy I'm now a gyneacologist and part time ski instructor living in Paraguay. I'm secretly quite pleased with myself that I managed to spell your surname right - at least on the second attempt. Clifton - sounds nice - I assume you mean the Nottingham one rather than the Bristol one. I still have a soft spot for Nottingham (and Bristol as it happens).
John
- Thu Dec 6 12:52:37 2001

Indeed it is I. I did try and get in touch with you but to no avail. Anyway I'm moving away from Milton Keynes. I've just been having a look at a house in Clifton not a bad one either and it's near the university(all those young nubile female freshers !!!) and there's a bus stop 50 yards down for a bus into town which is only about 10mins away!! anyway hows life treating you? I fininshed my degree (managed to stretch it out to 5 years including a year before it on general engineering) So i'm now a qualified electronics and communications engineer,which is nice. I'm not doing anything related to it though I'm working with my dad and brother in our family business tis great fun and I get to play with loads of cool stuff including some very large forklift trucks (Up to about 30ton)
Chris Dabell <chris@dabell.co.uk>
Milton Keynes, - Thu Dec 6 08:20:34 2001

Hey! Your a hottie!
Sara Cocknballs <yourhott@hotmail.com>
- Wed Dec 5 19:43:36 2001

Nice! I now have a good use for Photostudio and its nice!
Simon
- Wed Dec 5 13:05:23 2001

P.S. I hope the Milton Keynes thing was just a joke.
John
- Wed Dec 5 10:38:18 2001

Dibble....? Alas, I can't actually remember how to spell your surname - Dabel, Dabell?
John
- Wed Dec 5 10:37:44 2001

After reading your section on rants if you think the Midlands is dull you should try Milton Keynes. I'll be back later You'll have to use the abbreviated version of my first name by the way !!! and you'll probably spell my last name wrong
Pelican smuggler <1stname@2ndname.co.uk>
Milton Keynes, - Tue Dec 4 21:57:50 2001

Erm I've got a smuggled shipment of pelicans coming in from Africa wink wink excellent quality!! Someone told me that you might be interested. If you guess the clue and identity my e-mail address is 1stname@2ndname.co.uk see if you can find me !!!! By the way do you still go around beating ppl up with latex weapons ??
The Pelican Smuggler !!!
Milton Keynes, - Tue Dec 4 21:35:44 2001

Oi Graf. Give us your new e-mail address and I'll add it the mailing list, cos your old one has expired.
JON E
- Tue Dec 4 19:45:00 2001

How about a maison-de-stuff advent calendar then??
rowanboy
- Tue Dec 4 12:36:05 2001

Oooh it must be December then.
John
- Tue Dec 4 09:56:36 2001

John, my mobile might be dead. Meet us in one of the bars in RAF club. Check downstairs first. The porter will be expecting you. NICE.
Rob
Union Jack Club, London - Mon Dec 3 14:20:22 2001