On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: > Steve, are you suggesting that making documents into active > content is a good idea? > > Microsoft Outlook letters with embedded scripting is bad enough. > > Why not keep the documents on a central server, and the only > way you can access them is through a browser-type client which > enforces anti-screen scraping features. > > Of course, if Hollings has his way, your SSSCA dis-equipped computer > will do this all for you....
As always, if a pair of eyeballs can see something, the jig is up. All the talk of "anti-screen-scraping" is just b.s. This won't stop the shakedown artists in Washington, Ottawa, Paris, London, and so on from seeking to collect rent from hardware sold to the proles. "A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked ...A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system." -- Grady Booch
