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Oopsy daisy...

https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6
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Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but
not to provide context.
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On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:

Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but
not to provide context.

The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
photo) would spoil the fun.

It is also a bug somewhere.
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Cheers, Carlos.
ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;
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In article <1g2hors7fw6kl.dlg@v.nguard.lh>, V@nguard.LH (VanguardLH) wrote:

*From:* VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
*Date:* Sat, 16 May 2026 12:46:26 -0500

Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to
post, but not to provide context.

imgur.com isn't available in the UK anyway so it doesn't matter to us! :^)
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John
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Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:

Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but not to provide context.

The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
photo) would spoil the fun.

It is also a bug somewhere.

It would be more funny/interesting if the screenshot made clear
*which* screen/utility/<whatever> contains this tidbit.
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On 2026-05-16 20:48, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:

Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to post, but >>> not to provide context.

The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
photo) would spoil the fun.

It is also a bug somewhere.

It would be more funny/interesting if the screenshot made clear
*which* screen/utility/<whatever> contains this tidbit.

Sure. We can ask that after the initial post.
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Cheers, Carlos.
ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;
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On Sat, 5/16/2026 4:12 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-05-16 20:48, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-05-16 19:46, VanguardLH wrote:

Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link.-a You took the time to post, but >>>> not to provide context.

The link is safe and is funny. Explaining the contents (it is just a
photo) would spoil the fun.

It is also a bug somewhere.

-a-a It would be more funny/interesting if the screenshot made clear
*which* screen/utility/<whatever> contains this tidbit.

Sure. We can ask that after the initial post.

It does not match current versions of Settings : System : About .

You can see from the date on this one, it would be an early Windows 10
that expresses itself this way.

https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png

Paul

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On 17/05/2026 4:02 am, John K.Eason wrote:

In article <1g2hors7fw6kl.dlg@v.nguard.lh>, V@nguard.LH (VanguardLH) wrote:

*From:* VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
*Date:* Sat, 16 May 2026 12:46:26 -0500
Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link. You took the time to
post, but not to provide context.

imgur.com isn't available in the UK anyway so it doesn't matter to us! :^)

Clicking that link got me a blank, black, screen .... so, maybe, not
available in Aust, either. .... or do I need another add-on-thingee.
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On Sun, 5/17/2026 6:11 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

On 17/05/2026 4:02 am, John K.Eason wrote:

In article <1g2hors7fw6kl.dlg@v.nguard.lh>, V@nguard.LH (VanguardLH) wrote: >>> *From:* VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>

*Date:* Sat, 16 May 2026 12:46:26 -0500
Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link.-a You took the time to
post, but not to provide context.

imgur.com isn't available in the UK anyway so it doesn't matter to us! :^) >>

Clicking that link got me a blank, black, screen .... so, maybe, not available in Aust, either. .... or do I need another add-on-thingee.

You have to put on your sunglasses.

<https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6>

That interface is how it was roughly in the year 2016.
It would take an early release of Win10 to do that.
This is an example (for reference), of what the imgur link
should have looked like (in the year 2016, as Windows 10
in the year 2026 does not look like this).

<https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png>

It depends on how that software is determining the revision.
It is unlikely to just consult a single file or a single registry entry.

On Linux, as a (failed) example of trying to keep it the same
everywhere, they would use

cat /etc/lsb-release

and four lines of text in there attempted to tell you what
OS it was.

But nobody like standards, or easy things, so that's why
this topic is always complicated and silly things happen
(or could happen) to the output.

Paul
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On 17/05/2026 11:11, Daniel70 wrote:

Clicking that link got me a blank,

Because it is embarrassing! :)

?17/?05/?2026 @ 18:46:28



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On 17/05/2026 10:19 pm, Paul wrote:

On Sun, 5/17/2026 6:11 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

On 17/05/2026 4:02 am, John K.Eason wrote:

In article <1g2hors7fw6kl.dlg@v.nguard.lh>, V@nguard.LH (VanguardLH) wrote: >>>> *From:* VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>

*Date:* Sat, 16 May 2026 12:46:26 -0500
Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

Oopsy daisy...

https:// imgur. com/ a/ N1b66u6

(No description of what the link points to, so made unclickable by
adding spaces.)

Not visiting a non-described image link.-a You took the time to
post, but not to provide context.

imgur.com isn't available in the UK anyway so it doesn't matter to us! :^) >>>

Clicking that link got me a blank, black, screen .... so, maybe, not available in Aust, either. .... or do I need another add-on-thingee.

You have to put on your sunglasses.

<https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6>

That interface is how it was roughly in the year 2016.
It would take an early release of Win10 to do that.
This is an example (for reference), of what the imgur link
should have looked like (in the year 2016, as Windows 10
in the year 2026 does not look like this).

<https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png>

It depends on how that software is determining the revision.
It is unlikely to just consult a single file or a single registry entry.

On Linux, as a (failed) example of trying to keep it the same
everywhere, they would use

cat /etc/lsb-release

and four lines of text in there attempted to tell you what
OS it was.

But nobody like standards, or easy things, so that's why
this topic is always complicated and silly things happen
(or could happen) to the output.

Paul

Just on Spec, I Copied both links and Pasted them into FireFox and what
do you know .... they both worked!!

The second worked in SeaMonkey .... but not the first!!
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On Mon, 5/18/2026 5:31 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

-a-a-a <https://imgur.com/a/N1b66u6>
-a-a-a <https://www.isumsoft.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/system-properties-window.png>

Just on Spec, I Copied both links and Pasted them into FireFox and what do you know .... they both worked!!

The second worked in SeaMonkey .... but not the first!!

OK, so what that means, is it is a https:// issue.

The connection (secure to in-flight sniffing) is secured by SSL/TLS.
We are up to TLS 1.3 or so. Within TLS, there is also
a negotiation of a crypto method, such as a CHACHA20 or so.

# stream cypher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20#ChaCha_variant

On high security sites, they "crank everything to the max".
This leaves older browsers in the dust, as they might only
have TLS 1.2 support and not TLS 1.3 . We as users, cannot
really be sure what the web site admin is thinking when the
selection of things to negotiate is so small, that only
half the users can establish a connection. But that's why
things like this happen.

There is a web site scanner, that used to report all the
gory details, of what the web site supported. And whether
it only had a couple of the highest (known) security choices
for the crypto. I think it was ssllabs.

# Testing a web browser for capabilities. They have
# reduced the thoroughness of tests like this.

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html

You can test a domain, and see what it supports.
Here, I'm checking Walmart, to see if it uses TLS 1.3 and CHACHA20 :-)

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=walmart.com

Your web browser can have an about:config setting for
SSL/TLS. It should not be using SSL at all. TLS 1.2 is
kinda OK, and TLS 1.3 is what we're aiming for. TLS 1.1 is
no good any more. When Q-Day arrives (quantum computing
with Q-bits, which does not solve every problem given to it),
then something stronger than CHACHA20 will be needed at
that point. Cryptographers are working on quantum-resistant
materials as we sleep.

Paul
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