Toast will ALWAYS land butterside down

Unless it's attached to a kitten.
1st post!

From the 100% Fact challenge. See all 469 entries (closed)

(safetoast, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 16:57, archived)

see my profile!
FACT: 'Scientists are currently developing "cat butter" which self-rights falling toast'

welcome!
( Sargant, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 16:59, archived)

*looks at profile*
'I am also the one that started the chain of events leading to the banning of javascript from profiles. Sorry... '

damn
(1, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:00, archived)

yes
it turned out by a clever combination of javascript document.write commands, you could pass usernames and passwords to a logging script on your server, such as PHP.
( Sargant, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:01, archived)

oh
i thought you would have done something less serious like making annoying dialog boxes come up
(1, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:02, archived)

i didn't log passwords. didn't occur to me, only usernames/hits were logged
it was tef who discovered unencrypted passwords could be logged.
( Sargant, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:03, archived)

Actually...
I discovered it some time before but did the sensible thing and mailed Rob rather than making it common knowledge. So ner.
( Ptortoise, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:09, archived)

he did fuckall about it then
until it was too late
( Sargant, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:11, archived)

Well, not as such..
the response I got was, "Cheers - I'll forward it to Cal. He'll probably put a patch in place in a few days."

I suppose it wasn't much of a priority while nobody knew about it, which is the good thing about it going public :)
( Ptortoise, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:20, archived)

I thought that was Tef
with his nasty show your username and password when you see his profile, malarky
( Pootle where's his tart on his sleve?, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:01, archived)

i inspired him though.
i made a nice use of scripts, he changed it a bit and got nasty.
( Sargant, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:03, archived)

ahh
I still blame him, but as I've never got the hang of javascript, it's not been much of a burden
( Pootle where's his tart on his sleve?, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:07, archived)

LOL!
That wouldn't suprise me!!
Tef scares me when he starts telling me my passwords (I trust him enough not to do anything with them, but it seems worryingly easy)
( Generationgav, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:04, archived)

they used to be recorded in your cookies
they aren't any more
( new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:08, archived)

yeah
i know that....I've been having a little play with b3ta myself (in the most friendly way possible)

My university dissertation is to research into, write up and create a secure website....
( Generationgav, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:11, archived)

damn
that could put me right out of business
(safetoast, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:01, archived)

Welcome aboard!
Home time Wooooooo!
( Dogtanian, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 16:59, archived)

So therefore..
All someone needs to do in order to invent a hovercar-type contraption is superglue a load of cats with their backs to the ground and toast butter side up to the bottom of their car. Hey presto!
( Finite appears to be falling apart, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 16:59, archived)

g'day
woo goodfirst postage pull up a kitten etc
( lemony, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 17:00, archived)