Firefox plugins (not Addins..) are the hidden automatic way to handle extra file extensions, and are similar to ActiveX plugins for IE. You can remove the flash plugin fully without resorting to letting the Flash load and then hiding it from the DOM model (as flashblock does - i hate the "flash" flicker it does and would rather a broken box appeared instead, i never ever want or need flash...)
Plugins are listed in firefox by browsing to about:plugins (a very nice report actually)
If you open about:config and change the setting "plugin.expose_full_path" to true, you can see where each plugin is located for removal.
To remove a plugin, you must delete it, or move it into a new folder.
I just removed the files: NPSWF32.dll flashplayer.xpt
All flash now comes up with the green jigsaw "click here to download the plugin" and doesn't even attempt to load.
What happens to the (albeit minor sounding) modifications which have been offered by the OSS community. I realise the blurb says the competitors keep on taking, but if even 1 line of code has been added by someone else, then he needs their permission before he can close the source off surely?
The alternative is to remove the offending lines of code, but his actions seem akin to taking the Linux Kernel and making it closed source without a care for the copyright holders. The modifications were given to a GPL project under the assumption it would stay as GPL.
Additionally, any GPL code which he has used to build up his application (thinking "its GPL, so I can borrow GPL bits") also needs to follow the same rules.
His comments make it sound minor, but it might be a major sticking point especially if the code isn't audited correctly.
"Virtually nobody has ever contributed anything to improve the scanning engine over the last six years," he wrote, noting that there had been minor exceptions.
He cannot just close it up without a major hunt through the code.
If a person is sharing copyrighted files (they don't have permission to share) then they are guilty and your right it would be fruitless to fight it.
My point was about being accused of something you did not do, and to my knowledge everyone targetted has at some point run p2p software and shared a library of songs from a computer under the (indirect) control of the billpayer.
If I was accused of something that was factually incorrect, you can bet your ass I wouldn't settle and admit liability.
"You just robbed a bank, go to jail for 12 years"
"No I didn't, but alright, will 6 years be ok?"
Even if you couldn't afford a lawyer, you would be shouting for help on every news reporter and website you could fin, and you certainly wouldnt just settle.
If its OpenOffice it will be like picasa won't it? Just a google branded application with hooks and links into your gmail account and stuff.
The only difference between Office and picasa is the Sun angle, but linking with Sun allows for profitable support contracts for corporate customers who need it as well (picasa is a home run application and doesn't need real support).
If somebody is going to contaminate an airport with levels of explosives high enough to trip the scanners for everyone, then they could also contaminate the entire airport with something a lot worse (toxins, bio weapons):(
I would hope the security staff would be on hand to prevent such an action.
It took a while for anyone to notice. My guess, it was changed after it was on the front page. someone mustv read at least some of the article before it got there and no1 noticed until now.
a) slashdot has already used up its GOOG quota for the day (not likely)
b) Readers (like yourself) haven't submitted it yet and are instead talking in another story.
c) They might actually be waiting for the actual news, not just the speculation about what the announcement will be (most likely)
Its not a big story until they actually announce something, and then I'm sure there will be a story (and yes, they will probably dupe it several times to make up for this "crime" of silence now)
Nobody told the firefox guys that. I would love to get rid of the bloat and freezing that occurs on every page by pre-compiling all my scripts up form crappy JS.
Currently loading a massive page causes anywhere upto 5 seconds of freeze, and thats just removing crap from the pages.
It would be really bad to start hearing yourself LCD Display with your spewing random comments out whilst your trying to speak. It could mean the difference Also, in 2020, everyone on between winning a contract or losing a customer.
I really couldn't put up with it for long sci-fi show that was from the creator of Buffy before I smashed it up.
I heard all along that it was another sci-fi show that was from the creator of Buffy. I left it alone because "another hit show from the writer of XYZ" is usually a steaming pile of bumpoo. This kind of hype is like a one hit wonder from the music charts trying to get his 2nd song sold.
I don't care who wrote it, I wanna know how good it is.
I'm currently half way through the dvd episodes and I'm hooked. Why the hell didn't anyone tell me it was this good on its own merits?
Hope the movie is as good.
ps, even after my rant, how exactly do you hype a series about a rag tag group of cowboys flying around in a spaceship getting into scrapes? I've never been able to describe it to my friends properly.
There is a great difference between beaming illicit bits down a cable modem and hearing something naughty (kinda like the first time you encounter a porn mag and have a sneak peek) than going out robbing something.
No, they are suggesting that if you download "[eik]Web-Furniture-Designer-Pro[xp]" which is a GPL 3 compliant web service application (just like the eCommerce type web services you can find) and it includes a link to source, you cannot remove it.
The eW-F-D-P program might contain a function on the main front page saying something like "Released under GPL v3, source available [Here]"
If that is the case, then you are NOT allowed to remove that link and after modifying the software, the functionality must remain. In my eyes, this is similar to expecting a copyright notice to be on documents.
If the software that you downloaded is v3 compliant, but does NOT contain a "download source [here]" type link, then you are not going to be obliged to add this functionality.
The one question that springs up here is the following: Does the sourcecode download link have to be maintained in a working state, and does it have to point at the new valid modified source, my understanding of leaving a function working is exactly that, the function should return the same results each time it is run.
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Firefox plugins (not Addins..) are the hidden automatic way to handle extra file extensions, and are similar to ActiveX plugins for IE.
:)
You can remove the flash plugin fully without resorting to letting the Flash load and then hiding it from the DOM model (as flashblock does - i hate the "flash" flicker it does and would rather a broken box appeared instead, i never ever want or need flash...)
Plugins are listed in firefox by browsing to about:plugins
(a very nice report actually)
If you open about:config and change the setting "plugin.expose_full_path" to true, you can see where each plugin is located for removal.
To remove a plugin, you must delete it, or move it into a new folder.
I just removed the files:
NPSWF32.dll
flashplayer.xpt
All flash now comes up with the green jigsaw "click here to download the plugin" and doesn't even attempt to load.
Hope this helps
Plugins list and info: http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/
Uninstalling Plugins help page: http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/uninstall.html
1.5 suffers from some serious C&P bug in windows where it won't let me use the clipboard under various circumstances.
anyone know if its been rectified?
What happens to the (albeit minor sounding) modifications which have been offered by the OSS community.
I realise the blurb says the competitors keep on taking, but if even 1 line of code has been added by someone else, then he needs their permission before he can close the source off surely?
The alternative is to remove the offending lines of code, but his actions seem akin to taking the Linux Kernel and making it closed source without a care for the copyright holders.
The modifications were given to a GPL project under the assumption it would stay as GPL.
Additionally, any GPL code which he has used to build up his application (thinking "its GPL, so I can borrow GPL bits") also needs to follow the same rules.
His comments make it sound minor, but it might be a major sticking point especially if the code isn't audited correctly.
"Virtually nobody has ever contributed anything to improve the scanning engine over the last six years," he wrote, noting that there had been minor exceptions.
He cannot just close it up without a major hunt through the code.
If a person is sharing copyrighted files (they don't have permission to share) then they are guilty and your right it would be fruitless to fight it.
My point was about being accused of something you did not do, and to my knowledge everyone targetted has at some point run p2p software and shared a library of songs from a computer under the (indirect) control of the billpayer.
If I was accused of something that was factually incorrect, you can bet your ass I wouldn't settle and admit liability.
"You just robbed a bank, go to jail for 12 years"
"No I didn't, but alright, will 6 years be ok?"
Even if you couldn't afford a lawyer, you would be shouting for help on every news reporter and website you could fin, and you certainly wouldnt just settle.
It appears as though all the children getting sued are of the age when internet access is used and their peers are all downloading.
Theres not been many younger kids sued, and we don't hear about the older ones because they are responsable for themselves.
I haven't actually heard about a real suit yet where they were truly wrong about the downloading habits.
The suits themselves are wrong, but their targetting seems spot on.
theGLU is taking a short break. Back later!
If its OpenOffice it will be like picasa won't it?
Just a google branded application with hooks and links into your gmail account and stuff.
The only difference between Office and picasa is the Sun angle, but linking with Sun allows for profitable support contracts for corporate customers who need it as well (picasa is a home run application and doesn't need real support).
[X] Google Earth
[X] Google Moon
[X] Google Sun
Looks like we live in a google universe.
Please, its an article about teachers and education and plenty of people are moaning about it.
If somebody is going to contaminate an airport with levels of explosives high enough to trip the scanners for everyone, then they could also contaminate the entire airport with something a lot worse (toxins, bio weapons) :(
I would hope the security staff would be on hand to prevent such an action.
It took a while for anyone to notice.
My guess, it was changed after it was on the front page.
someone mustv read at least some of the article before it got there and no1 noticed until now.
Probably because of a couple of things
a) slashdot has already used up its GOOG quota for the day (not likely)
b) Readers (like yourself) haven't submitted it yet and are instead talking in another story.
c) They might actually be waiting for the actual news, not just the speculation about what the announcement will be (most likely)
Its not a big story until they actually announce something, and then I'm sure there will be a story (and yes, they will probably dupe it several times to make up for this "crime" of silence now)
Unfrortunately this will only be accessible to the super mega ultra rich.
The rest of us will carry on being the work horses of the world.
Rightly so as well, because without us the world would stop turning (not literally).
Nobody told the firefox guys that.
I would love to get rid of the bloat and freezing that occurs on every page by pre-compiling all my scripts up form crappy JS.
Currently loading a massive page causes anywhere upto 5 seconds of freeze, and thats just removing crap from the pages.
It would be really bad to start hearing yourself LCD Display with your spewing random comments out whilst your trying to speak.
It could mean the difference Also, in 2020, everyone on between winning a contract or losing a customer.
I really couldn't put up with it for long sci-fi show that was from the creator of Buffy before I smashed it up.
Do not look into the Sharp LCD Display with your remaining eye.
Make sre your spec includes an appendix listing every possible permutation of the regexp including detailed hand crafted examples of it in operation.
A screenshots section would be handy as well for the slashdot crowd.
Also, remember to keep away from chairs when Steve Balmer is around.
Also, in 2020, everyone on slashdot will still be saying "this is the year for Linux on the desktop".
I heard all along that it was another sci-fi show that was from the creator of Buffy.
I left it alone because "another hit show from the writer of XYZ" is usually a steaming pile of bumpoo. This kind of hype is like a one hit wonder from the music charts trying to get his 2nd song sold.
I don't care who wrote it, I wanna know how good it is.
I'm currently half way through the dvd episodes and I'm hooked.
Why the hell didn't anyone tell me it was this good on its own merits?
Hope the movie is as good.
ps, even after my rant, how exactly do you hype a series about a rag tag group of cowboys flying around in a spaceship getting into scrapes? I've never been able to describe it to my friends properly.
There is a great difference between beaming illicit bits down a cable modem and hearing something naughty (kinda like the first time you encounter a porn mag and have a sneak peek) than going out robbing something.
They already do keep lists. ;)
CmdrTaco's karma is so bad nowadays he can't even read the site anymore
No, they are suggesting that if you download "[eik]Web-Furniture-Designer-Pro[xp]" which is a GPL 3 compliant web service application (just like the eCommerce type web services you can find) and it includes a link to source, you cannot remove it.
The eW-F-D-P program might contain a function on the main front page saying something like "Released under GPL v3, source available [Here]"
If that is the case, then you are NOT allowed to remove that link and after modifying the software, the functionality must remain. In my eyes, this is similar to expecting a copyright notice to be on documents.
If the software that you downloaded is v3 compliant, but does NOT contain a "download source [here]" type link, then you are not going to be obliged to add this functionality.
The one question that springs up here is the following: Does the sourcecode download link have to be maintained in a working state, and does it have to point at the new valid modified source, my understanding of leaving a function working is exactly that, the function should return the same results each time it is run.
Thank you.
Do you know anything that can recover 3 kilos of snot from my keyboard?