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KDE: Breaking the Network Barrier

Posted by michael on from the glass-ceiling dept.

comforteagle writes "In this month's KDE: From the Source, entitled Breaking the Network Barrier George Staikos takes us on a walk-through of KDE's desktop networking protocol handlers in the vein of sftp:// webdav:// and a few really nifty ones I wasn't aware of like info:/ perldoc:/ and tar:/. The entire KDE desktop environment is decked out like this, and as George puts it, 'Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X have a long way to go to catch up with the robust, transparent functionality that KDE has provided since version 2.0.'"

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  1. What a relief. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    a walk-through of KDE's desktop networking protocol handlers in the vein of sftp:// webdav:// and a few really nifty ones I wasn't aware of like info:/ perldoc:/ and tar:/

    Good thing the Christmas Island people have made it safe for the goatse:/ handler.

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    1. Re:What a relief. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.

    2. Re:What a relief. by SpiffyMarc · · Score: 4, Funny

      In related news, Microsoft rushed to announce the virus:// protocol implemented to make it easier to determine what links go to websites, and what links go to self-installing viruses.

    3. Re:What a relief. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      The bsod:// protocol has been working for some time now

  2. Kwel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite one of course is pr0n:/. But for some reason I get buffer a overflow error - anyone know why? Anyone get pr0n2:/ working yet?

  3. Re:wrong layer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    cat perldoc://someuri/perldoc1
    I see the problem, you should have used the "kat" command...