So the people sending spam AREN'T using Firefox 3, thank you for bearing with us through our tests, we hope you didn't think we were intentionally blocking you guys.
My school once had a folder called "Vice-Principal" in the network folders, what did it contain?
Why, the C: drive of the vice-principal's computer of course, they didn't let you access "Program Files\" or "Windows\" of course, but what WAS accessible, was a Microsoft Access database containing every student in the school, their PPN number (equivalent of Social Security in Ireland I think), their home phone number, medical conditions, exam results etc.
Of course this year they got new computers and completely re-setup the network, this time it seems substantially more secure.
Am I missing out on something here, you're responding to a post that seem to be calling Windows an insecure operating system by saying that the author was hired by microsoft.
I was gonna put 4chan in my post but decided not to upset the hackers on steroids, since if I've learned anything from Fox news it's that everyone choosing to be anonymous on an imageboard are invariably out to destroy me.
"Yes, truecrypt.org DOES contain child porn, so does wikileaks.org"
"Do you have proof?"
"We don't need it, it's on the list, now move along, nothing to see here."
And stopping a company from taking Open Source code, changing it and closing it's source grants freedom to users of that software, and more importantly, it's original authors, the people who put in their hard work and do not want to be ripped off by corporations.
If you don't like the GPL then don't use it's software, unfortunately for you, no-one will give a shit because generally you aren't paying for it, it's just one less user of something developed for free.
tl;dr: Let developers decide what is "free" enough for their own software
They ARE allowed to verify, but only AFTER they remove the clip, then they can verify whether or not it's actually a legal problem, and 9if not, they can put the clip back up.
Problem is, they probably get dozens, maybe hundreds of these requests per day, so they probably just comply and delete, because hiring people to verify these (they WOULD need new full time staff) would be stupid.
Why in the world would that make any difference? Does stamping the name "Google" on something suddenly make it better? In the eyes of many, yes it does, much like people will pay 10 times as much for clothes with the word "Nike" or "Adidas" on it.
I'm thinking more along the lines of, 99% of everything is KDE4, but some critical daemon or library has to be KDE3 for some reason. Everything released with KDE4 now uses the proper KDE4 libraries, Qt4, etc... Only unofficial stuff hasn't been ported (or, in cases like Kontact, they haven't been ported but haven't been released yet with it (until this Beta)) so no KDE3 libs running unless you install them yourself.
OTOH considering some important and successful programs like Amarok haven't been ported, almost everyone using KDE4 does have some KDE3 libs running
Ah touche, but instability is to be expected until 4.1 or 4.2, in my opinion it's worth it, KDE4 seems to be a bit faster and much less RAM intensive than KDE3, and I'm assuming it'll only get better when Konversation, Amarok and KMail are ported (the KDE3 programs I'm using)
Well from what Aaron said in the comments, it'll work almost exactly like it does now, I'm not sure exactly what that means, I'm not a KDE developer, just someone who took the time to read the comments before coming here to post
I know this is blasphemy here on/., but frankly, I don't have that much faith in open source and don't think MS, by and large, has anything to worry about. Well Microsoft themselves are admitting that they do
Also I wouldn't call a stopped project a wast, since anybody can take the source and re-start it. Unless it's closed source of course.
I wouldn't call the time spend on the stopped project a wast ether, since the programmer was probably doing what he liked. (or what he needed at the time) Unless he was just doing it as part of a job of course.
People do that all the time and nobody gets angry about it. Except Microsoft of course, it really scares the shit out of them
because 95% of users won't want to change this behavior, and those who do won't have any trouble figuring out defaults write anyway.
Well when I was using GNOME there were many things I wanted to change, and I had trouble figuring out how to change them, eventually I managed to change half of them and was told the other half were impossible to change "because people generally don't want to change that" or some shit like that.
I'm sorry for not figuring out GNOME, but somehow on KDE I can change anything I want (to be fair, 4.0 is missing a lot of configuration dialogs for plasma, but that's temporary, they'll be back in 4.1 or 4.2, which I can't say for the GNOME ones)
Which, by the time KDE4.1 is released, will be able to look however you want, even transparent and maximised:O, so you can use it the exact same way you always have.
Personally I'd prefer the box, not full screen, but preferably with a slightly transparent background, that way I can have plasma applets on most of screen without icons getting in way when I add something or if I put too much icons there.
Now you can have it function the way you want to keep it. And I can have it the way I want it.
Or would you prefer your way to be my only choice?
Amarok, Konversation, K3b, KDevelop and Kontact are main blockers in this regard, all are being ported.
Amarok and KDevelop already have Alpha/Beta releases out, and should be done within a couple of months I think (original plan was to coincide with 4.1 but not sure if they will), Kontact will be a part of 4.1.
Konversation and K3b are going to be ported, but I don't know when
It means that icons and launchers will be on desktop in exact same way... But it won't show the contents of Desktop folder... As in, the desktop won't contain FILES, it will contain shortcuts and launchers.
The files will be stored in folders, which can be kept in folderview.
What this means is that you could have more than one folder on your desktop, in separate boxes (which I think WILL be themable separately), you could use much more advanced features, like only show certain file types, you can sort the files within that containment.
And if you don't want all that, you can always just maximise it, make it transparent and enjoy... (Don't think you can do it YET, but this is a beta)
You can ALSO have shortcuts on the desktop, in the exact same way you always have, if I read the comments correctly, Aseigo himself says that.
And it will be possible to have it transparent, and any size you want, but I think it has to use Plasma's default theme for now.
And you can't really judge it from what it's like now, since it was made less than a week ago and won't officially be finished until July
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Yeah, thank god somebody finally did it. OH WAIT, it's been done already, many times
My school once had a folder called "Vice-Principal" in the network folders, what did it contain? Why, the C: drive of the vice-principal's computer of course, they didn't let you access "Program Files\" or "Windows\" of course, but what WAS accessible, was a Microsoft Access database containing every student in the school, their PPN number (equivalent of Social Security in Ireland I think), their home phone number, medical conditions, exam results etc. Of course this year they got new computers and completely re-setup the network, this time it seems substantially more secure.
Am I missing out on something here, you're responding to a post that seem to be calling Windows an insecure operating system by saying that the author was hired by microsoft.
Yes
Well obviously the ISPs and the state attorney are sick of looking at the same child porn images they have for years
I was gonna put 4chan in my post but decided not to upset the hackers on steroids, since if I've learned anything from Fox news it's that everyone choosing to be anonymous on an imageboard are invariably out to destroy me.
"Yes, truecrypt.org DOES contain child porn, so does wikileaks.org"
"Do you have proof?"
"We don't need it, it's on the list, now move along, nothing to see here."
And stopping a company from taking Open Source code, changing it and closing it's source grants freedom to users of that software, and more importantly, it's original authors, the people who put in their hard work and do not want to be ripped off by corporations.
If you don't like the GPL then don't use it's software, unfortunately for you, no-one will give a shit because generally you aren't paying for it, it's just one less user of something developed for free.
tl;dr: Let developers decide what is "free" enough for their own software
What's most disturbing is that I doubt any court will ever find them guilty of a crime for this, if charges are even pressed.
They ARE allowed to verify, but only AFTER they remove the clip, then they can verify whether or not it's actually a legal problem, and 9if not, they can put the clip back up.
Problem is, they probably get dozens, maybe hundreds of these requests per day, so they probably just comply and delete, because hiring people to verify these (they WOULD need new full time staff) would be stupid.
OTOH considering some important and successful programs like Amarok haven't been ported, almost everyone using KDE4 does have some KDE3 libs running
Ah touche, but instability is to be expected until 4.1 or 4.2, in my opinion it's worth it, KDE4 seems to be a bit faster and much less RAM intensive than KDE3, and I'm assuming it'll only get better when Konversation, Amarok and KMail are ported (the KDE3 programs I'm using)
Well from what Aaron said in the comments, it'll work almost exactly like it does now, I'm not sure exactly what that means, I'm not a KDE developer, just someone who took the time to read the comments before coming here to post
I don't think it's an urban legend, but they only use it internally if it does exist, and have never had any plans on releasing it to the public
Is for Google to release a Linux distro for desktops... Then Microsoft would be truly pissed off
They already have modified distroes running internally, so it wouldn't be too far-fetched, though I don't think it'd happen anytime soon, if at all.
because 95% of users won't want to change this behavior, and those who do won't have any trouble figuring out defaults write anyway.
Well when I was using GNOME there were many things I wanted to change, and I had trouble figuring out how to change them, eventually I managed to change half of them and was told the other half were impossible to change "because people generally don't want to change that" or some shit like that.I'm sorry for not figuring out GNOME, but somehow on KDE I can change anything I want (to be fair, 4.0 is missing a lot of configuration dialogs for plasma, but that's temporary, they'll be back in 4.1 or 4.2, which I can't say for the GNOME ones)
Which, by the time KDE4.1 is released, will be able to look however you want, even transparent and maximised :O, so you can use it the exact same way you always have.
Personally I'd prefer the box, not full screen, but preferably with a slightly transparent background, that way I can have plasma applets on most of screen without icons getting in way when I add something or if I put too much icons there.
Now you can have it function the way you want to keep it. And I can have it the way I want it.
Or would you prefer your way to be my only choice?
Amarok, Konversation, K3b, KDevelop and Kontact are main blockers in this regard, all are being ported.
Amarok and KDevelop already have Alpha/Beta releases out, and should be done within a couple of months I think (original plan was to coincide with 4.1 but not sure if they will), Kontact will be a part of 4.1.
Konversation and K3b are going to be ported, but I don't know when
It means that icons and launchers will be on desktop in exact same way... But it won't show the contents of Desktop folder... As in, the desktop won't contain FILES, it will contain shortcuts and launchers.
The files will be stored in folders, which can be kept in folderview.
What this means is that you could have more than one folder on your desktop, in separate boxes (which I think WILL be themable separately), you could use much more advanced features, like only show certain file types, you can sort the files within that containment. And if you don't want all that, you can always just maximise it, make it transparent and enjoy... (Don't think you can do it YET, but this is a beta)
You can ALSO have shortcuts on the desktop, in the exact same way you always have, if I read the comments correctly, Aseigo himself says that. And it will be possible to have it transparent, and any size you want, but I think it has to use Plasma's default theme for now. And you can't really judge it from what it's like now, since it was made less than a week ago and won't officially be finished until July
Well I can't think of a single feature that's on 3.5 and not on 4.1... But maybe I just didn't use enough of 3.5's features.