[conspire] So, CABAL, eh? Saturday the 12th, eh? 4pm, eh?

[paulz at ieee.org]

 I hope to attend.  
When we are not laughing at the crazy legal antics, I have a couple questions about web browsers.  By this email, Rick and others have time to think about the subjects.   I can wait until Saturday for a discussion.
Normally I don't pay much attention to the browser as long as the Mozilla offering works.  However:
1)  What became of IceWeasel and siblings?
2)   Regarding certificates of websites, my first awareness was when I was being warned that my personal info might not be secure.  It was common to get this warning even from places that were not selling anything or asking for any of my info.  I found it a mixture of puzzling and amusing.  From an earlier item, I understand that even now that certs are not especially robust or secure and continue to cause problems for people with websites that are not an ecommerce business.
    On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 10:46:00 PM PST, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:  
 
 Don't mind the subject header.  I've just been talking to my
dual-citizen (Canada/US) mother-in-law.

However, it's nearly that time you've all been dreading.  Saturday the
afternoon and evening of...
 

Much CABAL.
So fun.
Many Jitsis.
Very online.


http://meet.jit.si/cabal
Saturday, 4-8pm, PST[1]


For those who heard during the _prior_ Jitsi Meet confab that I'd be
broadcasting December's "meeting" from an unusual location:  Nope.
Cancelled by the pandemic.

Am I royally pissed off about that?  You bet your sweet bippity-boo.
Contributions of swear words in exotic foreign tongues will be
appreciated.

On the other hand, please join us on Saturday, and I promise to use all
the influence I have to get each CABAL attendee sent a Presidential pardon!



You will need:
o  Computer w/supported Web browser.  Best results reported with:
      o  Chromium
      o  Chrome
      o  Microsoft Edge v. 79.0.309 or later
      o  (some others, e.g., Firefox, might work but are not guaranteed)
o  A computer with mic and speakers/headphones.  Headphones/earbuds
  are recommended (because they avert audio feeback loops).

You can (instead) join by telephone, audio-only.  PIN: 3654 3335 40
Country    Dial-in Number
US          +1.512.647.1431
UK          +44.203.885.2179
France      +33.1.87.21.0005
Germany    +49.89.380.38719
Netherlands +31.85.208.1541
Spain      +34.932.205.409
Canada      +1.437.538.3987
Australia  +61.8.7150.1136
Brazil      +55.21.3500.0112
Japan      +81.3.4510.2372
Switzerland +41.61.588.0496



[1] If outside Pacific time zone, check using
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
Or try something like this Bourne shell recipe (tested on Debian):

:r! grep worldclock .bashrc
    alias worldclock='zdump America/{Los_Angeles,Phoenix,Mexico_City,New_York,Toronto,Sao_Paulo} Europe/{London,Berlin,Oslo,Moscow} Asia/{Calcutta,Shanghai,Tokyo} Australia/{Perth,Melbourne} Pacific/Auckland'

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