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Christopher "Superman" Reeve Dies
Microsoft blocking words from nicknames again
Updated: Messenger Plus! 3.21.104
Messed on: 11th of October, 2004
Christopher "Superman" Reeve Dies
dwergs says:
Christopher Reeve probably would have preferred to be only an actor. But it was his fate to be a Superman. On screen and off.
The actor who convinced movie audiences that a son of Krypton could fly and later inspired a world to believe that a paralyzed man could walk again, died Sunday at a New York hospital, his publicist announced. He was 52.
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[Source: E!Online]
Microsoft blocking words from nicknames again
dwergs says:
It seems that after the .NET Messenger Service maintenance(s) this weekend we have a single re-entry in the Holy List of Forbidden Nicknames!
It's been since May 2003 that a word got blocked from display names, but when you try to put .NET Messenger Service in your nickname today you will get a message that "The display name you chose was invalid. Please choose another display name or try again."
If you play with capitals and lower case (eg. .net messenger service), you will see that variations are allowed though! This only adds up to the mystery around nickname filtering being re-implemented again for a single chain of words. If you discover any other (if any, probably MSN related) forbidden nicknames, let us know.
Smart-asses trying to work around this nickname filter will notice that their display name returns to its original state after signing out & in again, unless you use the blank nickname character (hold ALT and type 0160) as a space between the words (tip from Huuf).
Updated: Messenger Plus! 3.21.104
dwergs says:
A new version of Messenger Plus! is out, reports A. Madsen. Changes include:
- The Floating Contacts feature (drag & drop important contacts on your desktop) was improved a lot;
- A lot more tooltips were added to help you out;
- Messenger Plus! now detects when you sign-out due to an Internet connection problem;
- The sponsor agreement is displayed differently to previous versions. Be cautious when running through the installation procedure and don't install things you don't want!
- The Plus! menu is now accessible from Messenger 7 Beta. For now, it just displays the compatibility info window: no Plus! feature will work with Messenger 7 in this version. You can expect a fully compatible version to be released sometime in November.
NOTE: The MSN Messenger 7 compatibility date is a little later than Patchou's previously announced estimated time of completion, but he promises "some surprises" to go with the release.
>> Download Messenger Plus! v3.21.104.
Ups and a lot more downs for the .NET Messenger Service
dwergs says:
After being brought back to life for a short while, the .NET Messenger Service appears to be down again for a second time in a period of 12 hours. Some people are unable to sign in, others fail to have smooth conversations. According to the status page, last night's maintenance has been completed and the service has now become temporarily unavailable.
This has NOTHING to do with you running MSN Messenger 7 instead of an official, public MSN Messenger client. It's affecting all Messenger users, including those appealing to Windows Messenger or even Web Messenger, Microsoft's browser-based MSN Messenger client.
The last .NET Messenger downtime dates from July 6th but didn't last as long as the current one. All we can do now is wait for the green flag.
UPDATE: "All systems are stable and running" again, since somewhere around 2 PM CEST.