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Andreas Leitgeb

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Nov 17, 2017, 8:27:33 AM11/17/17
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On client's machines, the method BasicService.showDocument(java.net.URL)
returns false (and shows no effect at all), while on our own machines it
returns true (and does open the requested page).

Are there any quick-hints, as to what might block the opening of webpages?
The same URL copied(from a debugging message in java console) and manually
pasted into the address field of the browser loads just fine.

This is from an old part of the source code that wasn't touched since
2008, and it doesn't yet query whether "isWebBrowserSupported()."
To add that query and get it to run on client's machiens will take
some time, therefore I ask in advance: If further tests reveal that
that method also returned false, then what could be feasible reasons
(and solutions) for that?

PS: yes the customer certainly *wants* these webpages to be opened.
That's exactly why they click some "Help"-button, which adds the
context to some base url to serve specific help. If there is some
setting that disables the openign of URLs, then my "solution" would
be telling them where to unblock it (if only I knew where).

PPS: the client is running java 8u131 and so do we on our failing
attempt to reproduce the failure.

Rick C Hodgin

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Nov 17, 2017, 9:54:53 AM11/17/17
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The Muslim is on the right path. He has rejected truth and is on
the path to Hell. It is the right path for one who rejects
truth, rejects Jesus Christ.

The Buddhist is on the right path. He has rejected truth and is on
the path to Hell. It is the right path for one who rejects
truth, rejects Jesus Christ.

The Hindu is on the right path. He has rejected truth and is on
the path to Hell. It is the right path for one who rejects
truth, rejects Jesus Christ.

The atheist is on the right path. He has rejected truth and is on
the path to Hell. It is the right path for one who rejects
truth, rejects Jesus Christ.

The agnostic is on the right path. He has rejected truth and is on
the path to Hell. It is the right path for one who rejects
truth, rejects Jesus Christ.

YOU TOO are on the right path if you have rejected truth, because
you are also on the the path to Hell. It is the right path
for one who rejects truth, rejects Jesus Christ.

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But for the one who receives Jesus Christ...
For the one who asks for and accepts forgiveness for their sin by
what Jesus Christ did for them at the cross, that blessed cross
where He took on our shame, where His blood poured out in our
place, where He transferred our sin onto Himself, and where He
then left this Earth to go and pay the true price of that sin
before God Almighty to the point where He was crushed ... yea,
that soul is on the right path because they embraced truth, they
grabbed hold of it with both hands and would not let go.

-----
Based on where you are, you ARE on the right path today. The only
question is ... is the path you're on the right one to be on?

IT IS the right one for where you are, but is it the right one for
where you want to be? Ask yourself that question, and ponder it
when you are alone, in silence, with only you and your thoughts.
Ask yourself if you are on the path you want to be on given the
eternal future ahead of you?

-----
The time is now, today, right now. Ask Jesus to forgive your sin
and leave your path of death behind, and walk the path of life
leading to be with God in the paradise of Heaven forever. It's
His domain, and it is splendid beyond imagination. It's what He
has in store for all who return to Him from their sin and sin-
loving ways. In fact, it's what He had in mind for all souls
before sin entered in and destroyed everything.

Jesus loves you. It's why He came here to this Earth ... to
save you. He came to make a way Home for you. He came because
He wants you to be with Him where He is in the paradise of Heaven,
seeing all things He has in store for you, in all their full glory.

Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin

Rick C. Hodgin

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Nov 17, 2017, 10:00:16 AM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 9:54:53 AM UTC-5, Rick C Hodgin wrote:
> [snip]

I apologize for posting this reply to the above spam from Peter Cheung,
but he is impersonating me and I want to make sure people realize I am
not this individual posting these posts.

He is posting content from prior posts I have posted under completely
different subject headings. He uses the email rickchod...@gmail.com
where as I use rick.c...@gmail.com.

Here is some more information:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.c++/X9lgo_CquUc/I_-pAWvuAAAJ

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Eric Douglas

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Nov 17, 2017, 10:39:20 AM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 10:00:16 AM UTC-5, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> I apologize for posting this reply to the above spam from Peter Cheung,
> but he is impersonating me and I want to make sure people realize I am
> not this individual posting these posts.

I use the Google Groups reader and I'm clicking the report abuse button on all of those posts, and I suggest anyone else seeing those do the same. I don't know what if anything that does besides hide them from my reader, but I hope if enough people report them the poster will get locked out, so I suggest you keep your posts on topic. Don't feed the troll.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Nov 17, 2017, 10:48:39 AM11/17/17
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Peter's attack on Jesus Christ, on me, and on the people in this
world, in this way, is having his desired effect. It is pushing
people away from hearing the message of salvation. Sin is so
amazingly awful it's no wonder God created a place called Hell
to contain it.

May God have mercy on Peter's soul.

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Rick C. Hodgin

Eric Douglas

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Nov 17, 2017, 11:05:13 AM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 10:48:39 AM UTC-5, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> Peter's attack on Jesus Christ, on me, and on the people in this
> world, in this way, is having his desired effect. It is pushing
> people away from hearing the message of salvation. Sin is so
> amazingly awful it's no wonder God created a place called Hell
> to contain it.
>
> May God have mercy on Peter's soul.
>
> --
> Rick C. Hodgin

Do you want to go out to eat and hear your server say "I'd like to tell you today's specials but first let me tell you about my religion."?
Stay on topic or stay away. You are now marked as a spammer. Good day.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Nov 17, 2017, 12:00:29 PM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 11:05:13 AM UTC-5, Eric Douglas wrote:
> Do you want to go out to eat and hear your server say "I'd like to tell you today's specials but first let me tell you about my religion."?

It's not religion. Christianity is about salvation from sin, about
forgiveness, about eternal life. It has almost nothing to do with
religion. Salvation comes first, and a change from within then is
manifested which causes one to move. It's not outside-in, it's only
inside-out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azWJ-MtxR2Q

Religion is works-based. Christianity is real forgiveness.

Do you have sin? You need to be forgiven. The message goes forth
because Jesus still needs to save people, but only those who will
hear this message will be saved.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Eric Douglas

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Nov 17, 2017, 12:33:05 PM11/17/17
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You missed the point, now go away spammer, find a forum that fits your topic.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Nov 17, 2017, 1:01:15 PM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 12:33:05 PM UTC-5, Eric Douglas wrote:
> You missed the point...

So did you.

Eric, I don't do this to spam. I do it to teach, per the command of
Jesus Christ when He said, "Go ye therefore into all the world and
make disciples...teaching them to obey all things whatsoever I have
commanded you."

We are not under the law, so obeying God's commands is no longer a
requirement to be saved, but God has given us His teachings and His
guidance in the Bible to guard our lives, to protect us from the
real enemy, from sin, from judgment and condemnation through sin.

This is important. It's more important than other things.

Please consider it. Don't just ascribe my posts to spam, but give
it some thought. Ask yourself why would I do this when so many hate
me so much for writing these words. It is not for nothing, and it
is given to you so that you too can come to this knowledge and also

Eric Douglas

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Nov 17, 2017, 1:19:41 PM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 1:01:15 PM UTC-5, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> Eric, I don't do this to spam. I do it to teach, per the command of
> Jesus Christ when He said, "Go ye therefore into all the world and
> make disciples...teaching them to obey all things whatsoever I have
> commanded you."
>
> We are not under the law, so obeying God's commands is no longer a
> requirement to be saved, but God has given us His teachings and His
> guidance in the Bible to guard our lives, to protect us from the
> real enemy, from sin, from judgment and condemnation through sin.
>
> This is important. It's more important than other things.
>
> Please consider it. Don't just ascribe my posts to spam, but give
> it some thought. Ask yourself why would I do this when so many hate
> me so much for writing these words. It is not for nothing, and it
> is given to you so that you too can come to this knowledge and also
> be saved.
>
> --
> Rick C. Hodgin

I can see why someone would make a fake account to mock you. Last warning, then I just ignore you, troll. No one cares what you're posting or why, it doesn't belong here. Anything off topic is SPAM. Reporting you again, now kindly go away.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Nov 17, 2017, 1:53:24 PM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 1:19:41 PM UTC-5, Eric Douglas wrote:
> ...Last warning, then I just ignore you, troll. No one cares what
> you're posting or why, it doesn't belong here. Anything off topic
> is SPAM. Reporting you again, now kindly go away.

You are not the first one to see no value in these teachings. It is
not for those who reject the message that the teachings go forth, but
for those who will hear.

Jesus offers His Kingdom of Heaven to all people equally. But only
those who will receive the truth will be a part of that Kingdom. All
who embrace the lie will be cast into Hellfire.

I'll take my cues from the Bible and God's own Holy Spirit rather than
the sinful voice of sinful man charging me to stop speaking on matters
he doesn't even understand:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+4%3A19&version=KJV

19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be
right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto
God, judge ye.

I will follow God, Eric. I teach you to do the same.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Lars Enderin

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Nov 17, 2017, 5:18:09 PM11/17/17
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2017-11-17 19:53 skrev Rick C. Hodgin:
> I will follow God, Eric. I teach you to do the same.

There IS NO God. Now FOAD.

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Lars Enderin

Rick C. Hodgin

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Nov 17, 2017, 7:15:02 PM11/17/17
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On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 5:18:09 PM UTC-5, Lars Enderin wrote:
> 2017-11-17 19:53 skrev Rick C. Hodgin:
> > I will follow God, Eric. I teach you to do the same.
>
> There IS NO God.

If you were wrong, would you want to know? You can read about God
in the Bible. Jesus will blow your mind. No one like Him.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Robert Klemme

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Nov 19, 2017, 10:25:39 AM11/19/17
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This is completely off topic. Stop it now!

robert

Martin Gregorie

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Nov 19, 2017, 11:24:19 AM11/19/17
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Just killfile the bastard.

AFAICT it's a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool and any response, abusive or not,
will just encourage it. Using Google Groups or a newsreader that has no
killfile facility? There's a decent choice of newsreaders that do:

Best of newsreader breed for Windows is probably Forte's Agent:

http://www.forteinc.com/

the free version seems to have been withdrawn, but IMO Agent is well
worth its fairly small price. If I still used Windows I'd still be using
Agent.

As it is I'm on Linux and using Pan:

http://pan.rebelbase.com/

Its pretty good these days and is also released on BSD systems, Mac OS X,
and Windows.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

Andreas Leitgeb

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Nov 22, 2017, 11:53:44 AM11/22/17
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Andreas Leitgeb <a...@logic.at> wrote:
> On client's machines, the method BasicService.showDocument(java.net.URL)
> returns false (and shows no effect at all), while on our own machines it
> returns true (and does open the requested page).

Found the solution...

The URL on client's machines contained a tilde (~) character, that
we just needed to replace by %7E. The url we tried "at home" did not
have a tilde-char, thus it worked right-away.

Apparently, the venerable Java 6 didn't yet care about it, but Java 8 does.

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