Re: Speaking of Ms

CobraBoy! (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Sun, 23 Nov 1997 09:13:01 -0800


At 8:58 AM -0800 11/23/97, Keith Dawson wrote:

Just for kicks I fired up Missy 4 PPC and got this after accessing
"Gatekeeper"

http://startrek.msn.com/gatekeeper.asp?reason=Macintosh%20Browser

It took a lot longer to load than Netscape 4.04, but it wound up on the
same page.

Tim

(Clearly what results when th two greatest forces of evil on the planet,
Viacom and Microsoft work together)

> At 11:26 AM -0500 11/23/97, CobraBoy! wrote:
> >If your not using Win/something/Missy try going here.
> >
> >http://startrek.msn.com
> >
> >chances are it takes you here...
> >
> >http://startrek.msn.com/Teaser/gatekeeper.html?reason=Incompatible
> >
> >
> >Keith, care to mention this?
>
> Thanks, believe it or not some non-FoRKer sent me this yesterday
> evening. The full URL it sends you to is:
>
> http://startrek.msn.com/gatekeeper.asp?reason=Incompatible Browser
>
> Note the illegal space.
>
> The page is testing for Authenticode, which was present from
> IE3.02 (but never in Netscape). The page probably relies on
> ActiveX (seems more likely than Java, no?). Netscape need not
> apply.

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