Name your own price on dental products

1. go to http://www.dentist.net


2. find the product you want


3. enter in address bar:
   javascript:void(document.onmousedown=ra)
   


4. firefox web developer toolbar:
   Forms | Display Form Details
   Forms | Make Form Fields Writable
   


5. edit text input named 'price'.
   click 'add to cart' button
   


6. laugh

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Of course, I would not really proceed through checkout with any cart created inappropriately, but it was fun to play with a little bit.

Ordinarily, I'd contact a company to let them know about a gaping security hole like this, but...

1. I'm still bitter about them crippling my browser
2. My blogs don't have very many readers
3. I'm confident that they would catch even the slightest modified order parameters, because, "We are Fraud Smart and pursue fraudulent orders to the full extent of the law." (from checkout page)

Pointless, intentional browser crippling - why??

I was browsing an online store earlier, trying to find a certain orthodontic product that I didn't know the name of, when I finally found it.

There were no useful details about it on that site, though, so I just wanted to copy and paste the official product name into a google search. My efforts to do this simple task were denied, though, which confused and annoyed me.

I thought my Firefox may have been choking on the fact that I had a lot of windows and tabs open, but decided to view the source anyway. As it turns out, there was some javascript code (shown below) to intentionally [attempt to] prevent printing or text selection. WTF?!?

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//Disable Printing
document.onselectstart=new Function('return false');
function ds(e){return false;}
function ra(){return true;}
document.onmousedown=ds;document.onclick=ra;

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This was easy enough to defeat, though, by entering this in my location/address bar:
javascript:void(document.onmousedown=ra)

In IE, an additional step was required:
javascript:void(document.onselectstart=ra)

I'm not sure what they were trying to accomplish. All I wanted to do was research the product before buying it from them, but intentionally made that difficult for me, so I will not be purchasing anything from their store.

Batmobile drove by this morning...

I was on my way to work this morning, sitting at a traffic light, when
a huge Batmobile drove by. I wish I could have been stopped next to it
at a light, instead, because I was only able to catch a glimpse.

But I saw that it had all of the Batmobile trim, from front to back,
and it was pretty long. I'm guessing it's a novelty limousine or
something, but I have no idea where to find out. A couple google
searches didn't turn up any useful explanation for me.

I'd love to post a picture, but I don't have a cameraphone at the
moment, and even if I did, it all happened too fast. Just had to say
something, though, because that's just not something you see every
day.