Python on a public library computer

[Anton Vredegoor]

Mike Meyer wrote:

> > Sorry, no telnet. Every executable that is not listed is blocked.
>
> You sure? IE used to understand telnet: URLs, and would open a
console
> window talking to the remote end. It may have been doing it with an
> external application, in which case this won't help you.

Yes, I'm sure. At least now I am. I just did a "telnet://localhost" and
there was an error message from the appguard stating that "telnet.exe"
wasn't allowed to run.

Since some posters keep replying as if I just could install this here
or run that there (from a memory stick for example) I will say
something about what kind of solution I want.

I have little doubt that I could find a way to pass the security system
here if I really wanted that. The printing routine allows printing to a
file and has a filebrowser that can see all the 'forbidden'
directories. Also everytime someone prints anything around here the
complete network freezes for about half a minute so there's little
doubt that we have a high priority process here.

However that's *not* what I want (not saying that's what you think I
want, just speaking to the third person in general here). What I want
is to use the principle of flowing around the obstacle, leaving the
blocking instance out of the loop thereby "punishing" it for it's own
stupidity. It's the way internet works.

So if a telnet is offered I use it. If I have to create a webform on
*another* computer that I can access from here and which looks like a
telnet command line, that would be ok too.

So far I have received a valuable tip about a javabased terminal which
would in the end enable me to log in to some other computer and from
there I could possibly start a python interpreter session.

This also makes me think it should be possible to load a java based
python somehow. Maybe from a java text editor that can run jython?
However jython implies running jview.exe or at least some other java
interpreter? But then how does this ssh terminal run java?

It's a thin line between philosophy, fear of breaking the rules and
having the security personnel throw me out of here, and trying to live
in a just world.

Assume I can't or won't run .exe that are blacklisted. Any way to start
a python interpreter? This is a python challenge too isn't it :-)

Anton

'this parrot.exe is dead'