1) competing apps with different feature/disfeature sets are good, especially when the ability to share source is available.
2) Only the idiots are trying to put microsoft out of business. The rest of us are trying to write good apps/whatever (or, just trying to *use* good apps/whatever)
Office? Word? With names like THAT for your software, you're right, those are such UN-common words in the english language that any collision in the namespace is OBVIOUSLY malicious!
Even now, Id releases the binaries for most of their games for $0, and it's the levels that cost you... Which happens to work just great for people like me who play the game on more than one platform, on the same computer.
And since they don't really make any money off of the binaries, you're right, GPL or similar isn't really too much further... but there ARE some issues to consider, as plenty of other people have pointed out.
"making it nearly impossible" is one of the things security through obscurity is all about though... sure... it's nearly impossible, until next wednesday, when someone finds out that if you push THIS button, and turn THAT knob, and set the 42nd bit, then the hole is back in plain view again.:)
I just took a look at a recent freenet.4 snapshot this morning, and between the software actually working and the web of freesites that's growing, it looks like it's approaching usability.
That was always my gripe with freenet, that it's been too damn hard to use... Keep up the improvements, guys, for everyone's sake.
you can send an executable file, and tell the browser that the filename is "readme.txt" and the content-type is, er, executable whatever.
For the purposes of the security dialog, it's readme.txt, you get the Open/Save box, not the Run/Save security warning box, and the name shows as readme.txt. But if you select Open, when it downloads, *poof* it runs the exe.
what about how limewire's linux download is, for whatever reason, 11 meg, while gnut, with 90% of the same features network-wise, and enough features for me UI-wise is a 500k download?
This is the first time I've bothered to reply to a comment here, so bear with a few dumb things.
1: s/anyone/everyone on the first line
2: insert 's where I meant them to be. (i.e. where they logically belong)
Okay... it's agreed that linux will never be for anyone... actually, one of the philosophies that linux lives on is that NOTHING is for everyone. However, linux is most certainly not dying.
point-for-point:
1) not much of anything, especially anything tech-related has been posting a profitable quarter recently. quoting those kinds of numbers during the current "instability" or whatever you prefer to call it is not going to prove anything.
2) a) the GPL doesn't "force" its license onto "everything [it] comes into contact with". the GPL has a propagation clause that protects freedom, but it also gives people choices on the matter.
b) hrm... don't people tend to "attack" things that they're afraid of? also no proof whatsoever.
c) It's plenty easy to distribute GPLd software under another license, for the _author_. Authors of GPL'd software generally make it pretty easy to contact them, contrary to what you say. Again, this is a part of the GPL made to ensure freedom. We won't go into the merits of the GPL in every situation here, because
d) linux software does NOT have to be GPL'd.
3)
a) again, linux will never be for everybody. Linux is about choice. Forcing your software on everybody and denying them choice is a BAD thing. Just ask certain software companies.
b) first, linux has pretty decent hardware support, compared to anything but the top few OSs... this is fostered by its GPLness. second, linux IS getting increased notice from hardware developers, up many hundred percent in the past year, or the past 6 months, or the past month.
Linux is not dying. far from it.
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I'm an idiot. s/lossless/lossy/
gzip has a compression-level option too. It's not lossless. Imagine if it was? Mmmm... lossily compressed tarballs.
A wise man once said, "Shut Up And Show Them The Code"
1) competing apps with different feature/disfeature sets are good, especially when the ability to share source is available.
2) Only the idiots are trying to put microsoft out of business. The rest of us are trying to write good apps/whatever (or, just trying to *use* good apps/whatever)
hmm... I'm sure glad I'M not in the tech industry! Oops.
they have 'arguments'
-- and they ALWAYS WIN THEM.
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Office? Word? With names like THAT for your software, you're right, those are such UN-common words in the english language that any collision in the namespace is OBVIOUSLY malicious!
Even now, Id releases the binaries for most of their games for $0, and it's the levels that cost you... Which happens to work just great for people like me who play the game on more than one platform, on the same computer.
And since they don't really make any money off of the binaries, you're right, GPL or similar isn't really too much further... but there ARE some issues to consider, as plenty of other people have pointed out.
of course the FAR side is always pointing away... but when there's a new moon, the DARK side is pointing towards us. Get it? It's humor. ha ha. ha.
"making it nearly impossible" is one of the things security through obscurity is all about though... sure... it's nearly impossible, until next wednesday, when someone finds out that if you push THIS button, and turn THAT knob, and set the 42nd bit, then the hole is back in plain view again. :)
I just took a look at a recent freenet .4 snapshot this morning, and between the software actually working and the web of freesites that's growing, it looks like it's approaching usability.
That was always my gripe with freenet, that it's been too damn hard to use... Keep up the improvements, guys, for everyone's sake.
still no.
you can send an executable file, and tell the browser that the filename is "readme.txt" and the content-type is, er, executable whatever.
For the purposes of the security dialog, it's readme.txt, you get the Open/Save box, not the Run/Save security warning box, and the name shows as readme.txt. But if you select Open, when it downloads, *poof* it runs the exe.
Basically.
It's not the card that's the worst part. It's the big database that backs it.
theyve said that this version has only the basic features and NO optimization. it should get better.
hopefully.
the _huge_ loyal plugin coderbase perhaps?
give me ONE irrefutable reason why _YOU_ need to be on slashdot?
yeah... recent konqy and (I think) mozilla can ask for confirmation on window.open().
what about how limewire's linux download is, for whatever reason, 11 meg, while gnut, with 90% of the same features network-wise, and enough features for me UI-wise is a 500k download?
hrm... considering that they're "ripped" mp3s, why are you assuming they're illegal?
This is the first time I've bothered to reply to a comment here, so bear with a few dumb things. 1: s/anyone/everyone on the first line 2: insert
's where I meant them to be. (i.e. where they logically belong)
Okay... it's agreed that linux will never be for anyone... actually, one of the philosophies that linux lives on is that NOTHING is for everyone. However, linux is most certainly not dying. point-for-point: 1) not much of anything, especially anything tech-related has been posting a profitable quarter recently. quoting those kinds of numbers during the current "instability" or whatever you prefer to call it is not going to prove anything. 2) a) the GPL doesn't "force" its license onto "everything [it] comes into contact with". the GPL has a propagation clause that protects freedom, but it also gives people choices on the matter. b) hrm... don't people tend to "attack" things that they're afraid of? also no proof whatsoever. c) It's plenty easy to distribute GPLd software under another license, for the _author_. Authors of GPL'd software generally make it pretty easy to contact them, contrary to what you say. Again, this is a part of the GPL made to ensure freedom. We won't go into the merits of the GPL in every situation here, because d) linux software does NOT have to be GPL'd. 3) a) again, linux will never be for everybody. Linux is about choice. Forcing your software on everybody and denying them choice is a BAD thing. Just ask certain software companies. b) first, linux has pretty decent hardware support, compared to anything but the top few OSs... this is fostered by its GPLness. second, linux IS getting increased notice from hardware developers, up many hundred percent in the past year, or the past 6 months, or the past month. Linux is not dying. far from it. --also known as "hobbs" in some places