The ugly underbelly of the web

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Notes From the Underbelly

Notes From the Underbelly 01/22/2004 07:26 PM
Perhaps it was melted down for the war effort. Search for this wretched abomination on Google, and you will see I am not blowing smoke. ...

Lifting the veil on Internet's
underbelly

Lifting the veil on Internet's
underbelly 11/17/2003 01:55 PM
CanadaIT.com Nov 17 2003 12:07PM ET

The Soft Underbelly: Attacking the
Client

The Soft Underbelly: Attacking the
Client 01/27/2004 06:23 PM

Ugly, Why?

Ugly, Why? 05/23/2004 01:53 PM
I took a minute and looked up Vonage’s Motor ola box that I was wrestling with yesterday. I was thinking “boy, that’s an ugly box” and then “that’s an ugly web page too.” But the problem is bigger...

"Ugly Zoo"

"Ugly Zoo" 04/19/2004 03:01 AM

I've seen ugly, but thats like

I've seen ugly, but thats like 08/21/2004 08:20 PM
Doing a Lynndie

Darned if eye ain't ugly!

Darned if eye ain't ugly! 03/08/2004 11:04 PM
Ugly Stickers and their "dark origins". (via tui)

CSS: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

CSS: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
I took pretty aggressive notes during the panel that came after mine. Enjoy! (You can tell I was paying more attention to the two people who were talking about things I hadn't heard much about before; less notes from their...

The good, the bad and the ugly

The good, the bad and the ugly 04/14/2005 12:33 PM
As Tom DeLay continues to get riddled, Trent Lott is shooting from the hip again.

The Superficial - Because You're Ugly

The Superficial - Because You're Ugly 08/12/2004 12:25 AM
The Superficial - Because You're Ugly .. superficial news site

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The good and the ugly

The good and the ugly 11/13/2003 07:42 PM

PHP.net has a new feature on their search page - a really nice implementation of an auto complete text widget in Javascript. Even better, the search page is valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and uses CSS for the layout. Let's hope this is an indication of things to the come for the rest of the site, which still mostly consists of tag soup.

Here's the ugly bit: the javascript for the auto complete function is deliberately obfuscated. Now I know that this decision is completely up to the author of the script, but personally I find it exasperating. PHP is an open source project, and obfuscation in this way is the antithesis of the open source ideal. A big part about open source is that people shouldn't have to invent something twice - why waste duplicated effort when sharing code costs nothing and benefits everyone? I'm sure the author had their reasons for hiding the code in this way but to me it seems like a wasted opportunity to teach site visitors a useful new trick. A bug concerning the obfuscation has already been raised in PHP's bug tracker but was closed without a full explanation.

Obfuscation of client side code such as Javascript is a pretty futile exercise in any case. Most of the effect of the obfuscation can be easily reversed using a tool such as Jesse Ruderman's view variables bookmarklet, which displays all variables on a page (including ones that contain decoded content from obfuscated variables) and pretty-prints functions to make them more readable.

It's impossible to prevent "theft" of your Javascript, but if you really want to stop people from using it the best you can do is to place a copyright notice in the code and ask people to contact you for licensing options. If it's on the web, people can take it. Clear copyright messages are a far more ethical deterrent than ineffective tricks.

Old, ugly and fired

Old, ugly and fired 04/08/2005 09:26 AM
In the latest case against Wall Street sex bias, a woman is awarded $29 million after complaining of a corporate culture hostile to females.

ugly or handsome ?

ugly or handsome ? 04/08/2005 06:04 PM
Are you ugly or handsome? So Much for That Merit Raise: The Link between Wages and Appearance. Hey what about the phrase beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Ugly duckling

Ugly duckling 01/10/2004 03:54 AM
I can't seem to get over the fact that my sister is a raving beauty and I'm not.

Fingerprints as ID - good, bad, ugly?

Fingerprints as ID - good, bad, ugly? 04/19/2004 12:32 PM
Letters Well, there's an effectiveness:usability trade-off, for starters

Valley VCs get back to being ugly

Valley VCs get back to being ugly 04/22/2004 03:51 AM
from the land that invented truly antisocial networking

RIP: Lockergnome's Ugly Baby

RIP: Lockergnome's Ugly Baby 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
Ready for a re-redesign? I am. A long time ago (in a galaxy quite close to ours), Stephen and I were working on a very basic shell for Lockergnome. I took that code and started tweaking it this morning. The elements are falling into place, but it's far from clean. Meryl's helping me tweak it this weekend, but my hope is to lay something into the official site before next weekend. My aim is to stay clean, fast, and efficient. You may wonder why we even bothered to roll out the (current) White Album? A new backend, pure and simple. We're dev'ing our own CMS that'll help us create newsletters, syndicated feeds, Web pages, etc. In order for other processes to begin, we had to put something different online. The result was a bit... dirty. But hey - this is the f*cking Internet. Just have a little patience, eh? The results will be well worth it. If you'd like to collaborate, just let me know; I'll be cracking code for the next X days....

EIOffice: The good, the bad, and the
ugly

EIOffice: The good, the bad, and the
ugly 06/02/2004 12:07 PM
Evermore Integrated Office is an extremely promising new Java-based office suite that currently runs on both Linux and Windows, with versions slated for Mac and Solaris. EIOffice is a remarkably faithful clone of Microsoft Office, with a twist -- it provides a level of integration unmatched by any office suite on the market. It's not without problems, though, a couple of which take EIOffice out of the running for some organizations.

Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!

Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com! 12/25/2003 08:07 AM
UGLY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. COM .. and then you have these

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Why don't ugly people have charisma?

Why don't ugly people have charisma? 07/11/2004 10:42 AM
Neil Cavuto

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Ugly Graphics In My Home

Ugly Graphics In My Home 02/18/2004 10:50 AM
Apple has been using a really horrible picture of lots of Pepsi bottles to advertise their iTunes give away. (Noded via MyAppleMenu)

The Goo,d The Bad, And The Ugly? First
Impressions Of The G5 iMac

The Goo,d The Bad, And The Ugly? First
Impressions Of The G5 iMac 09/07/2004 06:26 PM
By Robert Velarde, CMUG (via MyAppleMenu)

"Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!"

"Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!" 12/26/2003 09:03 AM

Themes: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Themes: Good, Bad, and Ugly 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
MacThemes. net has posted a look at the entries in the OWC/Unsanity Theme Contest. Let's face it: most themes, with a few exceptions, just plain suck.

Tulip revolution turns ugly

Tulip revolution turns ugly 03/24/2005 04:34 PM
The president of the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan flees the capital as looters cause chaos.

Hype Rears Its Ugly Head. Again.

Hype Rears Its Ugly Head. Again. 02/01/2005 09:07 PM
I wasn't at the conference, so I can't comment on the specifics that Jack Shafer references, but I'm finding it hard to disagree with anything that's written in this Slate column. Many of the first bloggers, in addition to being geeks, were trained in journalism or writing, and that pedigree...

Bell Battle Could Get Ugly for Bush

Bell Battle Could Get Ugly for Bush 06/10/2004 01:03 PM
TheStreet.com Jun 10 2004 5:51PM GMT

L.A. Leads Detroit 41-40 After Ugly Half
(AP)

L.A. Leads Detroit 41-40 After Ugly Half
(AP) 06/06/2004 10:10 PM
AP - Though the Detroit Pistons forced the Los Angeles Lakers to play ugly basketball, Shaquille O'Neal still looked awfully good in the first two quarters of the NBA Finals. O'Neal had 20 points and six rebounds, and Los Angeles took a 41-40 lead over Detroit after the first half of Game 1 on Sunday night.

US inflation rears its ugly head

US inflation rears its ugly head 05/14/2004 09:20 AM
The threat of increasing inflation appears greater after fresh data shows that consumer prices continue to rise in the US.

'Frankenfish' rears its ugly head again

'Frankenfish' rears its ugly head again 05/03/2004 11:31 PM
Straits Times May 4 2004 4:12AM GMT

Dealing with the Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly Feeds

Dealing with the Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly Feeds 01/16/2004 01:02 PM

It's amusing to me that so many bright engineers are fighting inside a paperbag over the issue of what to do with bad feeds.  For some reason, probably human nature, they have limited themselves into finding a solution at the spec and parser implementation level when there is no solution there and the discussion has devolved into exchanging “is so“ and “is not“.

The Biased Liberal post offers a solution at the UI level without irritating the user.  The problem can also be solved at marketing and legal level although I favor the UI level solution.

One rather amusing (?) thought I occasionally use to pull myself out of a hole is that the ultimate solution to every problem is world destruction.  All right, it's not funny, but it does shake me out of the box.  As to the implementation, it's easy if you believe a tree falling without an observer makes no sound.

Update:

Looks like the XML-DEV got thrown into the paperbag as well.  There is now a long ongo ing thread on Postel's Law, exceptions, and what to do with bad feeds.  Elliotte Rusty Harold did ment ion my Biased Liberal solution, but XML-DEVers seems to prefer talking about parsers, specs, what the world wants and needs, theories, history, scenarios, etc.  Well, they seem to be enjoying themselves so let's not bother them.

Panther: The Cool, The Good, The Bad,
And The Ugly

Panther: The Cool, The Good, The Bad,
And The Ugly 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Panther is certainly interesting and will get better with minor tweaks. (Apple-x.net via MyAppleMenu)

Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water

Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water 04/30/2004 04:22 PM

Why security's no longer IT's ugly
stepsister

Why security's no longer IT's ugly
stepsister 02/19/2004 03:31 PM
CNET Feb 19 2004 8:17PM GMT

Swap That Ugly Sweater: Online

Swap That Ugly Sweater: Online 12/31/2003 06:13 AM
Web bazaars like eBay are geared up for a 'Get What You Really Wanted' campaign. And on community sites like Craigslist, postings for holiday shopping and after-holiday unloading have tripled.

Argument Over Game of Chess Ends Ugly
(AP)

Argument Over Game of Chess Ends Ugly
(AP) 07/27/2004 11:09 AM
AP - An argument over a game of chess ended with a fight in which one player rammed the other's head through a plate-glass window, St. Tammany Parish authorities said.

Michael Moore, Ugly American
(washingtonpost.com)

Michael Moore, Ugly American
(washingtonpost.com) 07/14/2004 01:18 AM
Michael Moore is an arrogant bully .. "Michael Moore, ugly American."

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Seventh Hole Turns Ugly at U.S. Open
(AP)

Seventh Hole Turns Ugly at U.S. Open
(AP) 06/20/2004 02:32 PM
AP - U.S. Open officials knew they were in trouble when tiny blades of grass on the seventh green at Shinnecock Hills wilted before their eyes Sunday morning. And this was two hours before the final round began. It wasn't long before the 189-yard "Redan" hole turned into the disaster they feared.

Scolari says Portugal like an ugly
girlfriend (Reuters)

Scolari says Portugal like an ugly
girlfriend (Reuters) 06/19/2004 08:50 AM
Reuters - Spending 20 days with the Portuguese team this month was like seeing a girlfriend in the harsh morning light for the first time and realising she was ugly, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says.
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