• This is embarrassing...

    From Dennis@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 16, 2026 13:24:05
    Oopsy daisy...

    https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6

    --

    Dennis in Cincinnati

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  • From VanguardLH@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 16, 2026 12:46:26
    Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    Oopsy daisy...

    https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6
    (No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
    adding spaces.)

    Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but
    not to provide context.

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  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 16, 2026 19:55:06
    On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:
    Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    Oopsy daisy...

    https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6
    (No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
    adding spaces.)

    Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but
    not to provide context.

    The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
    photo) would spoil the fun.

    It is also a bug somewhere.

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

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  • From John K.Eason@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 16, 2026 19:03:00
    In article <1g2hors7fw6kl.dlg@v.nguard.lh>, V@nguard.LH (VanguardLH) wrote:

    *From:* VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
    *Date:* Sat, 16 May 2026 12:46:26 -0500

    Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    Oopsy daisy...

    https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6
    (No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
    adding spaces.)

    Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to
    post, but not to provide context.

    imgur.com isn't available in the UK anyway so it doesn't matter to us! :^)

    --
    Regards
    John

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  • From Frank Slootweg@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 16, 2026 18:48:09
    Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:
    Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    Oopsy daisy...

    https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6
    (No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
    adding spaces.)

    Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but not to provide context.

    The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
    photo) would spoil the fun.

    It is also a bug somewhere.

    It would be more funny/interesting if the screenshot made clear
    *which* screen/utility/<whatever> contains this tidbit.

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  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 16, 2026 22:12:21
    On 2026-05-16 20:48, Frank Slootweg wrote:
    Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:
    Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    Oopsy daisy...

    https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6
    (No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
    adding spaces.)

    Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but >>> not to provide context.

    The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
    photo) would spoil the fun.

    It is also a bug somewhere.

    It would be more funny/interesting if the screenshot made clear
    *which* screen/utility/<whatever> contains this tidbit.

    Sure. We can ask that after the initial post.

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

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  • From Paul@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 16, 2026 16:44:42
    On Sat, 5/16/2026 4:12 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-05-16 20:48, Frank Slootweg wrote:
    Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:
    Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    Oopsy daisy...

    https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6
    (No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
    adding spaces.)

    Not visiting a non-described image link.  You took the time to post, but >>>> not to provide context.

    The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
    photo) would spoil the fun.

    It is also a bug somewhere.

       It would be more funny/interesting if the screenshot made clear
    *which* screen/utility/<whatever> contains this tidbit.

    Sure. We can ask that after the initial post.


    It does not match current versions of Settings : System : About .

    You can see from the date on this one, it would be an early Windows 10
    that expresses itself this way.

    https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png

    Paul


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  • From Paul@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, May 17, 2026 08:19:57
    On Sun, 5/17/2026 6:11 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 17/05/2026 4:02 am, John K.Eason wrote:
    In article <1g2hors7fw6kl.dlg@v.nguard.lh>, V@nguard.LH (VanguardLH) wrote: >>> *From:* VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
    *Date:* Sat, 16 May 2026 12:46:26 -0500
    Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    Oopsy daisy...

    https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6
    (No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
    adding spaces.)

    Not visiting a non-described image link.  You took the time to
    post, but not to provide context.

    imgur.com isn't available in the UK anyway so it doesn't matter to us! :^) >>
    Clicking that link got me a blank, black, screen .... so, maybe, not available in Aust, either. .... or do I need another add-on-thingee.

    You have to put on your sunglasses.

    <https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6>

    That interface is how it was roughly in the year 2016.
    It would take an early release of Win10 to do that.
    This is an example (for reference), of what the imgur link
    should have looked like (in the year 2016, as Windows 10
    in the year 2026 does not look like this).

    <https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png>

    It depends on how that software is determining the revision.
    It is unlikely to just consult a single file or a single registry entry.

    On Linux, as a (failed) example of trying to keep it the same
    everywhere, they would use

    cat /etc/lsb-release

    and four lines of text in there attempted to tell you what
    OS it was.

    But nobody like standards, or easy things, so that's why
    this topic is always complicated and silly things happen
    (or could happen) to the output.

    Paul

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  • From Paul@3:633/10 to All on Monday, May 18, 2026 14:48:23
    On Mon, 5/18/2026 5:31 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

        <https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6>
        <https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png>

    Just on Spec, I Copied both links and Pasted them into FireFox and what do you know .... they both worked!!

    The second worked in SeaMonkey .... but not the first!!

    OK, so what that means, is it is a https:// issue.

    The connection (secure to in-flight sniffing) is secured by SSL/TLS.
    We are up to TLS 1.3 or so. Within TLS, there is also
    a negotiation of a crypto method, such as a CHACHA20 or so.

    # stream cypher

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20#ChaCha_variant

    On high security sites, they "crank everything to the max".
    This leaves older browsers in the dust, as they might only
    have TLS 1.2 support and not TLS 1.3 . We as users, cannot
    really be sure what the web site admin is thinking when the
    selection of things to negotiate is so small, that only
    half the users can establish a connection. But that's why
    things like this happen.

    There is a web site scanner, that used to report all the
    gory details, of what the web site supported. And whether
    it only had a couple of the highest (known) security choices
    for the crypto. I think it was ssllabs.

    # Testing a web browser for capabilities. They have
    # reduced the thoroughness of tests like this.

    https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html

    You can test a domain, and see what it supports.
    Here, I'm checking Walmart, to see if it uses TLS 1.3 and CHACHA20 :-)

    https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=walmart.com

    Your web browser can have an about:config setting for
    SSL/TLS. It should not be using SSL at all. TLS 1.2 is
    kinda OK, and TLS 1.3 is what we're aiming for. TLS 1.1 is
    no good any more. When Q-Day arrives (quantum computing
    with Q-bits, which does not solve every problem given to it),
    then something stronger than CHACHA20 will be needed at
    that point. Cryptographers are working on quantum-resistant
    materials as we sleep.

    Paul

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  • From ....winston@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 01:53:39
    On 05/18/2026 2:48 PM, Paul wrote:
    On Mon, 5/18/2026 5:31 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

        <https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6>
        <https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png>

    Just on Spec, I Copied both links and Pasted them into FireFox and what do you know .... they both worked!!

    The second worked in SeaMonkey .... but not the first!!

    OK, so what that means, is it is a https:// issue.

    The connection (secure to in-flight sniffing) is secured by SSL/TLS.
    We are up to TLS 1.3 or so. Within TLS, there is also
    a negotiation of a crypto method, such as a CHACHA20 or so.

    # stream cypher

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20#ChaCha_variant

    On high security sites, they "crank everything to the max".
    This leaves older browsers in the dust, as they might only
    have TLS 1.2 support and not TLS 1.3 . We as users, cannot
    really be sure what the web site admin is thinking when the
    selection of things to negotiate is so small, that only
    half the users can establish a connection. But that's why
    things like this happen.

    There is a web site scanner, that used to report all the
    gory details, of what the web site supported. And whether
    it only had a couple of the highest (known) security choices
    for the crypto. I think it was ssllabs.

    # Testing a web browser for capabilities. They have
    # reduced the thoroughness of tests like this.

    https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html

    You can test a domain, and see what it supports.
    Here, I'm checking Walmart, to see if it uses TLS 1.3 and CHACHA20 :-)

    https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=walmart.com

    Your web browser can have an about:config setting for
    SSL/TLS. It should not be using SSL at all. TLS 1.2 is
    kinda OK, and TLS 1.3 is what we're aiming for. TLS 1.1 is
    no good any more. When Q-Day arrives (quantum computing
    with Q-bits, which does not solve every problem given to it),
    then something stronger than CHACHA20 will be needed at
    that point. Cryptographers are working on quantum-resistant
    materials as we sleep.

    Paul

    Fyi:
    For SeaMonkey 2.53.23 (the latest release) and at least the prior five 2.53.x releases(22, 21, 20, 19, 18)
    => TLS 1.3 is the default version

    SSLLabs.com results for 2.53.23
    - Your user agent supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3, which are recommended
    protocol version at the moment
    - no user agent vulnerabilities(Curveball, Logjam, FREAK, POODLE)
    - etc.

    --
    ...wнд?ё?д

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  • From ....winston@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 10:47:15
    On 05/19/2026 6:31 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 19/05/2026 3:53 pm, ....winston wrote:
    On 05/18/2026 2:48 PM, Paul wrote:
    On Mon, 5/18/2026 5:31 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

         <https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6>
    <https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-
    properties-window.png>

    Just on Spec, I Copied both links and Pasted them into FireFox and
    what do you know .... they both worked!!

    The second worked in SeaMonkey .... but not the first!!

    OK, so what that means, is it is a https:// issue.

    The connection (secure to in-flight sniffing) is secured by SSL/TLS.
    We are up to TLS 1.3 or so. Within TLS, there is also
    a negotiation of a crypto method, such as a CHACHA20 or so.

        # stream cypher

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20#ChaCha_variant

    On high security sites, they "crank everything to the max".
    This leaves older browsers in the dust, as they might only
    have TLS 1.2 support and not TLS 1.3 . We as users, cannot
    really be sure what the web site admin is thinking when the
    selection of things to negotiate is so small, that only
    half the users can establish a connection. But that's why
    things like this happen.

    There is a web site scanner, that used to report all the
    gory details, of what the web site supported. And whether
    it only had a couple of the highest (known) security choices
    for the crypto. I think it was ssllabs.

        # Testing a web browser for capabilities. They have
        # reduced the thoroughness of tests like this.

         https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html

        You can test a domain, and see what it supports.
        Here, I'm checking Walmart, to see if it uses TLS 1.3 and
    CHACHA20 :-)

         https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=walmart.com

    Your web browser can have an about:config setting for
    SSL/TLS. It should not be using SSL at all. TLS 1.2 is
    kinda OK, and TLS 1.3 is what we're aiming for. TLS 1.1 is
    no good any more. When Q-Day arrives (quantum computing
    with Q-bits, which does not solve every problem given to it),
    then something stronger than CHACHA20 will be needed at
    that point. Cryptographers are working on quantum-resistant
    materials as we sleep.

       Paul

    Fyi:
      For SeaMonkey 2.53.23 (the latest release) and at least the prior
    five 2.53.x releases(22, 21, 20, 19, 18)
    TLS 1.3 is the default version

    SSLLabs.com results for 2.53.23
    - Your user agent supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3, which are recommended
    protocol version at the moment
      - no user agent vulnerabilities(Curveball, Logjam, FREAK, POODLE)
      - etc.

    Looking at about:config and typing 'tls' in the Search: field, 14 prefs
    show up .... and ALL are set a 'default' status and none show the
    protocol version.

    Look closer at the values(the numbers) i.e. the respective protocol
    range configure for use:
    security.tls.version.min
    security.tls.version.max

    Then compare to SeaMonkey's Edit\Preferences\Privacy & Security\ for
    SSL/TLS configured/enabled protocol

    TLS 1.0 TLS 1.1 TLS 1.2 TLS 1.3
    1 2 3 4

    For a clean install of SeaMonkey(since at least 2.53.18[2.53.23 is the
    latest] TLS 1.3 is the default enabled protocol.

    Fyi...
    - An upgrade install retains any prior enabled TLS protocols
    - the user can toggled (on/off) any of the four available protcols



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    ...wнд?ё?д

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  • From ....winston@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, May 21, 2026 12:13:33
    On 05/21/2026 2:17 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 20/05/2026 12:47 am, ....winston wrote:
    On 05/19/2026 6:31 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 19/05/2026 3:53 pm, ....winston wrote:

    <Snip>

    Looking at about:config and typing 'tls' in the Search: field, 14
    prefs show up .... and ALL are set a 'default' status and none show
    the protocol version.

    Look closer at the values(the numbers) i.e. the respective protocol
    range configure for use:
    security.tls.version.min
    security.tls.version.max

    Then compare to SeaMonkey's Edit\Preferences\Privacy & Security\ for
    SSL/TLS configured/enabled protocol

      TLS 1.0 TLS 1.1 TLS 1.2 TLS 1.3
         1       2        3      4

    For a clean install of SeaMonkey(since at least 2.53.18[2.53.23 is the
    latest] TLS 1.3 is the default enabled protocol.

    Fyi...
      - An upgrade install retains any prior enabled TLS protocols
      - the user can toggled (on/off) any of the four available protcols

    Are you reading my Set-up or something, winston.

    Because I've upgraded somewhere along the lines, my SeaMonkey Prefs has
    TLS 1.2 & 1.3 enabled. ;-)


    The point wasn't which of your settings were enabled or not enabled.

    It was meant to address an earlier comment regarding SeaMonkey's support
    for TLS 1.3

    Even though SeaMonkey is using the same backend Firefox(60.8)and Thunderbird(60.8.0) its(latest version as released, 2.53.23) does
    contain the relevant(at time of release) current Firefox 140.6 and
    Thunderbird 104.6 ESR security fixes.

    i.e.
    1. The inability for SeaMonkey browser to load that web page is not due
    to lack of TLS 1.3 support
    2. The inability is due to another reason

    SeaMonkey 2.53.23 does have some other differences. It's base useragent
    is/was 123, while Firefox current is 150(138 at the time of SM 2.53.23 release).

    SeaMonkey prefetch(for DNS) default is enabled, though disabling has no
    impact on SeaMonkey's inability to load that site.

    What may be significant is SeaMonkey's legacy JavaScript engine and
    ciphers which are known to struggle with image hosting platforms.
    - in some cases, opening the link in a different browser and clicking
    on the image to obtain the image actual link(shown in the Address bar)
    and then using that in SeaMonkey will load the image...but that is often
    met with limited success(and especially, previously known with imgur
    hosted images)....on other image hosting platforms.




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    ...wнд?ё?д

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
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  • From ....winston@3:633/10 to All on Friday, May 22, 2026 10:54:09
    On 05/22/2026 5:55 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 22/05/2026 2:13 am, ....winston wrote:

    <Snip>

    What may be significant is SeaMonkey's legacy JavaScript engine and
    ciphers which are known to struggle with image hosting platforms. -
    in some cases, opening the link in a different browser and clicking on
    the image to obtain the image actual link(shown in the Address
    bar) and then using that in SeaMonkey will load the image

    ... and, if you've already got the image displayed in a different
    browser, why would you need to display it in SeaMonkey's browser??

    ...but that is often met with limited success (and especially,
    previously known with imgur hosted images)....on other image hosting
    platforms.

    --
    Daniel70


    It was not that one 'would' but only that one 'could'

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    ...wнд?ё?д

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  • From ....winston@3:633/10 to All on Friday, May 22, 2026 10:55:10
    On 05/22/2026 5:55 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 22/05/2026 2:13 am, ....winston wrote:

    <Snip>

    What may be significant is SeaMonkey's legacy JavaScript engine and
    ciphers which are known to struggle with image hosting platforms. -
    in some cases, opening the link in a different browser and clicking on
    the image to obtain the image actual link(shown in the Address
    bar) and then using that in SeaMonkey will load the image

    ... and, if you've already got the image displayed in a different
    browser, why would you need to display it in SeaMonkey's browser??

    ...but that is often met with limited success (and especially,
    previously known with imgur hosted images)....on other image hosting
    platforms.

    --
    Daniel70


    It was not that one 'would' but only that one 'could'

    --
    ...wнд?ё?д

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
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  • From ...winston@3:633/10 to All on Friday, May 22, 2026 10:57:28
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 22/05/2026 2:13 am, ....winston wrote:

    <Snip>

    What may be significant is SeaMonkey's legacy JavaScript engine and
    ciphers which are known to struggle with image hosting platforms. -
    in some cases, opening the link in a different browser and clicking on
    the image to obtain the image actual link(shown in the Address
    bar) and then using that in SeaMonkey will load the image

    ... and, if you've already got the image displayed in a different
    browser, why would you need to display it in SeaMonkey's browser??

    ...but that is often met with limited success (and especially,
    previously known with imgur hosted images)....on other image hosting
    platforms.

    --
    Daniel70

    It was not that one 'would' but only that one 'could'

    --
    ...wнд?ё?д

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
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