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Webcomics

2006-03-11T00:59:02Z

Boo-chan:

A combined list of the webcomics some of the [[CompSci.ca]] users like to read, sorted alphabetically.

*[http://nuklearpower.com/ 8-bit theater]
*[http://applegeeks.com/ AppleGeeks]
*[http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/ CAD]
*[http://machall.com/ MacHall]
*[http://www.megatokyo.com/ MegaTokyo]
*[http://www.orneryboy.com/ Orneryboy]
*[http://penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade]
*[http://pvponline.com/ PvP]
*[http://www.questionablecontent.net/ Questionable Content]
*[http://www.robandelliot.cycomics.com/index.php/ Rob and Elliot Comics]
*[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/ Tsunami Channel]
*[http://beaverandsteve.com/ The unfeasible adventures of Beaver and Steve]
*[http://userfriendly.org/ User Friendly]
*[http://vgcats.com/ VG Cats]

Compsci.ca Wiki:General disclaimer

2006-02-12T00:18:56Z

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If you have any questions about this wiki, CompSci.ca, or anything else on this site, please contact [[Hacker Dan]], [[Tony]] or another staff member.

V3

2006-02-09T21:20:29Z

Boo-chan: spelling

This page was intentionally left blank, but was added to anyway.

==V3 ETA==
'''Alpha Version''': Before Summer, Feb. 30th (estimate only)

'''Beta Version''': Before next school year, April 30th (estimate only)

'''Public Version''': Unknown

==User Requests==
Add modifications and other things that you would like to see in V3:

===Added===
*[[Amailer]]: Merge posts commands for mods
*[[Amailer]]: Tutorial rating system
*[[Cervantes]]: Quick Reply box
*[[Martin]]: Add an RSS feed option for various forums. (Can you say awesome?) Yes '''''ADDED''''' but buggy
*[[Martin]]: Timed bans. Like, so I can ban someone for three days and when they login it'd say You have been banned (by [[Martin]]) for whatever reason. There is <x> much time remaining. Then I wouldn't have to feel so guilty.
*[[Martin]]: Get rid of the stupid 'You have a message!' sound that plays and makes the page layout go nuts. '''''ADDED in v2 as well'''''
*[[Rizzix]]: Allow for moderator feedback: aka tutorial rejection. This will help improve the quality of tutorials available on compsci.
*[[Amailer]]: (Maybe) create a system similar to [http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Main_Page Gallery2] '''''A image system like it has be added but not that.'''''

===In development===
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Automated security systems
*[[Martin]]: Fix firefox glow '''''May not be possible'''''
:Then can we just get rid of it, or at least disable the colours for the name that are impossible/difficult to see on real web browsers (such as white)?
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Tony]]: wiki like bbcode linking
*[[Cervantes]]: Link to Bit Log in profiles (only visible to that user, such as Attachment Control Panel, or mods)
*[[Cornflake]]: Tutorial link to wiki [[Tutorials]] page
*[[Gandalf]]: Time of last log in, on the profile page.
*[[Hikaru79]]: Not having edits, count towards your post/minute timer (so you can edit posts right after you made them if you noticed a problem).
*[[Martin]]: Registration that registers you both on the wiki and compsci.ca with the same account.
*[[rizzix]]: List users by rank, where the rank is the bits/posts ratio.
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user projects: Homepage, CVS, Bugtracker, Development timeline graphs, etc. '''''Partly Added, the CVS part, partly'''''
:Subversion, not CVS... please.
:--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:47, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::Acuatly it is subversion not CVS that i added, my bad =p
::--[[User:65.39.11.90|65.39.11.90]] 11:08, 7 February 2006 (PST)

===Considering===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=282881 Google Integrated Search] so that it will take alot less time to search and you'll be able to get better results.
:: I like it in theory but it could cause the bot problems we had b4 to come back. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Cervantes]]: Commenting for changing bits
:: A bits log for sure but i don't know about making a comeeting section for every bits chage, i think that is more for what PMing is for. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: Support for user project bounties.
*[[rizzix]]: Improved award system. Make the awards a little more visible, i.e. not hidden deep within the user's profile.
:It would be cool if at the top right of your post (to the left of the edit button) there was a list of clickable 16x16 icons representing the awards. Each award could have a description attached to it, like - 'awarded to so and so for winning this contest on this day.' Probably kind of time consuming to add though.
:[[User:Martin|Martin]] 00:31, 1 February 2006 (PST)
::Cool maybe but it whould make the posts to corwed with infromation and start looking bad, esptaly if some users had many awards
::--[[User:Hacker Dan|24.109.165.77]] 10:19, 4 February 2006 (PST)
:::In that case, it could be the most recent five awards or whaever.
:::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 02:50, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::::In the profile maybe, but right on the persons posts seems a bit much. Tho i could posbliy make a system for the user to put them in there sig. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::::Instead, maybe just a single trophy button with a number beside it showing the number of trophies that the user has. Like: ''Y(3)'' (with the Y being a picture of a trophy or something)
:::::--[[User:Martin|Martin]] 16:49, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: In-place post editing. That is, display the whole page as it would normally show up when viewing posts, but make the post marked for editing, editable. ( hint: AJAX )
::AJAX is gr8 and all but can some times overly complicate things. [[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:38, 5 February 2006 (PST)
::: It makes things simpler on the user end. (c'mon stop complaining :p) Of course, no rush here, you can safely move it to V4 :)
::: --[[rizzix]] 19:14, 5 February 2006 (PST)
*[[rizzix]]: A WYSIWYG editor, for those who don't like using bbcode or wiki
*[[rizzix]]: Improved tutorial writing system: provides the ability to work on tutorials in offline mode, (a publishing system). The ability take a tutorial offline, edit it, improve it, and re-publish it. Force all tutorials to be approved by ''any'' moderator before it is displayed online. '''''Not going to happen unless some one whonts to write the offline software and backend script to handel post uploads'''''
::That is not what I meant. By offline I mean you take it off display, and put it into a Tutorial box or something. It is basically a publishing system. Do reconsider.
::--[[rizzix]] 11:39, 5 February 2006 (PST)
:::I am considering it, tho it may make things more complicated. --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 14:32, 5 February 2006 (PST)

===Rejected===
*[[Amailer]]: [http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=289721 Democracy MOD 0.1.4 (reputation + warnings + reports)] '''''Difrent mod being used for same thing'''''
*[[Martin]]: Hookers. '''''Added....i mean WTF???'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Allow for wiki sytle editing, as an alternative to bbcode. '''''I don't know about that one....'''''
*[[rizzix]]: Give the tutorial's author bits/month for ''x'' number of years, based on the rating his tutorial has received (since we already have the rating system implemented). This will help improve the number of quality articles we have here on compsci, and will truly reflect the rank of the user.
::I am planing on having a bits for rating system but it will be based on some difrent math
::[[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)
*[[Amailer]]: Since you guys are removing the edit button because you don't know what the origional content was, how about making a system, similar to wikies which has the edit history? No need for it to be able to un-do it all, but yeah, you would be able to check what has been edited. (you can just put the diffrent versions insted of the + and - thigns)
::We are not removing the edit buttion
::[[Hacker Dan]]--[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)

===Requested===

*[[Martin]]: When editing posts, default to silent edit when it's someone else's post, but to a normal (tagged) edit when editing your own posts.
*[[Gandalf]]: An easy way of quoting multiple people so that it shows their name above the quote (ie. one solution would be the quote button, except make it show in the "Topic Review" below the "Post a Reply" box).
*[[Iker]]: We need more cowbell
::We need more what now? [http://www.fridayfishwrap.com/wp/wp-content/images/cowbell.jpg Cowbell?]
::[[Hacker Dan]] --[[User:24.109.165.77|24.109.165.77]] 18:12, 8 February 2006 (PST)

==Things left to do for V3==
Not usefull to any one but Hacker Dan, but just easy to keep track of this way for him:

*<strike>Edit private message welcome</strike>
*<strike>Errors on forum (posting)</strike>
*<strike>remove aditional info on fourm names (moderator info)</strike>
*<strike>posbly remove style drop down</strike>
*reoreder nav links
*<strike>remove "switch to invisible"</strike>
*<strike>remove download modual</strike>
*add shop for item pool
*<strike>chage name of knowledge base link</strike>
*<strike>chage pic of knowledge base</strike> '''''Thanks to amailer'''''
*<strike>fix knowledge base approval system</strike>
*<strike>remove lexicon</strike>
*make portal pages
*<strike>add in wiki and blog nav links</strike>
*<strike>try to fix time zones</strike>
*fix order of smiles
*<strike>check spell checker</strike> Fix spell checker
*add user controal panale links
*<strike>edit user aggremnt</strike> Make new rules page
*<strike>chage post icon setings</strike>
*<strike>fix flash bbcode and others</strike> fix or remove flash bbcode
*<strike>set up anwsered/unawsered system</strike>
*<strike>edit footer</strike> check out backend.php
*edit faq
*<strike>add event types</strike>
*<strike>fix link to use modual</strike>
*<strike>fix contact us deparments</strike>
*reorder moduals
*add knowledge base rankings
*deal with user requests
*<strike>chage KB tag</strike>
*<strike>fix IE errors/warnings</strike>
*make footer look nicer
*<strike>add wiki bbcode</strike>
*<strike>fix pm notifaction</strike>
*add in compsci.ca bits mod
*add in compsci.ca bits log mod
*add in compsci.ca shop effect sell mod
*get some sleep
*work on KB combaity by making notice go to old tutoral forms
*Play with RSS Feed
*Test timed bans
*fix up pm message
*KB noftication on rejection and reason
*Test image system
*Look in to and add secuirty systems
*disable glow for non-IE
*bits log link in profile (only visable to staff + user)
*time last login in profile
*Link to wiki tutoral page
*look in to edits spam timer
*dual registeration
*add registeration feilds
*more user listing options in member list
*play with subversion ideas
*look in to google integrated search
*look in to user project bounties system
*look in to increasing visiblity of user awards
*look in to phpbb AJAX (http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=348995)
*better error pages
*find copy right for compsci.ca

==Alpha Verson==
===Alpha Testers===
Aplha users are limited to staff only. If you are staff list your name below to sign up for the v3 alpha test.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Tony]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Amailer]]

===Bug Report===
Please list your name, the browser you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you were doing and the bug below:

===Comentes and Sugestions===

==Beta Verson==
===Beta Testers===
Any users in good standing may sign up for the beta test. The beta test will begin after all the bugs and chages recommended in the alpha test are made/done. Not all users signed up will get to be a beta tester and order of signing up may or may not matter.

*[[Hacker Dan]]
*[[Cornflake]]
*[[El Comandante]]
*rdrake/cartoon_shark
*[[Pwned]]
*[[Martin]]!
*[[Cervantes]]
*[[Gandalf]]
*[[rizzix]]
*[[Hikaru79]]

===Bug Report===
Please list your name, the brower you are using, the time and date, the error, the url, what you were doing and the bug below:

===Comentes and Sugestions===

==V3 Preview==
The following is rumored to be a pic of [[the]] V3 system:
[[Image:compsci_v3.jpg|thumb|500px|left|V3?]]

Jamonathin

2006-02-09T02:34:10Z

Boo-chan: spelling

== About Jamonathin ==
Jamonathin is an off and on user at [[compsci.ca/v2]]. He's been around for a while on the forums and plans to keep it that way.

== What's "Jamonathin" Mean??==
Jamonathin is a name I cleverly came up with in Grade 8 while shooting a "cheap trampoline boxing video" for a class project. My friend was the one supplying the pillow-like boxing gloves and he had a brother named Johnathin. Their names were written on the tags of the boxing gloves, and unfortunately by that time in my life I was unable to read and pronounced the name "jah-mon-ah-thin", which soon became a nickname.

== Jamonathin's Academicz ==
I'm a fifth year student at Kennedy C.I. (aka Super Senior). Next year I plan to go to Windsor University for Computer Science. My course load is quite hefty this year.

1- College Physics (7:55 am!!!11)

2- Algebra

3- Grade 9 Band

4- Spare

5- Auto CAD

6- Calculus

7- Spare

8- Spare

9- Spare

Besides the fact that I don't need my 1st class or my 3rd class, it's my second time taking Calculus and AutoCAD is a joke, I consider myself pretty busy. However I do CO-OP at Silicon Direct, located at the corner of Tecumseh and Dominion/Cambell, so yeah - Checkz it out!

== Jamonathin's Avatars ==
Unfortunately I cannot find my orginal avatar. It involved a monkey and it said "AHHH Evil Monkey!!" in an animated .gif .
[[http://www.southparkstuff.com/img/kyleindex.gif]]
[[http://home.no.net/reallife/new/cards/pokemon/07.gif]]
[[http://www.google.ca/images?q=tbn:fgHcO1LYSa26TM:www.visajourney.com/forums/html/avatars/South%2520Park/kyle08.gif]][[http://www.wowow.co.jp/drama_anime/southpark/img/c_kyle.gif]]

Fan Mail

2006-01-28T18:02:52Z

Boo-chan: sp

[[Image:hatemail.gif|thumb|300px|right|Fan Mail]]
== Warning ==
The following are posts, e-mails, PMs and other communications to CompSci.ca from our users (or ex-users in some cases) and are not the opinions of CompSci.ca or any of our staff. Some of the following may be seen as offensive and may contain inappropriate content. These posts/letters were deemed too offensive(or inappropriate) to put on the site but too funny not to put somewhere. Please do not change the content of peoples' letters but feel free to add the ones you may have access to.

== The Good ==
None listed yet.

== The Bad ==
=== OMG LIKE WHRE IS TURING ===
tuuringsuks (now banned) tells us about his obsession with the number one in this post:
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I NEEDS 2 NO WHARE 2 DOWNLOD TURING CYUZ I LOST IT ON MY KOMPUTR LIKES I'S KANT FIND IT! I MAKED DISH PROGRAM IN MA NOTEPAD PROGRAM YO AND DATS SOME ADVANCED SH*T!!!DATS HARD 2 USE!! I HEARED DAT TURING IS EASIE AND IT MAKE DAT PROGRAMS WORK!!!!!!!!111,ONE, ONE, ONE, ONE, ELEVEN, ELEVEN, ELEVEN, ELEVENTY, ELEVENTY AND ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, DEN A THOUSand AND DEN anoder ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 111111111111ONE, ONE, ONE, ONE, ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN!!!
</td></tr></table>

=== Dearest Nerds ===
A nice letter from yousuckandthatssad:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
Dearest nerds,

If you are reading this, chances are I dislike you. I am a happy geek who enjoys spending time pwning nerds away from the computers. I bet you children cannot even get a girlfriend. Thank you for wasting my life. Farewell. Good luck in your future adventures.
</td></tr></table>

=== YOU CAN ALL **** UR ****S ===
mike_juve plans to take over the world while having an identiy crises:
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Youre all a bunch of crazies

yes, this is hacker dan, this is where u can find the gay turing program u all speak so highly of.

[Link to some wares site was here]

AHAHAHAHA im taking over the world!!!!!

SHUT UP!!

Sincerely,

Bin laden and scottyrush13

YE YE
</td></tr></table>

=== AOL Strikes Back ===
cop_mike uses his vast vocabulary to tell us what he wants:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
hey f.u.c.k u u muther f.u.c.k.ers suck my balls!!!!!!!!!!!!
</td></tr></table>

=== get laid......with a girl ===
hailchad mails our staff and is clear about what to lay because we may forget:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
Dude your a ****ing ****.

Get a life, get laid......with a girl.
</td></tr></table>

And helps another staff member be more efficient:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
Subject: Your a ****

Dude just tell me to die.

Don't take like 3 hours to write a ****ing program.

Get a life.
</td></tr></table>

Coutsos: I think... I think hailchad likes me. What should I do?

Tony: ask him out you'll make sure a cute couple *Wink*

Coutsos: *Embarassed Wink*

=== Something iv allways wanted to say! ===
joman expains the physics of sunburn to us:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
there is something iv wanted to say to u guys for a long time u guys have no lives. go outside what r u afraid of... wait wait let me guess the sun will hit my skin at a 45 degree angle causeing a sunburn on my arm exactualy 4.32 cm long.

i am very ashamed of u and everyone who postes on this message board u people should go outside go do something else with your time then site in front of your computer a and talk about programming u people make me sick... i get enough of computer programming during the day at school i think i get too much.

and i cant stand it let alone read what u people talk about on these messsage boards.

i feel like gaging over each and evryone of u.
</td></tr></table>

and then goes on to ask:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
for my compsci final project my partner and i want to make a mario game we have all the mapes and characters and everything the only problem is i dont know how to setup teh boundries of the map so if someone would help me i would greatly appreciate it.

PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ someone plz help me
</td></tr></table>

== The Funny ==
=== Nerd Bashing Rap? ===
Posted to the fourms by tiago (now banned) after not getting his way when asking for people to write his final project for him to boost his mark of 33% into the passing zone.
<table border="1"><tr><td>
o mama feels yo shit just a lil' bit<br>
yo teacher feel yo shit just a lil' bit<br>
Yo computer feel yo shit just a lil' bit<br>
Stop the computin', lets get back to some killa shit<br>
I'm a gangsta I do what I want to,<br>
Your time is up NERD, I dun warned you,<br>
You got the Teacher with you NERD don't trip,<br>
I got a box of doughnut's and a whole clip<br>
I'ma kick it in the class till its time to go,<br>
And You wont leave the class til the Teacher show<br>
this Computer shit is making you NERDZ nervous<br>
It's gonna be families grieving at the sunday service<br>
B.i.t.c.h NERDZ get put in a coffin<br>
With all that f.u.c.k..in psychopath talkin<br>
You listenin to da source code, and I ain't from boston!<br>
Yo mama feels yo shit just a lil' bit<br>
yo teacher feel yo shit just a lil' bit<br>
Yo computer feel yo shit just a lil' bit<br>
Stop the computin', lets get back to some killa shit<br>
Y'all Nerdz spend too much time watchin' flicks<br>
Who you wanna be? Bill gates ain't s.H.it?<br>
Well you can start, right before his ass get hit<br>
So when I walk up you can see the Floppy drive spit<br>
My Programz about to drop in 7 days<br>
But I still poke a Nerd at the VMA's<br>
100 mill in my account and Im still on the grind<br>
When you aint in my clique, its hard to shine<br>
I mean talent like this is so hard to find<br>

from Yo friends Tiago and Lilcp3 Snitches
</td></tr></table>

=== The End? ===
Posted by DrViper over a year ago:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
This is the beginning of the end of compsci
</td></tr></table>

=== A+ average? Not anymore ===
The 1st of many:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
I am an A+ average student and I know turing really well, but I don't have time to work on my final project. Can somebody do it for me, or my average will drop
</td></tr></table>

=== Revealtions ===
my_skin_smooth has an eureka moment:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
was looking at my playgirl collection. and it hits me:

this is how u draw an arc... like a man's @$$:<br>
drawarc(x,y,startdegree,enddegree,colour)
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=== I am a female *wink* *wink* ===
little_star tells us about her sex:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
Hey i need you to send me your program by June 18 2003 which is tomorroiw. I am a female and need to pass this course or else forget about my acceotance<br>
Please<br>
Thank you<br>
Laura Razz
</td></tr></table>

=== Where did my hotmailz goz? ===
The day before nerdbasher lost his hotmail, msn, isp and compsci acount he told us:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
im back Very Happy u nerds cant stop us. no matter how much u guys try 2 hack our comps or take over my friends hotmail accounts. ill bash you u hacker nerds
</td></tr></table>

=== Youuuuuuuuuuuuu Hackers ===
dougeby learns about mod edits:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
All right. who Hacked all the rest of the Posts? There are only 3 showing here.

Youuuuuuuuuuuuu Hackers.

Doug
</td></tr></table>

=== McDonald's discount in your face! ===
ididyourmomhardlysoft makes us jealous of his 1337ness:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
I'm obviously not good enough for you guys. That's okay, when we're all 30, you won't be the ones getting the McDonald's employee discount.
</td></tr></table>

== The Confusing ==
=== holla at all y'all hackers ===
Posted by lilcp3 while feeling lonley and looking from some hacker "firends":
<table border="1"><tr><td>
hay r u a real hacker looking to make so money ?
</td></tr></table>

=== I AM DRUNK!!!! ===
Posted by TokenHerbz after a little to much to drink:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
and,..

I AM CANADIAN!!!!

Muhaha, justr though you should be blessed with this knolefdge of me having an awsome night Smile

Mhihaha

BYE!!!!

Token rocks

i rock

and im sure you all rock...

Peace my homies

Tomorrow for more questions, BYS>!
</td></tr></table>

=== To Much Info! ===
bizmowacka tells us a bit too much:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
I have small penz0r.
</td></tr></table>

=== STEVEN RUDZINSKI ===
kylemarch posts about his legos?
<table border="1"><tr><td>
MY NAME IS STEVEN RUDZINSKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND I LIKE TO PLAY WITH LEGO
</td></tr></table>

=== My name is kyle and i have a problem ===
Once again kylemarch writes to us about our site:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
Hi my name is kyle march

And I like to play hockey and im a golaie and im small and i like to skateboard and i do not like your web site because it is to confusing.

Thank you
</td></tr></table>

=== More about kyle ===
Kyle's friend (bubbakaloosh) tells us some more:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
Hi my name is bubbkaloosh and kyle march is a funny fat hobbit

and kyle loves m']
</td></tr></table>

=== To much compsci not enought porn ===
damix tells us how to make our site better:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
www.xxx.com is a great site...
I think this site sucks
</td></tr></table>

=== Give it to me! ===
naked1 gets a bit desperate for a little something ;) when writing to us:
<table border="1"><tr><td>
GIVE IT TO ME NERDS

U LIKE IT
</td></tr></table>

Iker

2006-01-28T17:46:26Z

Boo-chan: really minor sp fixes

Iker is a respectable user who clearly only uses turing and has created a multitude of useless programs, mostly games, and a few useful ones that he has kept for himself. He likes girls, music (especially megadeath), driving like a maniac at high speeds, pressing keys with both his fingers and his thumbs, and compsci.ca. He also enjoys the occasional discussion about nothing with random people.

42

2006-01-28T17:38:31Z

Boo-chan: added in a coupled more Hitchhiker references

42 is the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the univere, and everything; as calculated by the computer known as "Deep Thought". The question is not known, though it is suspected that it is not 6x9; unless the answer is in base 13 which hasn't been specified. Some of the many questions put forward that seem to fit the bill are 6x7, 7x7-7, 6x9-14, or 2x(6+5+4+3+2+1) and really any other equation that equals 42. It is also believed that the answer and the question can not exist together in the same universe, speculation suggests that if placed together they would annihilate each other probably taking the universe with them.

Iker

2006-01-18T10:08:29Z

Boo-chan: rollback

Iker is a respectable user who clearly only uses turing and has created a multitude of useless programs, mostly games, and a few usefull ones that he has kept for himself. He likes girls, music (especially megadeath), driving like a maniac at high speeds, pressing keys with both his fingers and his thumbs, and compsci.ca. He also enjoys the occasional discusion about nothing with random people.

User talk:24.43.171.80

2006-01-12T03:02:54Z

Boo-chan:

This is boo-chan when he forgets to log in.

IRC channel

2005-12-23T14:32:34Z

Boo-chan:

[[The]] #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

==Information==

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Main Channel:''' #compsci.ca

'''Self-taught Programming Channel:''' #cs-self-taught

==History==
===Of The Main Channel===

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who doesn't seem to be a bona fide member of the CompSci.ca community, although he's always in the channel.
Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about seven, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

===Of The Self-taught Programming Channel===
This channel was thought of on the [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10613 forums] by [[wtd]] on December 14, 2005. The main interest of this new channel is [[Ruby]] and [[O'Caml]]. This channel is not for the people who are taught programming in high school but for the people who self-teach it. When [[wtd]] announced it, there was a great cheer for [[wtd]] since he created the channel for the rest of the users to use and ask questions about.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when [[the]] mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames (see [[Coutsos Identity Crisis]]). On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
*'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho
*'''[[Cornflake]]''' - md, minor_deity, or cornflake
*'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos
*'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up
*'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]
*'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79
*'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan
*'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise
*'''[[Amailer]]''' - Amailer
*'''[[TheFerret]]''' - TheFerret

<br/>*Note: May vary greatly when name-switching game is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has made plans to integrate a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is planned to be included in the new forum software, [[V3]], that hopefully will be completed over the 2005/2006 Christmas break.

Boo-chan

2005-12-20T20:21:57Z

Boo-chan:

[[Image:boochanave.GIF|right]]

== About Boo-chan ==
Boo-chan is a current member of compsci.ca. He is often seen lurking in [[the]] [[CompSci.ca]] [[IRC channel|IRC Channel]] late at night hopelessly waiting for [http://www.megatokyo.com megatokyo] to update.

== Quotes ==
''"Maybe Macs aren't so bad after all"'' [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10649#102478]

== Favourite Quotes ==
''"Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth"'' Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

''"Show me the flowers invisible''<br>
''Sing me the hymns inaudible"'' Lullaby, Noir

''"Personally its not God I dislike, its his fan club I can't stand"'' Annonymous

''"The world around us''<br>
''assumed to be real but;''<br>
''never proven so"''

''"Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain."'' Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan

''"Sa souvraya niende misain ye. Dovie'andi se tovya sagain."'' Wheel of Time,Robert Jordan

''"Aaahhh.... my hands are like .... Fluffy!"'' Bleach Episode 7

''"To live is not a necessity; but to live honorably while life lasts is a necessity."'' Kant

''"A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go."''<br>
''"There is no 'overkill'. There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload."''<br>
''"If you're leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger gun."''<br>
''"If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it."''<br>
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates

''"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea."'' Douglas Adams

''"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."'' Annonymous

''"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."'' Terry Pratchett

''"But you read a lot of books, I'm thinking. Hard to have faith, ain't it, when you've read too many books?"'' Terry Pratchett

''"Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree."'' Terry Pratchett

''"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon..."'' Terry Pratchett

''"If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby."'' Anonymous

''"Squ33k!" Boo

User:Boo-chan

2005-12-18T00:11:11Z

Boo-chan:

#REDIRECT [[Boo-chan]]

Talk:The

2005-12-17T18:13:37Z

Boo-chan:

*[[Boo-chan]]- However I think we need a page that describes sarcasm because clearly some people have trouble understanding when it is being used.
*[[Timmytheturtle]]: It's all your fault for planting it in our heads, weither you were being sarcastic or not. So I point the blame towards you. Good job boo-chan!
*[[Cornflake]]: I have the logs to proove it too! It's surprisingly difficult to see sarcasm in text...
*[[Amailer]]: So....what is this "topic" about?
*[[Cornflake]]: "The"
*[[rizzix]]: More like [[The]] abuse of the Wiki system..
*[[Cornflake]]: Not abuse... just exploitation...
*[[Boo-chan]]: More like deliberate misuse... and describing a word using the word is generally a bad practice

Boo-chan

2005-12-17T03:26:32Z

Boo-chan: Added Favourite Quotes

Pwned

2005-12-15T23:14:40Z

Boo-chan: Reverting back to last reversion :)

==The War==
[[Hacker Dan]]'s <strike>hatred for Pwned is unjustified</strike> dislike is <strike>'''un'''</strike>justified (I never said hate). Pwned <strike>is</strike> thinks he is an amazing and brilliant person. He believes he has enought power to say "He will spare everyone, under the condition that they first bow in respect to him". Such indicates his aura of <strike>awesomeness</strike> arrogance burdened with self-proclaimed awesomeness.

Pwned is considered by certain other members of compsci to be a [[noob]], and is not as respected as he would like to believe. This could be easily fixed with a change in username and if he stopped using 1337/noob speak on forums and sending msn messages to [[CompSci Admins]].

Talk:The

2005-12-15T10:53:19Z

Boo-chan:

*[[Boo-chan]]- However I think we need a page that describes sarcasm because clearly some people have trouble understanding when it is being used.

The

2005-12-15T10:51:36Z

Boo-chan:

A very common word in the english language. However, it is also a word that is largely self explanatory and does not need to have its own page.

Talk:Pwned

2005-12-15T05:05:20Z

Boo-chan:

==Discussion about the open war==
*[[Cornflake]]: Wikiwars are pathetic. Dan, I recomend limiting editing to authorized users...
*[[Amailer]]: I concur, though it would be fun to watch (among known people)
*[[Hacker Dan]]: I thnk it is kind of fun, and it seems we are slowly making a desicription we can arrage on, btw this should go in the discussion page of this page.
*[[Hacker Dan]]: The disscontion page not a discussion heading..........better ;)
*[[Timmytheturtle]]: wiki wars are awsome, fight on!
*[[Cornflake]]: I'm taking sides! Pwned shall be Pwned!
*[[Boo-chan]]:I'm a non-combatant, spell checkers should be covered by the Genva Conventions :)
*[[Hacker Dan]]: ROFL, we could allways make a CompSci wiki convention covering you boo ;)
*[[Hacker Dan]]: Having a wiki war by corsing things out and adding words is one thing but totaly delete a page is not cool pwned, there for i hit the undo buttion on your last edit.
*[[Cornflake]]: It'd be nice if we could use spans and syle="text-decoration: line-through;" to make stuff striked out... or bold... CSS is nice... too bad the span tag is filtered out :(
*[[Boo-chan]]: To repeat what Hacker Dan said, editing content you don't agree with is ok but completely removing the content of the page isn't
*[[Amailer]]: As someone else pointed out, why can't we just make it so that registered users can only edit? Hard to identify people with just an IP :roll:
*[[Timmytheturtle]]: Agree with Amailer I do.
*[[Boo-chan]]: Unfortunately, that appears to be necessary since Pwned seems adament on deleting this page's contents and it seems pointless to keep re-editing it.

NGE

2005-12-15T04:57:45Z

Boo-chan:

Neon Genesis Evangelion(NGE) is a very popular [[anime]] created by the [http://www.gainax.co.jp/ Gainax studio].

Many consider it one of the classics of anime, although some think its ending is rather confusing. Besides the series of 26 episodes it also contains 'Death and Rebirth' and 'End of Evangelion'. A more complete description can be found in this [http://www.lwhy.clara.net/nge/ guide].

C

2005-12-15T03:13:53Z

Boo-chan: This will need to be added to

Normally, the third letter in the roman alphabet, however also the name of a relatively low-level programming language, developed by Dennis Ritchie.

Talk:Pwned

2005-12-15T03:07:59Z

Boo-chan:

Pwned

2005-12-15T03:04:58Z

Boo-chan: Reverted edit of 72.56.157.178, changed back to last version by Hacker Dan

Firefox

2005-12-14T07:50:52Z

Boo-chan: sp

The great free cross-platform browser that many people at Compsci use. It is developed by the great people at [http://www.mozilla.org Mozilla Foundation] with the help of lots of volunteers.

Firefox has been very popular from even before it hit the version 1.0 mark. As the browser progresssed from version 1.0 onward it kept improving with each release. As well, more and more people began to use Firefox; 99 days after ver. 1.0 was released, over 25 million copies of the exe were downloaded from the Mozilla Foundation website and Firefox hit its 100th million download only 344 days after the release of ver. 1.0. On November 29, 2005, ver. 1.5 was released to the general public creating another leap in the number of people using Firefox with over 2 million copies of the broswer being downloaded in the first 36 hours.

Some of the main features of this browser are an integrated pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, live bookmarks, and an extensions mechanism to allow for an individualized browsing experience. Although other browsers contain some of these features, Firefox was one of the first to combine them into one efficent package.

Firefox has slowly been taking market share away from the industry dominant Internet Explorer, the main browser being used today. Some reports estimate that Firefox is being used by 9.4% of internet users.
==History==
Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross began working on the Firefox as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project. They believed that the commercial requirements of Netscape's sponsorship and developer-driven feature creep compromised the utility of the Mozilla browser. To combat what they saw as the Mozilla Suite's software bloat, they created a pared-down browser, with which they intended to replace the Mozilla Suite.

Mozilla Firefox retains the cross-platform nature of the original Mozilla browser by using the XUL user interface markup language. Through Firefox's support of XUL, users may extend their browser's capabilities by applying themes and extensions. Initially, these add-ons raised security concerns, so with the release of Firefox 0.9, the Mozilla Foundation opened Mozilla Update, a website containing themes and extensions "approved" as safe for use.

The Mozilla Foundation had intended to make the Mozilla Suite obsolete and to replace it with Firefox. On March 10, 2005, the Foundation announced that official releases of Mozilla would cease with the 1.7.x series. The Foundation continues to maintain the 1.7.x branch because of its continued use by many corporate users and because makers of other software still often bundle the product. The Mozilla community (as opposed to the Foundation) will release the next version of Mozilla. These community releases will be called SeaMonkey and will start at version 1.0 to avoid any possible confusion between it and current versions of Mozilla Suite. The Mozilla Foundation will continue giving support (such as CVS hosting) to the Mozilla community developers.

===Release History===
Firefox has developed considerably since its first release as Phoenix on September 23, 2002. Pre-1.0 releases suffered many issues with extensions, as the code for handling them changed from version to version.

Throughout its development, Firefox versions have had internal codenames. These have a basis in real locations, with codenames such as Three Kings, Royal Oak, One Tree Hill, Mission Bay, and Greenlane all referencing suburbs in Auckland, New Zealand, and the name Whangamata coming from a small seaside town on the Coromandel Peninsula, southeast of Auckland in New Zealand. Ben Goodger, the lead developer of Firefox, who grew up in Auckland, chose these codenames. The other codenames included in the Firefox roadmap derive from an actual roadmap of a journey through California to Phoenix, Arizona.[9]

Several builds codenamed "Deer Park" were released in 2005. According to Goodger, "Deer Park is not Deer Park, Victoria, but just a symbolic name. I was riding LIRR a few weeks ago and saw the name go by and I thought it sounded nice." Therefore, this name probably references Deer Park, New York, a CDP on Long Island.

"Deer Park" was originally destined to become Firefox 1.1. However, Mozilla Foundation decided to change the version number of the next major release from "1.1" to "1.5", since it contained more new features than originally planned. In an attempt to dissuade end-users from downloading the preview versions, "Deer Park" versions do not use the standard Mozilla Firefox branding. On November 29, 2005, Firefox 1.5 was officially released.

==Features==
The developers of Firefox aim to produce a browser that "just works" for most casual users. Those who are interested can add (as extensions and plugins) many features not packaged with Firefox.

===Useability and Accesibility===
Firefox was designed to have a more simplified user interface which allows for a much less cluttered look than other browsers. Firefox supports tabbed browseing which allows multiple web pages to be open in one browser window at one time. Many people use Firefox over Internet Explorer for this reason since IE does not support tabbed browsing. As well, Firefox was one of the first broswers to have a customizable pop-up blocker.

For the people who need to find stuff, Firefox has a incremental find feature or "find as you type". When this feature is enabled, the user will start typing a word and Firefox will automatically find the word and highlight it for you. As you type more of the word, Firefox refines it search. Another thing to help people search is the built-in search toolbar which allows the user to search a number of search enginges with a click of a mouse button.

===Customizability===
The design of Firefox aims at high extensibility. Through extensions (installed via XPInstall modules), users may activate new features, such as mouse gestures, advertisement blocking, proxy server switching, and debugging tools. Wikipedia editors using Firefox can even download a customised toolbar. Many features formerly part of the Mozilla Suite, such as the ChatZilla IRC client and a calendar, have become Firefox extensions.

One can view the extension system as a ground for experimentation, where one can test new functionalities. Occasionally, an extension becomes part of the official product (for example tabbed browsing, a feature which proved popular through the MultiZilla extension, eventually became part of standard Mozilla).

Firefox also supports a variety of themes/skins, which change its appearance. Themes consist of packages of CSS and image files. The Mozilla Update web site offers many themes for downloading. Beyond adding a new theme, users can customize Firefox's interface by moving and manipulating its various buttons, fields, and menus, and likewise by adding and deleting entire toolbars.

A Firefox installation can keep all extensions and themes available on the Mozilla Update site up-to-date through Firefox's interface, which periodically checks for updates to installed themes and extensions.

Additionally, Firefox stores many hidden preferences that users can access by typing about:config in the address bar. This mechanism enables features such as single-window mode and error pages, or speeding up page rendering by various tweaks. Experimental features like HTTP pipelining often lurk hidden in the about:config menu.

===Security===
Some of Firefox's key security features include the use of the sandbox security model, same origin policy and external protocol whitelisting.

Some argue that an important characteristic of Firefox security lies in the fact that anyone can see its source code. At least one other person reviews proposed software changes, and typically yet another person carries out a "super-review". Once placed in the software, changes become visible for anyone else to consider, protest against, or improve.

In addition, the Mozilla Foundation operates a "bug bounty" scheme: people who report a valid critical security bug receive a US$500 cash reward (for each report) and a Mozilla T-shirt. According to the Mozilla Foundation, this "bug bounty" system aims to "encourage more people to find and report security bugs in our products, so that we can make our products even more secure than they already are". It should be noted that anyone in the world can report a bug. Also, all users have access to the source code of Mozilla Firefox, to the internal design documentation, to forum discussions, and to other material that can help them in finding bugs.

The Mozilla Foundation has implemented a policy on security bugs in order to help contributors to deal with security vulnerabilities. The policy restricts access to a security-related bug report to members of the security team until after Mozilla has shipped a fix for the problem. This approach aims to minimize the exploitation of publicly known vulnerabilities and to give the developers time to issue a patch. While similar to other "responsible disclosure" policies operated by software vendors such as Microsoft, this policy falls short of the full disclosure principle favored by some security researchers.

==Market Adoption==
===Spread Firefox Campaigns===
The rapid adoption of Firefox apparently accelerated in part due to a series of aggressive community-marketing campaigns since 2004. For example, Blake Ross and Asa Dotzler organized a series of events dubbed "marketing week".

On September 14, 2004, a community-marketing portal dubbed "Spread Firefox" (SFX) debuted along with the Firefox Preview Release, creating a centralized space for the discussion of various marketing techniques. The portal enhanced the "Get Firefox" button program, giving users "referrer points" as an incentive. The site lists the top 250 referrers. From time to time, the SFX team or SFX members launch marketing events organized at the Spread Firefox website.

===Portable Firefox===
Portable Firefox is a repackaged version of Firefox designed to run from a USB flash drive, iPod, external hard drive or any other portable media. It arose out of a mozillaZine thread in June of 2004. John T. Haller released the first packaged version and then led further development from there. It includes a specialized launcher that adjusts extensions and themes to work as they are moved from computer to computer. It also uses compression (courtesy of UPX and 7-zip) to reduce the overall footprint and increase speed.

Haller has also started development work on Portable Firefox Live, which aims to run on CD-R or other read-only media. A number of applications are already using Portable Firefox Live to deliver a browser and html-based content from CD.

Firefox

2005-12-14T07:45:31Z

Boo-chan: sp and grammar

The great free cross-platform browsr that many people at Compsci use. It is developed by the great people at [http://www.mozilla.org Mozilla Foundation] with the help of lots of volunteers.

Firefox has been very popular from even before it hit the version 1.0 mark. As the browser progresssed from version 1.0 onward it kept improving with each release. As well, more an more people began to use Firefox; 99 days after ver. 1.0 was released, over 25 million copies of the exe were downloaded from the Mozilla Foundation website and Firefox hit its 100th million download only 344 days after the release of ver. 1.0. On November 29, 2005, ver. 1.5 was released to the general public creating another leap in the number of people using Firefox with over 2 million copies of the broswer being downloaded in the first 36 hours.

Some of the main features of this browser are an integrated pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, live bookmarks, and an extensions mechanism to allow for an individualized browsing experience. Although other browsers contain some of these features, Firefox was one of the first to combine them into one efficent package.

Firefox has slowly been taking market share away from the industry dominant Internet Explorer, the main browser being used today. Some reports estimate that Firefox is being used by 9.4% of internet users.
==History==
Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross began working on the Firefox as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project. They believed that the commercial requirements of Netscape's sponsorship and developer-driven feature creep compromised the utility of the Mozilla browser. To combat what they saw as the Mozilla Suite's software bloat, they created a pared-down browser, with which they intended to replace the Mozilla Suite.

Mozilla Firefox retains the cross-platform nature of the original Mozilla browser by using the XUL user interface markup language. Through Firefox's support of XUL, users may extend their browser's capabilities by applying themes and extensions. Initially, these add-ons raised security concerns, so with the release of Firefox 0.9, the Mozilla Foundation opened Mozilla Update, a website containing themes and extensions "approved" as safe for use.

The Mozilla Foundation had intended to make the Mozilla Suite obsolete and to replace it with Firefox. On March 10, 2005, the Foundation announced that official releases of Mozilla would cease with the 1.7.x series. The Foundation continues to maintain the 1.7.x branch because of its continued use by many corporate users and because makers of other software still often bundle the product. The Mozilla community (as opposed to the Foundation) will release the next version of Mozilla. These community releases will be called SeaMonkey and will start at version 1.0 to avoid any possible confusion between it and current versions of Mozilla Suite. The Mozilla Foundation will continue giving support (such as CVS hosting) to the Mozilla community developers.

===Release History===
Firefox has developed considerably since its first release as Phoenix on September 23, 2002. Pre-1.0 releases suffered many issues with extensions, as the code for handling them changed from version to version.

Throughout its development, Firefox versions have had internal codenames. These have a basis in real locations, with codenames such as Three Kings, Royal Oak, One Tree Hill, Mission Bay, and Greenlane all referencing suburbs in Auckland, New Zealand, and the name Whangamata coming from a small seaside town on the Coromandel Peninsula, southeast of Auckland in New Zealand. Ben Goodger, the lead developer of Firefox, who grew up in Auckland, chose these codenames. The other codenames included in the Firefox roadmap derive from an actual roadmap of a journey through California to Phoenix, Arizona.[9]

Several builds codenamed "Deer Park" were released in 2005. According to Goodger, "Deer Park is not Deer Park, Victoria, but just a symbolic name. I was riding LIRR a few weeks ago and saw the name go by and I thought it sounded nice." Therefore, this name probably references Deer Park, New York, a CDP on Long Island.

"Deer Park" was originally destined to become Firefox 1.1. However, Mozilla Foundation decided to change the version number of the next major release from "1.1" to "1.5", since it contained more new features than originally planned. In an attempt to dissuade end-users from downloading the preview versions, "Deer Park" versions do not use the standard Mozilla Firefox branding. On November 29, 2005, Firefox 1.5 was officially released.

==Features==
The developers of Firefox aim to produce a browser that "just works" for most casual users. Those who are interested can add (as extensions and plugins) many features not packaged with Firefox.

===Useability and Accesibility===
Firefox was designed to have a more simplified user interface which allows for a much less cluttered look than other browsers. Firefox supports tabbed browseing which allows multiple web pages to be open in one browser window at one time. Many people use Firefox over Internet Explorer for this reason since IE does not support tabbed browsing. As well, Firefox was one of the first broswers to have a customizable pop-up blocker.

For the people who need to find stuff, Firefox has a incremental find feature or "find as you type". When this feature is enabled, the user will start typing a word and Firefox will automatically find the word and highlight it for you. As you type more of the word, Firefox refines it search. Another thing to help people search is the built-in search toolbar which allows the user to search a number of search enginges with a click of a mouse button.

===Customizability===
The design of Firefox aims at high extensibility. Through extensions (installed via XPInstall modules), users may activate new features, such as mouse gestures, advertisement blocking, proxy server switching, and debugging tools. Wikipedia editors using Firefox can even download a customised toolbar. Many features formerly part of the Mozilla Suite, such as the ChatZilla IRC client and a calendar, have become Firefox extensions.

One can view the extension system as a ground for experimentation, where one can test new functionalities. Occasionally, an extension becomes part of the official product (for example tabbed browsing, a feature which proved popular through the MultiZilla extension, eventually became part of standard Mozilla).

Firefox also supports a variety of themes/skins, which change its appearance. Themes consist of packages of CSS and image files. The Mozilla Update web site offers many themes for downloading. Beyond adding a new theme, users can customize Firefox's interface by moving and manipulating its various buttons, fields, and menus, and likewise by adding and deleting entire toolbars.

A Firefox installation can keep all extensions and themes available on the Mozilla Update site up-to-date through Firefox's interface, which periodically checks for updates to installed themes and extensions.

Additionally, Firefox stores many hidden preferences that users can access by typing about:config in the address bar. This mechanism enables features such as single-window mode and error pages, or speeding up page rendering by various tweaks. Experimental features like HTTP pipelining often lurk hidden in the about:config menu.

===Security===
Some of Firefox's key security features include the use of the sandbox security model, same origin policy and external protocol whitelisting.

Some argue that an important characteristic of Firefox security lies in the fact that anyone can see its source code. At least one other person reviews proposed software changes, and typically yet another person carries out a "super-review". Once placed in the software, changes become visible for anyone else to consider, protest against, or improve.

In addition, the Mozilla Foundation operates a "bug bounty" scheme: people who report a valid critical security bug receive a US$500 cash reward (for each report) and a Mozilla T-shirt. According to the Mozilla Foundation, this "bug bounty" system aims to "encourage more people to find and report security bugs in our products, so that we can make our products even more secure than they already are". It should be noted that anyone in the world can report a bug. Also, all users have access to the source code of Mozilla Firefox, to the internal design documentation, to forum discussions, and to other material that can help them in finding bugs.

The Mozilla Foundation has implemented a policy on security bugs in order to help contributors to deal with security vulnerabilities. The policy restricts access to a security-related bug report to members of the security team until after Mozilla has shipped a fix for the problem. This approach aims to minimize the exploitation of publicly known vulnerabilities and to give the developers time to issue a patch. While similar to other "responsible disclosure" policies operated by software vendors such as Microsoft, this policy falls short of the full disclosure principle favored by some security researchers.

==Market Adoption==
===Spread Firefox Campaigns===
The rapid adoption of Firefox apparently accelerated in part due to a series of aggressive community-marketing campaigns since 2004. For example, Blake Ross and Asa Dotzler organized a series of events dubbed "marketing week".

On September 14, 2004, a community-marketing portal dubbed "Spread Firefox" (SFX) debuted along with the Firefox Preview Release, creating a centralized space for the discussion of various marketing techniques. The portal enhanced the "Get Firefox" button program, giving users "referrer points" as an incentive. The site lists the top 250 referrers. From time to time, the SFX team or SFX members launch marketing events organized at the Spread Firefox website.

===Portable Firefox===
Portable Firefox is a repackaged version of Firefox designed to run from a USB flash drive, iPod, external hard drive or any other portable media. It arose out of a mozillaZine thread in June of 2004. John T. Haller released the first packaged version and then lead further development from there. It includes a specialized launcher that adjusts extensions and themes to work as they are moved from computer to computer. It also uses compression (courtesy of UPX and 7-zip) to reduce the overall footprint and increase speed.

Haller has also started development work on Portable Firefox Live, which aims to run on CD-R or other read-only media. A number of applications are already using Portable Firefox Live to deliver a browser and html-based content from CD.

Coke

2005-12-14T07:20:35Z

Boo-chan: Somn=latinish for sleep

'''Coke''':

1. Is better then [[Pepsi]]

2. A raw materal to be converted in to code

3. "I call it black gold" -- [[Hacker Dan]]

4. A pop that has an above average level of caffeine.

5.A brown magical potion of Repel Somn

== Users that like Coke more then Pepsi ==
[[Hacker Dan]] - not as much as [[Sobe]] though

[[Boo-chan]] -depending on the day

Pwned

2005-12-14T06:58:21Z

Boo-chan: sp

==The War==
Hacker Dan's <strike>hatred for Pwned is unjustified</strike> dislike is <strike>'''un'''</strike>justified (I never said hate). Pwned <strike>is</strike> thinks he is an amazing and brilliant person. He believes he has enought power to say "He will spare everyone, under the condition that they first bow in respect to him". Such indicates his aura of <strike>awesomeness</strike> arrogance burdened with self-proclaimed awesomeness.

Pwned is considered by certain other members of compsci to be a [[noob]], and is not as respected as he would like to believe. This could be easily fixed with a change in username and if he stopped using 1337/noob speak on forums and sending msn messages to [[CompSci Admins]].

Pepsi

2005-12-14T06:06:24Z

Boo-chan:

'''Pepsi''':

1. Is better then [[Coke]]

2. Has more caffeine than [[Coke]] but not as much as [[Sobe]].[http://intraspec.ca/caffeine.php]

== Users that like Pepsi more then Coke ==
[[Timmytheturtle]] <br/>
[[Amailer]]<br/>
[[Boo-chan]] -depending on the day

Coke

2005-12-14T06:05:16Z

Boo-chan: fixed error in previous edit

'''Coke''':

1. Is better then [[Pepsi]] but not [[Sobe]]

2. A raw materal to be converted in to code

3. "I call it black gold" -- [[Hacker Dan]]

4. A pop that has an above average level of caffeine.

== Users that like Coke more then Pepsi ==
[[Hacker Dan]]

[[Boo-chan]] -depending on the day

Coke

2005-12-14T06:04:35Z

Boo-chan:

Talk:Pwned

2005-12-14T05:46:36Z

Boo-chan:

==Discussion about the open war==

[[Cornflake]]: Wikiwars are pathetic. Dan, I recomend limiting editing to authorized users...

[[Amailer]]: I concur, though it would be fun to watch (among known people)

[[Hacker Dan]]: I thnk it is kind of fun, and it seems we are slowly making a desicription we can arrage on, btw this should go in the discussion page of this page.

[[Hacker Dan]]: The disscontion page not a discussion heading..........better ;)

[[Timmytheturtle]]: wiki wars are awsome, fight on!

[[Cornflake]]: I'm taking sides! Pwned shall be Pwned!

[[Boo-chan]]:I'm a non-combatant, spell checkers should be covered by the Genva Conventions :)

Pwned

2005-12-14T05:44:11Z

Boo-chan: sp

Pwn3d Admin

2005-12-13T20:56:27Z

Boo-chan: sp

pwn3d Admin is [[Hacker Dan]]'s current [[Ranks|special rank]] that he apparently gained from a bet [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10047&highlight=#96353]

Windows

2005-12-13T16:09:14Z

Boo-chan:

Windows is the Operating System of choice for the vast majority of computer users due to its features, ease of use and sheer dominance in market share. Windows is often derided on [[CompSci.ca]] forums by users of [[OSX]] due to their perception that Window's users are merely mindless drones who haven't considered other options.

CompSci.ca

2005-12-13T15:54:05Z

Boo-chan: sp

[[Image:logo2.gif|thumb|right|CompSci.ca logo]]

== What is CompSci.ca ==
Described as
<code>
All for student computer science needs. Tutorials, sample codes, discussion and help for programming languages such as Turing, Ruby, C, C++, Visual Basic, Java, PHP and more.</code>

CompSci.ca is a Canada based, online community of those interested in Computer Science. Registered members write and read tutorials, share source code, discuss algorithms, concepts and ideas, <strike>and of course help out those poor highschool souls who will drop out of school if someone doesn't write their projects for them</strike>. Well not really.

== CompSci.ca resources ==
[http://www.compsci.ca/ Forum]

[http://wiki.compsci.ca/ This wiki]

[http://blog.compsci.ca/ News blog]

El Comandante

2005-12-13T15:16:05Z

Boo-chan: grammar

El Comandante is widely held to be the most newbish user of compsci (with one exception). Everything he says can be safely ignored, but sometimes it isn't safe to ignore it since it's so dumb it hurts. He is solely responsible for the title of "newbcake".

Opera

2005-12-13T05:58:21Z

Boo-chan: spelling

[[Image:OperaLogo.png|Left|thumb|Opera Logo]]

Opera is a web browser developed by Opera Software, based in Oslo, Norway, which has a built in e-mail and IRC client. It runs on a variety of operating systems, which include: [[Windows|Microsoft Windows]], [[OSX|Mac OS X]], Solaris SPARC, FreeBSD i386 and [[Linux|GNU/Linux]] systems that use the SPARC, i386 and PowerPC architectures. It can also be run on mobile phones, smartphones and Personal Digital Assistances (PDA's).

Opera is now free of charge for desktop versions, but the mobile versions require a fee. There are trials versions available.

== Features ==

The Opera suite consists of:

*Web browser
*Email client
*News client
*News aggregator
*Address book
*IRC client
*Download manager

===Tabbed Browsing===
Surf the web easier and faster by opening multiple webpages in the same window.

===Pop-up Blocking===
Opera allows you to control whether you want all pop-ups blocked, or only the ones you've requested.

===Sessions===
Save all the your open pages as a session to be opened at a later time or
start those pages you had last open before Opera closed.

===Password Manager===
Remembers your usernames and passwords so you don't have to.

===Download Manager===
Allows the user to list, pause, resume, restart or stop the downloading files. It keeps a history of recently downloaded files, and allows opening of the files from inside Opera.

===Standards===
Opera has supported CSS since version 3.5. Version 7.0 brings out the faster and more powerfull Presto layout engine. It has all the support of the older Elektra layout engine, but with almost full support for the HTML Document Object Model (DOM).

===E-Mail and Online Chat===
The built in E-mail client has support for POP, SMTP, and IMAP. In addition to its newsreader and newsfeed reader for RSS and ATOM, as well as an IRC client.

==External Links==

<ul>
<li>[http://www.opera.com Opera Software Homepage]</li>
<li>[http://www.opera.com/docs Opera Documention]</li>
<li>[irc://irc.opera.com/opera #Opera] - Opera IRC Channel</li>
</ul>

Boo-chan

2005-12-13T04:19:18Z

Boo-chan:

[[Image:boochanave.GIF|right]]
Boo-chan is a current member of compsci.ca. He is often seen lurking in the [[CompSci.ca]] [[IRC channel|IRC Channel]] late at night hopelessly waiting for [http://www.megatokyo.com megatokyo] to update.

File:Boochanave.GIF

2005-12-13T04:12:05Z

Boo-chan: Boo-chan's avatar

Boo-chan's avatar

IRC channel

2005-12-13T03:56:55Z

Boo-chan: sp

The #compsci.ca channel on IRC is where all the cool members are hanging out. Chances are, if you're not there, you're missing something exciting and important.

==Information==

'''Server:''' irc.afternet.org

'''Channel:''' #compsci.ca

==History==

Much of #compsci.ca's early history is shrouded in mystery. Nobody is quite sure the exact time when it was created, but rumour has it that [[Coutsos]] was its founder, although he did not begin to regularly attend it until quite some time later. Its first regular inhabitants were [[wtd]] and a mysterious lurker named [[Ultrahex]], who doesn't seem to be a bona fide member of the CompSci.ca community, although he's always in the channel.
Things took off sometime in early 2005, when a wave of members, including [[Hikaru79]], [[Coutsos]], [[Cervantes]], and [[Gandalf]] started regularly attending the channel. At present, #compsci.ca has a regular population of about seven, give or take, although it is subject to occasional flurries of activity, often when the moon is full.

==Daily Life==

Much of #compsci.ca's time is spent in utter silence (while its members spend time in deep personal reflection and thought), broken periodically by outbursts of conversation, instruction, and weirdness. Hilarity often ensues. Confusion can become rampant when the mature members take to stealing each other's nicknames. For example, on December 12, 2005, [[Coutsos]]'s brother entered the channel as "Coutsos2". Shortly later, the channel looked something like this:
<ul>
<li>[[Hacker Dan|Hacker_Dan]]</li>
<li>[[Ultrahex]]</li>
<li>[[X3]]</li>
<li>[[boo-chan]]</li>
<li>Coutsos1</li>
<li>Coutsos2</li>
<li>Coutsos3</li>
<li>Coutsos4</li>
<li>Coutsos5</li>
<li>Coutsos6</li>
<li>[[wtd|Lotho]]</li>
</ul>
It should be noted that the reason there were not more versions of [[Coutsos]] is merely because [[boo-chan]], [[Hacker Dan]], and [[wtd|Lotho]] were away at the time.

On a good day, [[wtd]] can be observed teaching some interesting, mind-blowing new programming concept.

== IRC Names to CompSci.ca User Names ==
'''[[wtd]]''' - wtd, Lotho<br>
'''[[Cornflake]]''' - md, minor_deity, or cornflake<br>
'''[[Coutsos]]''' - Coutsos<br>
'''[[Cervantes]]''' - Cervantes, [[Minsc]], and 100's of other variations that come up<br>
'''[[Gandalf]]''' - Gandalf, [Gandalf]<br>
'''[[Hikaru79]]''' - Hikaru79<br>
'''[[Hacker Dan]]''' - Hacker_Dan, Dan<br>
'''[[timmytheturtle]]''' - timmy, timmytheturtle, timmythetortoise<br>

<p>*Note: May vary greatly when name-switching game is in progress.

==The Future==

The future for #compsci.ca is looking bright, as it receives more and more attention in the compsci.ca community, particularly through the siggies and evangelism of [[Cervantes]], [[Coutsos]], and [[Hikaru79]]. With any luck, it will soon be as integral a part of the compsci.ca experience as the forum has come to be.

[[Hacker Dan]] has made plans to integrate a Java-based IRC client that will send users to the channel directly from the forums. The feature is planned to be included in the new forum software, [[V3]], that hopefully will be completed over the 2005/2006 Christmas break.

Avatar of the Month Award

2005-12-13T03:50:19Z

Boo-chan:

== Avatar of the Month ==
An old practice among online communities in which nerds argued over who had the best [[avatar]] in use for that month. It was very common for people to change avatars frequently, either indicating issues with self perception, or just randomly stumbling upon images deemed "cooler" than their current one. Standard procedure dictated that a poll was made with options for different well known members of the community. After a pre-determined period of time (a week was normal, logically it would be less than a month) the poll would end and the winner was declared to be the member who received the most votes.

== Compsci.ca's Avatar of the Month History ==
To date (December 2005), there have been three attempts to host an Avatar of the Month contest, started on:

[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=1001 May 24, 2003]<br>
'''Nominees:'''<br>
bugzpodder<br>
[[Asok]]<br>
[[Tony]]<br>
FwuffyTheBunny<br>
ShadowStorm<br>
Mint<br>
'''Winner:''' None.<br>
In truth, this wasn't an Avatar of the Month Award thread, but rather a "Coolest Avatar Contest"
No poll was created, and interest seemed to fade shortly afterwards. The thread remains dusty and forgotten in the depths of [[CompSci.ca]]'s past.
<br><br>
[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=2043 Oct 05, 2003]<br>
'''Official Nominees:'''<br>
Amailer<br>
[[Asok]]<br>
Mazer<br>
Catalyst<br>
[[Tony]]<br>
Dan<br>
'''Winner:''' Unknown<br>
The first true Avatar of the Month Award thread, this time featuring a poll. According to the statistics shown in the thread, the winner would have been the member known as Mazer, but there are no records to indicate him receiving any awards. Although Amailer managed to get a percentage of the votes, he was later disqualified after it was discovered that he was actually a [[12 year old]].
<br><br>
[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=3822 Feb 22, 2004]<br>
'''Official Nominees:'''<br>
Paul Bian<br>
Maverick<br>
Shorthair<br>
Mazer<br>
Boarder16<br>
McKenzie<br>
Cervantes<br>
'''Winner:''' Paul Bian<br>
This was the last known Avatar of the Month Award thread on the [[CompSci.ca]] forums. Though there were many familiar names entered this time, the mood had changed dramatically from the previous contests. Most noticeable was the drastic change in Mazer's enthusiasm for the whole affair and wanted to leave it altogether. In the end, Paul Bian was the self proclaimed winner, but has yet to receive any kind of award.

== Conspiracy Theory ==
When it became public knowledge that no winner of the Avatar of the Month Award had ever actually received an award, fear and panic began to spread, and with them, so did suspicion. Members began to develop theories as to what could be going on behind their backs. For instance, it seemed very stranged to a number of people that the only time an Avatar of the Month Award styled thread popped up was between the months of January and December. Some came to the conclusion that there never really was an award. Even though a picture of the award is available for anyone to see on the [[CompSci.ca]] forum, many argue that it looks like an obvious CG fake. Some believe that the whole contest was a trick played by the administrators to collect all of the money the members gambled and spend it on legal copies of Turing.

Wtd

2005-12-13T03:44:58Z

Boo-chan: grammar

[[Image:wtdduck.png|thumb|120px|right|wtd avatar]]

== Who is WTD? ==
wtd is a resident guru who claims that his alias stands for "Welcome To Darwin", though we all know it really means [[DuckFest|"What The Duck"]].

Wtd is a programmer, currently residing in Vancouver, who has a passion for helping people understand programming since he's been through every frustration related to learning this stuff already, for he is self-taught. He is conversant in C, Objective-C, C++, Java, Eiffel, Perl, Python, Ruby, O'Caml, Haskell, Pike, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and many other languages. Wtd is more than capable of answering most questions related to Windows, Mac (OS 8, 9, X), Linux, and FreeBSD systems.

Wtd can frequently be found in the [[IRC channel]] helping people out or breaking their minds with new programming concepts.

== Quotes ==
''"Don't reinvent the wheel if there's an existing library function to do it for you"''[http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=9494]

Bits

2005-12-13T03:41:34Z

Boo-chan: sp

== What are Bits? ==
Bits are the pseudo-currency used on our forums. One can earn, recieve, donate, and spend their Bits.

== How to obtain Bits? ==
The current system grants 1 Bit for creating a new thread on the forums, and 2 Bits for making a reply. Users should be careful not to make meaningless posts though, because when deleted, the user looses 5 Bits.

It should be noted that no Bits are awarded for making posts in either General Discussion nor Off Topic. The reason is that those forums are considered to be mostly recreational posting, and often spawn lengthy humorous discussions.

== How to obtain more Bits? ==
The best way is to contribute to the community. Based on obvervations, the most Bits are rewarded for something that impresses other users. Active community members will often donate Bits for a good tutorial on a new subject, or source code for an interesting application. It is also customary to donate some Bits when you've been helped out with a question, as a sign of courtesy.

Every so often, there will also be various contests and/or competitions taking place. Often involving writing of a small snippet of code, these events are a great way to score some bonus Bits and to show off your coding skills, or simply gain some practice.

Alternativly one could also watch out for any ongoing community efforts, such as [[WCG]]. Bits could be given out for participation, though one should take part regardless as the efforts are usually in good nature.

== What about Moderators? ==
Moderators have their Bit count set to a constant 1000, so it's easy to spot the official staff members even if you miss their creative "moderator" tag. This means that moderators are one of the primary source of generating Bits as they reward posts and submissions. It also means that one shouldn't donate bits back to moderators as those Bits will disappear. If you really want to show your appreciation to a moderator user, ask them if you could contribute to anything through a Private Message.

Administrator duo - [[Tony]] and [[Hacker Dan]] have 2000 Bits each at any one time.

== The Future of Bits ==
In the much talked about [[V3]] system, which hopefully will be at least partly implemented soon, the bit economy will be greatly changed (or so it is thought). The rates for getting bits per post will be changed as well as new methods of getting bits will be introduced. An example of this could be a bits lottery system where users can buy lottery tickets with bits and at the end of the week some one could will win the jackpot of bits. Ideas such as getting 1 bit per topic view are also being thought about but due to the potential for abuse it is unlikely that it will be implemented any time soon. In addition it is likely that the possible rewarded that you can exchange your bits for will be changed in the new system as well.

WCG

2005-12-13T03:34:30Z

Boo-chan: grammar

The [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ World Community Grid], hosted by IBM allows millions of computers to join their idle time for the benefit of humanity. Similar to the SETI project and Folding@Home, WCG focuses on [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewHpfResearch.do human proteome folding] and [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewFaahResearch.do fighting AIDS]. Clients for both Linux and Windows are available, and the program can be run in the background or as a screensaver.<p>
The relating topic on CompSci.ca is seen [http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=10364 here]. Join the [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=GZXJDZQRP1 CompSci team] for an easy way to make loads of bits in the monthly contest and to stomp on the competition.

El Comandante

2005-12-13T03:32:57Z

Boo-chan: Fixed sp and double negative

El Comandante is widely held to be the most newbish user of compsci (with one exception). Everything he says can be safely ignored, and sometimes it isn't safe to ignore it as it's so dumb it hurts. He is solely responsible for the title of "newbcake".