NMCI and Other Nefarious Adventures

The updates are coming fast and furious. NMCI users on the west coast were notified today that their Netscape browser will be "updated to Netscape Version 4.76."

It is not clear if this was a typo or if there are other updates within Version 4.76 because most users already had Version 4.76 on their machines.

Several historical sites like this one and this one show this version as being released around late 1999 or early 2000.

Again, the concept of supplying unsupported and highly outdated software is beyond understanding.

From Patuxent River, MD we have a report of a battery entering thermal run-away. If this is a fake, its a good fake.



The lower resolution image is here (click on thumbnail to see 640x480). Close examination of the full size image (4 Mpixel) shows no signs of Photoshop magic. If you'd like to see a larger version, be sure to check out the Moldy Oldies posting.

The owner was seen running out the door of his building trailing smoke behind him. He quickly tossed the laptop on the ground and someone snapped this picture.

Enjoy!

A reader from Norfolk writes to say that NMCI is considering disabling the USB ports on NMCI seats.
This is supposedly in response to users attaching "thumb" drives and external hard disk drives in an effort to increase storage space without paying exorbitant NMCI lease fees for larger hard drives.
Although this would not be surprising, one would have to ask how they are going to deal with the USB mice if they completely disable the ports. Perhaps a restricted driver subset. Or, perhaps its just a rumor. You heard it here first.