Loud ramblings of a Software Artisan

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Tuesday 8 November 2005 04:29, by fraggle :: #

The code at the top to detect all the different Operating Systems looks like it is generic OS detection stuff which has been copied and pasted. Notice how the code below it is formatted differently.

Tuesday 8 November 2005 07:46, by aeakett :: #

That is totally bogus. That's a Canadian Government site, and therefor, they need to conform to the Treasury Boards CLF rules (www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf-nsi... ). Part of those rules is making sure that information on Governemt web sites in universally accessible. You have a completely legitimate complaint. And for a change if you complain, something will be done about it. You paid for the site, and you should be able to access it. I'd suggest that you first write DRHC's web master, and if that doesn't get you anywhere, contact Treasury Board.

Tuesday 8 November 2005 09:41, by desrt :: #

they ensure that your online experience is "secure and protected" by forcing you to run windows. that's positively hilarious. i think you should go back to the office and yell at them that you think this is quite ironic since the reason that you don't run windows is because you got a virus that compromised your bank account details in the past. "secure and protected" my ass.

Tuesday 8 November 2005 20:01, by Joe Mason :: #

Huh? I do all my unemployment insurance business online. Although now I think about it, I may have been using Windows during the initial setup - but the monthly reports definitely work under Linux.

Monday 19 June 2006 16:11, by Ben Bucksch :: site :: #

Seems like they fixed the code now:

if (is_win || is_mac || is_linux) { OS_Good = true }
if (is_linux) { isGood = true }

Also, I don't think this was malice, because the checks like a lot like they were copied from elsewhere or a library. More likely, they were just clueless and the uproar made them fix it.

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