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Re: 5 MB free ftp-space - Something weird

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From: Tim McKillican
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 00:00

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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

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From: Tim McKillican <bmck...@lon.hookup.net>
Subject: Re: 5 MB free ftp-space - Something weird
Date: 1997/05/06
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