January 27, 2002

9:18 PM

Q209354 - HOWTO Semi-comic relief. Found on newsgroup.
posted by bjgeiger (6 comments total)

it's funnier when you make the URL like this:

http://[e-mail]/nyheter/feb01/Q209354%20-%20HOWTO.htm (that's how I got it).. Then people actually think it's coming off the MS website (except for those of us in the web/tech industry)

But yah ruined the surprise already! J/K
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 9:40 PM on January 27, 2002

"except for those of us in the web/tech industry"

Except?
I would expect that the web industry types would fall for that the most. Or at least some of the people I've worked with...
posted by mkn at 9:42 PM on January 27, 2002

OK, let me rephrase then. "Those of us who have an understanding of how URLs are constructed"
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 12:15 AM on January 28, 2002

And those of us with Macs, on which the URL-spoofing trick doesn't work.
posted by rodii at 5:21 AM on January 28, 2002

And those of us with Macs, on which the URL-spoofing trick doesn't work.

Works under OS X / IE 5.1. So, works on some macs.
posted by warhol at 5:54 AM on January 28, 2002

Q102496 INFO: How to use the HOWTO's HOWTO document

Oh, this is just deliciously precious!
posted by ZachsMind at 7:07 AM on January 28, 2002