how many people are actually going to put their gmail passwords into an app like this and HOPE it doesn't forward them (or contact lists) back to some spammer [...] don't even get me started talking about the possiblities for using this type of util as a spam gateway
Are you forgetting that Gmail is all about no-spam? Even if they harvested e-mail addresses.. they will be Gmail addresses and be useless to spammers;)
I'd actually just bought the book yesterday, because I'd seen another review (Linux Format magazine, UK) and Norbury-Glaser's review just reinforces how good a book this really is.
I can't wait to sink my teeth into it late at night, burning the midnight oil:D
I've just checked Amazon's UK price and I paid the RRP of 25 quid, instead of 17.50:(.. but I bet that once I finish the book, it'll be worth every single penny I paid for it - no matter what price that was!;)
That is the stepping stone to success - by creating a great Linux distro that is easy to install, configure and use and is also very fast - we're well on the way to achieving this and from then on it will be climbing the ladder to compete with Microsoft and unseat the monopoly:)
[Note: I'm the Yoper.com Site & Forum Administrator]
with them ripping off icons and interface cues from Mac OS X
This was discussed in the last Slashdot article on Yoper nine days ago. That is not our fault, we just modified a panel and use it. The icons came with it. If this really bugs you so much, join our forums and make a suggestion in the 'Ideas and Reccommendations' forum
I wonder how much longer their site will be around seeing that they are running a trial version of IPB Portal.
As long as it takes to unseat the monopoly. That "trial version" is unlimited, but we are looking into buying the full deal. Not just so that we can get rid of the "trial" tag, but so that we can use extra features that Invision Power Services provide.
Mind you, this submission bugged the crap out of me, precisely because the submitter came across in a combative, pseudo-underdog fashion that seems intended to bleed mindshare from other distributions in favour of one group's (or individual's) ego, rather than trying to just make a better collection of software or doing one thing better so that others can learn and benefit.
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For everything else, there's Mastercard.
Square shapes (like windows) are just [i]sooo[/i] yesterday! :p
how many people are actually going to put their gmail passwords into an app like this and HOPE it doesn't forward them (or contact lists) back to some spammer
;)
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don't even get me started talking about the possiblities for using this type of util as a spam gateway
Are you forgetting that Gmail is all about no-spam? Even if they harvested e-mail addresses.. they will be Gmail addresses and be useless to spammers
I'd actually just bought the book yesterday, because I'd seen another review (Linux Format magazine, UK) and Norbury-Glaser's review just reinforces how good a book this really is.
:D
:( .. but I bet that once I finish the book, it'll be worth every single penny I paid for it - no matter what price that was! ;)
I can't wait to sink my teeth into it late at night, burning the midnight oil
I've just checked Amazon's UK price and I paid the RRP of 25 quid, instead of 17.50
That is the stepping stone to success - by creating a great Linux distro that is easy to install, configure and use and is also very fast - we're well on the way to achieving this and from then on it will be climbing the ladder to compete with Microsoft and unseat the monopoly :)
[Note: I'm the Yoper.com Site & Forum Administrator]
:)
with them ripping off icons and interface cues from Mac OS X
This was discussed in the last Slashdot article on Yoper nine days ago. That is not our fault, we just modified a panel and use it. The icons came with it. If this really bugs you so much, join our forums and make a suggestion in the 'Ideas and Reccommendations' forum
I wonder how much longer their site will be around seeing that they are running a trial version of IPB Portal.
As long as it takes to unseat the monopoly. That "trial version" is unlimited, but we are looking into buying the full deal. Not just so that we can get rid of the "trial" tag, but so that we can use extra features that Invision Power Services provide.
Let me pull out my venture capitalist checkbook!
Please do. All donations welcome!
Mind you, this submission bugged the crap out of me, precisely because the submitter came across in a combative, pseudo-underdog fashion that seems intended to bleed mindshare from other distributions in favour of one group's (or individual's) ego, rather than trying to just make a better collection of software or doing one thing better so that others can learn and benefit.
:p
Don't mind me.. I'm just the submitter