Online security

[theraven1979]

Nice little article for ramping up your online security

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TenThings ... hians.aspx


Jim

[PaulinLondon]

All too true.

For some reason, this is reminding me of some Apple -v- PC banter on here some years ago as advocated by Mr. Streeb-Greebling.

[Alias]

Here's one for ypu Jim, what does php stand for?

[droopsnoot]

Originally, I think it stood for "Personal Home Page".

[Alias]

Originally, I think it stood for "Personal Home Page".

Yes, but what does it stand for now?

[theraven1979]

Pre-Hypertext Processor or summat innit?

Jim

[droopsnoot]

Almost. Apparently it's now one of those smarty-pants circular acronyms beloved of the Linux crowd: "PHP: Hypertext Pre-Processor". (http://www.php.net/manual/en/history.php.php)

[theraven1979]

Remember you had "TWAIN" stickers all over scanners at one point - Anyone know what it stands for?

Jim

[Alias]

Almost. Apparently it's now one of those smarty-pants circular acronyms beloved of the Linux crowd: "PHP: Hypertext Pre-Processor". (http://www.php.net/manual/en/history.php.php)

Mmmm , so PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor?

So, erm, what does the PHP stand for?

Yeah droopsnoot, that's what I heard- it used to stand for Personal Home Page, but that's reckoned to be too lame for techies now, so it's now a feckin "Recursive acronym"- an acronym that refers to itself.
How feckin stupid bollox is that?

[Old Angus]

I say Get Rid Of Acronyms Now.