Java is Blocked again today

2013-02-27 Thread question
Se 7 u15 seamonkey 2.16 worked this morning .. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p294 Why was it blocked? Old versions of the Java plugin are potentially insecure and unstable. All users are strongly recommended to update on our plugin check page. Who is affected?

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-02-28 Thread Roger Fink
Original Message Se 7 u15 seamonkey 2.16 worked this morning .. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p294 Why was it blocked? Old versions of the Java plugin are potentially insecure and unstable. All users are strongly recommended to update on our plu

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-02-28 Thread question
Roger Fink wrote: Original Message Se 7 u15 seamonkey 2.16 worked this morning .. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p294 Why was it blocked? Old versions of the Java plugin are potentially insecure and unstable. All users are strongly recommended t

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-02 Thread Rickles
question wrote: Roger Fink wrote: Original Message Se 7 u15 seamonkey 2.16 worked this morning .. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p294 Why was it blocked? Old versions of the Java plugin are potentially insecure and unstable. All users are stron

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-02 Thread question
Rickles wrote: question wrote: Roger Fink wrote: Original Message Se 7 u15 seamonkey 2.16 worked this morning .. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p294 Why was it blocked? Old versions of the Java plugin are potentially insecure and unstable. All

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-02 Thread Roger Fink
Original Message Rickles wrote: question wrote: Roger Fink wrote: Original Message Se 7 u15 seamonkey 2.16 worked this morning .. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p294 Why was it blocked? Old versions of the Java plugin are

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: > My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why > Java works on hers this morning..on pogo > Block list has not been updated more in likely. > Both computers are identical... > But her JAVA is 7u10 > Min

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread Rickles
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why Java works on hers this morning..on pogo Block list has not been updated more in likely. Both computers are identical... But her JAVA is 7

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 03/03/2013 17:23, Rickles told the world: > You raise a point I'd appreciate clarification on: explicit OK from the > user. The problem several of us have is that, when visiting a site > which uses Java, we are not ASKED if it's OK to run Java, the site > simply fails. D

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread Rickles
It's possible that -- beyond the default "click-to-run" imposed by the block list -- you have your Java plugin manually set to "disabled" in the Add-Ons Manager. Why it got that way, I have no idea. But do check that. I saw a computer like that a few days ago -- after manually enabling the Java pl

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread David E. Ross
On 3/3/13 12:23 PM, Rickles wrote: > MCBastos wrote: >> Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: >> >>>My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why >>> Java works on hers this morning..on pogo >>>Block list has not been updated more in likely. >

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread question
David E. Ross wrote: On 3/3/13 12:23 PM, Rickles wrote: MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why Java works on hers this morning..on pogo Block list has not been updated more in

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread question
question wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 3/3/13 12:23 PM, Rickles wrote: MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why Java works on hers this morning..on pogo Block list has not been

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-03 Thread Roger Fink
Original Message David E. Ross wrote: On 3/3/13 12:23 PM, Rickles wrote: MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why Java works on hers this morning..on pogo

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-04 Thread Rickles
David E. Ross wrote: On 3/3/13 12:23 PM, Rickles wrote: MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why Java works on hers this morning..on pogo Block list has not been updated more in

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-04 Thread question
Rickles wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 3/3/13 12:23 PM, Rickles wrote: MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why Java works on hers this morning..on pogo Block list has not been

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-05 Thread MCBastos
By the way, there's a new Java out. Again. It seems Oracle never runs out of holes to patch... -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Barbie Dream Computer. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 runni

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-05 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 05/03/2013 09:47, MCBastos told the world: > By the way, there's a new Java out. Again. It seems Oracle never runs > out of holes to patch... > Addendum: they even updated Java 6, AFTER they said they wouldn't do that anymore... must be a pretty embarrassing bug. -- MCBast

Re: Java is Blocked again today

2013-03-05 Thread Rick Merrill
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 05/03/2013 09:47, MCBastos told the world: By the way, there's a new Java out. Again. It seems Oracle never runs out of holes to patch... Addendum: they even updated Java 6, AFTER they said they wouldn't do that anymore... must be a pretty embarrassing bu