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The OK corral
“If you're using Internet Explorer, you may get an alarming notice with some gobbledygook about a nonmatching certificate. Please -- don't worry about it. Just click OK. It really is OK. We're OK, you're OK, it's all OK. Take my word for it. OK?”
-- Michael Kinsley, in his pitch to get readers to subscribe to Slate. Kinsley was trying to warn readers not to be daunted by a notice of an insecure connection that appears on Internet Explorer, but not Netscape, when readers click through on the subscription form.
SALON | Feb. 20, 1998

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		`Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y` The OK corral “If you're using Internet Explorer, you may get an alarming notice with some gobbledygook about a nonmatching certificate. Please -- don't worry about it. Just click OK. It really is OK. We're OK, you're OK, it's all OK. Take my word for it. OK?” -- Michael Kinsley, in his pitch to get readers to subscribe to Slate. Kinsley was trying to warn readers not to be daunted by a notice of an insecure connection that appears on Internet Explorer, but not Netscape, when readers click through on the subscription form. SALON \| Feb. 20, 1998