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Re: 5 MB free ftp-space - Something weird

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From: Pieter-Jan Boone
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 00:00

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Tim McKillican wrote:
> 
> Thomas Malmberg wrote:
> >
> > In alt.www.sites.that.don't.suck Tim McKillican <bmck...@lon.hookup.net> wrote:
> >
> > -> I went to this site, and while loading, in the status bar while loading
> > -> the page, it said "Uploading C: 67% complete."  I didn't realize until
> > -> it had gone up to 67 or 70%, but as soon as I saw it I quickly exited.
> > -> What happened?  I have never seen this before.
> >
> >  Hahah. It's called javascript.. =) You should know that neither java or
> > jscript can actually read or do any writing on your local harddisk. To
> > have a java-applet read/write you must use the SDK (or alike).
> >
> >  I guess they fooled you.
> 
> It's a pretty stupid way to get hits then, because most people will just
> back out of the site immediately upon seeing the message, as I did.
> 
> --
> Tim McKillican
> London, Ontario, Canada
> mailto:bmck...@lon.hookup.net
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4403
But isnt it a great way to get a lot of attention in newsgroups?  That
must get'em a lot of visitors!

PJ

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Subject: Re: 5 MB free ftp-space - Something weird
Date: 1997/05/08
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