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Old 24-03-10, 10:22 AM   #31
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However, I even still occasionally use lynx. And pray tell what is wrong with using a wget and actually looking at the html instead of the rendering.
pah. Real men use GET
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Old 24-03-10, 10:23 AM   #32
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How do you get that?
here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3
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Old 24-03-10, 10:26 AM   #33
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pah. Real men use telnet
Fixed it for ya.

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Old 24-03-10, 11:02 AM   #34
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pah. Real men use telnet
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Been there, a telnet to port 80 and then a get with the appropriate url stuff. Standard debugging techniques when I ran a hosting centre
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Old 24-03-10, 11:54 AM   #35
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pah. Real men use telnet
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still wrong I'm afraid.
Real men really use netcat
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Old 24-03-10, 12:01 PM   #36
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Meh, netcat isn't always available and is banned in certain countries.

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Old 24-03-10, 12:02 PM   #37
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IE6! @ Work

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Old 24-03-10, 12:51 PM   #38
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Meh, netcat isn't always available and is banned in certain countries.

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odd that. It's the simplest of network connection tools. Nothing that couldn't be replicated with a few lines of perl.
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Old 24-03-10, 12:57 PM   #39
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It can be used for hacking. Stupid and idiotic law? Yes.

Same with nmap, I've used that loads, never once for malicious purposes yet again banned in places like Germany.

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Old 24-03-10, 12:58 PM   #40
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Firefox, I used to like IE until they released IE7 & then they released IE8 and it so bl**dy slow its unbearable. I have to use IE for somestuff at work but I will avoid it now unless I really have to use it.
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