Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 1 May 2007, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: Also for the benefit of those using ZAP it might be best to not document whatever workaround you use to achieve this on the mail list. Fair enough. Anyone who wants the address to the description of the exploit, just let me know and I'll send it

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread marc
said... > On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Neil Herber (nospam) wrote: > > > On 2007-04-30 The Editor is rumoured to have said: > >> Thanks for the input Ben... I've enjoyed learning about the ethics of > >> open source communities almost as much as the coding. A curious but > >> interesting environment. >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread kjettil
Neil Herber (nospam) wrote: > On 2007-05-01 kjettil is rumoured to have said: >> I'd propose that, similarly, the Cookbook recipes be organized in two >> sets: 1 - One set for recipes which have been tested and proved to be >> stable, reliable and secure, and therefore can be recommended for >>

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread Neil Herber (nospam)
On 2007-05-01 kjettil is rumoured to have said: > I'd propose that, similarly, the Cookbook recipes be organized in two sets: 1 > - One set for recipes which have been tested and proved to be stable, > reliable and secure, and therefore can be recommended for safe use by serious > web site devel

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 01:53:09PM -0400, The Editor wrote: > On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 12:08:23PM -0400, The Editor wrote: > >> On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >I'm saying that if ZAP is enabled _anywhere_ on a

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread kjettil
The two questions on ZAP, Acme and ZAPwiki I asked less than 36 hours ago have not been clearly answered, but have resulted in some 50 elucidating contributions from more than a dozen contributors. All these contributions lead me to the conclusion that ZAP (or Acme or whatever it may be called)

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread The Editor
On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 12:08:23PM -0400, The Editor wrote: > > On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm saying that if ZAP is enabled _anywhere_ on a site that allows > > >_any_ editing by an untrusted user, then t

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 12:08:23PM -0400, The Editor wrote: > On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm saying that if ZAP is enabled _anywhere_ on a site that allows > >_any_ editing by an untrusted user, then the untrusted user > >can use ZAP to modify any other page on the

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread The Editor
On 5/1/07, Ben Stallings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > > This understates/misstates my point. If ZAP is enabled on > > _any_ publicly accessible pages, then an author with edit permission > > to any other page on the site -- even pages where ZAP isn't > > "enabled" -- ca

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread The Editor
On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 11:40:33AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > > On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:57:51AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > > >> True. As the ZAPsite recommends, ZAP should on

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 11:40:33AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:57:51AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > >> True. As the ZAPsite recommends, ZAP should only be enabled on pages > >> where trusted users have access to ed

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Neil Herber (nospam) wrote: On 2007-04-30 The Editor is rumoured to have said: Thanks for the input Ben... I've enjoyed learning about the ethics of open source communities almost as much as the coding. A curious but interesting environment. A couple of questions that ha

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread The Editor
On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:57:51AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > > On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Following up on this post, I think it needs to be made much clearer > > >that using ZAP on a site means that _any_

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:57:51AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Following up on this post, I think it needs to be made much clearer > >that using ZAP on a site means that _any_ author can create ZAP > >forms that can modify _any_ page on the

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread The Editor
On 5/1/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:07:18PM -0700, H. Fox wrote: > > On 4/30/07, Ben Stallings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I also fear [Dan's] doing his reputation more harm > > > than good by repeatedly saying the recipe is unreliable and > >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-05-01 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:07:18PM -0700, H. Fox wrote: > On 4/30/07, Ben Stallings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also fear [Dan's] doing his reputation more harm > > than good by repeatedly saying the recipe is unreliable and > > untrustworthy and something to be cautious of, when it is not >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread H. Fox
On 4/30/07, Ben Stallings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also fear [Dan's] doing his reputation more harm > than good by repeatedly saying the recipe is unreliable and > untrustworthy and something to be cautious of, when it is not Wile E. Coyote has also been known as "Hard-Headipus Ravenus" and

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread H. Fox
On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/30/07, Neil Herber (nospam) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I take it from this response that you are not willing to answer my > > questions. > > Sorry Neil. Thought I had in other posts... > > 1) ZAP is the Script. Acme is the recipe page

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Aleks
t. Aleks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of the Other michael Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 12:02 PM To: Hans Cc: Ben Stallings; pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com Subject: Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping? This place is full of seriousness. Knee-deep i

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread the Other michael
ARFKAZ has my vote! even better, we could use some sort of UNICODE glyph!!! ZAP was always (well, after it was Fast, and before it was Acme) ZAP with all upper-case. Only I could never remember that, and kept typing Cookbook/Zap into my browser, and getting prompted to create the page Zap

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Neil Herber (nospam)
On 2007-04-30 Ben Stallings is rumoured to have said: > We deal with brand names every day, folks. Acme appears to be a brand name > (like Apple), while ZAP is clearly a product (like Macintosh). Is that clear > enough? I an attempt to enlighten myself about the brand versus product, I checked

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Hans
Monday, April 30, 2007, 7:52:14 PM, Ben wrote: > What is "Fox," if not a brand name? --Ben Fox is the name of a form processing script for PmWiki. Just like Gemini, Triad, FixFlow: names for scripts, not brands. I choose Fox because it is very short and I wanted something short for use in the ma

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Ben Wilson
On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/30/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:37:49 AM, The wrote: > > > > I like to dissuade any contributing author on pmwiki.org to use more > > than one Profile name, purely for the sake of avoiding confusion. > >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread the Other michael
This place is full of seriousness. Knee-deep in it. Not that I'm encouraging people to create multiple pseudonyms, or anything. That's reactionary, and, yeah -- confusing. But, seriously folks, lighten up. p.s. 'Historically, a brand was any visible mark created for identification. Today, a bran

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Ben Stallings
Hans wrote: > Clearly cookbook pages are not to promote brand names. What is "Fox," if not a brand name? --Ben ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread The Editor
On 4/30/07, Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:54:31AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > > Also, I am not too concerned about its success. I'm not even sure if > > I'll end up using it on my site (I'm leaning toward PmWiki). I just > > kept coming up against obstac

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:54:31AM -0400, The Editor wrote: > Also, I am not too concerned about its success. I'm not even sure if > I'll end up using it on my site (I'm leaning toward PmWiki). I just > kept coming up against obstacles and complexities in PmWiki in regards > to various cutting edg

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Hans
Monday, April 30, 2007, 5:57:55 PM, Ben wrote: > We deal with brand names every day, folks. Acme appears to be a brand > name (like Apple), while ZAP is clearly a product (like Macintosh). Is > that clear enough? I think it might actually be more confusing if the > recipe itself were called Acm

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread The Editor
On 4/30/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Editor said... > > On 4/30/07, Ben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just > > kept coming up against obstacles and complexities in PmWiki in regards > > to various cutting edge ZAP fu

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Ben Stallings
For the record, since this seems to be gang-up-on-Dan day, I'd just like to say that I, for one, do not find the difference between Acme and ZAP one bit more confusing than the difference between Apple and Macintosh, or between my ISP and the Internet access it provides, or between PmWiki and t

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Dominique Faure
On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/30/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:37:49 AM, The wrote: > > > > I like to dissuade any contributing author on pmwiki.org to use more > > than one Profile name, purely for the sake of avoiding confusion. > >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread marc
The Editor said... > On 4/30/07, Ben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just > kept coming up against obstacles and complexities in PmWiki in regards > to various cutting edge ZAP functionalities. ZAP works in PmWiki, and > PmWiki is a gre

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread David Spitzley
>>> "The Editor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/30/2007 11:20 AM >>> On 4/30/07, Neil Herber (nospam) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I have seen in questions posed here about ZAP and Acme, they > are confusing people more than clarifying the reasons they both exist. It strikes me as curious that t

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread pmwiki
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:12:07 -0400 "Neil Herber (nospam)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A couple of questions that have come up a few times still have > not been answered to my knowledge. Could you please clarify? > > 1) Is there any difference between ZAP and Acme? > 2) If no, then could you use

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread The Editor
On 4/30/07, Neil Herber (nospam) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I take it from this response that you are not willing to answer my > questions. Sorry Neil. Thought I had in other posts... 1) ZAP is the Script. Acme is the recipe page, and possibly the label for several of my recipes, such as Acm

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Petko Yotov
On Monday 30 April 2007 17:12, Neil Herber (nospam) wrote: > A couple of questions that have come up a few times still have not been > answered to my knowledge. Could you please clarify? > > 1) Is there any difference between ZAP and Acme? > 2) If no, then could you use just one of the names? > 3)

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Neil Herber (nospam)
The Editor wrote: > On 4/30/07, Neil Herber (nospam) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From what I have seen in questions posed here about ZAP and Acme, they >> are confusing people more than clarifying the reasons they both exist. > > It strikes me as curious that the ones asking the questions and

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread The Editor
On 4/30/07, Neil Herber (nospam) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I have seen in questions posed here about ZAP and Acme, they > are confusing people more than clarifying the reasons they both exist. It strikes me as curious that the ones asking the questions and participating in the discus

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Neil Herber (nospam)
On 2007-04-30 The Editor is rumoured to have said: > Thanks for the input Ben... I've enjoyed learning about the ethics of open > source communities almost as much as the coding. A curious but interesting > environment. Hi Dan A couple of questions that have come up a few times still have not

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread The Editor
On 4/30/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:37:49 AM, The wrote: > > I like to dissuade any contributing author on pmwiki.org to use more > than one Profile name, purely for the sake of avoiding confusion. I've noticed programmers tend to take themselves a bit too seri

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread The Editor
On 4/30/07, Ben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > > Actually Kathryn, that is not completely fair. : ). First, there > > were several reasons--the biggest is suggested in the link I mentioned > > above at zapsite. Second, I have a

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Hans
Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:37:49 AM, The wrote: > On 4/30/07, Kathryn Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My understanding is that Dan renamed ZAP to Acme simply because he >> wanted to appear first in all the lists in the Cookbook, rather than >> letting ZAP stand on its own merits. You are n

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Ben Wilson
On 4/30/07, The Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Actually Kathryn, that is not completely fair. : ). First, there > were several reasons--the biggest is suggested in the link I mentioned > above at zapsite. Second, I have actually had as much or more > positive feedback on the name ch

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread The Editor
On 4/30/07, kjettil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On http://www.fast.st/zapbeta/index.php?n=Support-Engine/HomePage one > can read that a "ZAPWIKI" is "coming soon"! The site tells that > "ZAPWIKI" is "/not designed to be a replacement for PmWiki/". Is it to > become a "lean competitor" to PmWiki, o

Re: [pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:39:29AM +0200, kjettil wrote: > On http://www.fast.st/zapbeta/index.php?n=Support-Engine/HomePage one > can read that a "ZAPWIKI" is "coming soon"! The site tells that > "ZAPWIKI" is "/not designed to be a replacement for PmWiki/". Is it to > become a "lean competitor"

[pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

2007-04-30 Thread kjettil
On http://www.fast.st/zapbeta/index.php?n=Support-Engine/HomePage one can read that a "ZAPWIKI" is "coming soon"! The site tells that "ZAPWIKI" is "/not designed to be a replacement for PmWiki/". Is it to become a "lean competitor" to PmWiki, or what is the purpose of this new wiki software? I