houstonbofh - Slashdot User

Comment Re:If security risks are no object... (Score 1) 208

by houstonbofh on Friday June 05, 2015 @09:15PM (#49853755) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Options After Google Chrome Discontinues NPAPI Support?

You're confusing "extended support" (2020) with end of life - Jan 2015 http://windows.microsoft.com/e...

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Hmm... Doesn't say "End of Life" anywhere on that page. And they still have not set a date for "End of Sales." So, nope...

Comment Re:So now... (Score 1) 95

by houstonbofh on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:46AM (#49819949) Attached to: An Early Look At Android M's Multi-Window Mode For Tablets

No indeed you can't win with anecdotes of observances against specs and independent tests.

You're no better than a global warming denier who's seen snow in march.

Because no tech company has EVER fudged on benchmarks!

Comment Re:So now... (Score 1) 95

by houstonbofh on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:44AM (#49819939) Attached to: An Early Look At Android M's Multi-Window Mode For Tablets

I can give you research and articles that said man never went to the moon. I also know people who went there. Guess which one I trust?

Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 384

by houstonbofh on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:43AM (#49819933) Attached to: SourceForge and GIMP [Updated]

You are right. Seems they never trademarked the name, so there is nothing they can do but shame them. (And Source Forge has had no shame for years...)

Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 384

by houstonbofh on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:36AM (#49819909) Attached to: SourceForge and GIMP [Updated]

It may also depend on the SF Terms Of Use. It would not surprise me that there is a clause that allows them to distribute software under your trademark as part of hosting a project there (how could they legally do their normal job without?)

Your original code... Not a derivative work based on your code.

Comment Re:So now... (Score 2) 95

by houstonbofh on Monday June 01, 2015 @09:50AM (#49814241) Attached to: An Early Look At Android M's Multi-Window Mode For Tablets

In other words "la la la. I'm not listening."

...to random statements on the Internet that conflict with observed reality.

That seems sensible to me.

Comment Re:So? (Score 4, Interesting) 384

by houstonbofh on Monday June 01, 2015 @09:15AM (#49813991) Attached to: SourceForge and GIMP [Updated]

If they are modifying the binary, would that not make it a derivative work? And so by the license, would that not make it a violation to call it "Gimp?" I know that would be the case on my FOSS project.

Comment So now... (Score 0) 95

by houstonbofh on Sunday May 31, 2015 @06:24PM (#49811069) Attached to: An Early Look At Android M's Multi-Window Mode For Tablets

So now after a few years of updates you have have MULTIPLE apps slowing your phone or tablet to a crawl!

Submission + - Sourceforge staff takes over a user's account and wraps their software installer (arstechnica.com) 11

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28, 2015 @03:45PM

An anonymous reader writes: Sourceforge staff took over the account of the GIMP-for-Windows maintainer claiming it was abandoned and used this opportunity to wrap the installer in crapware. Quoting Ars:

SourceForge, the code repository site owned by Slashdot Media, has apparently seized control of the account hosting GIMP for Windows on the service, according to e-mails and discussions amongst members of the GIMP community—locking out GIMP's lead Windows developer. And now anyone downloading the Windows version of the open source image editing tool from SourceForge gets the software wrapped in an installer replete with advertisements.

Submission + - SF Says AdWare Bundled with Gimp Is Intentional (google.com) 5

Submitted by tresf on Thursday May 28, 2015 @09:57AM

tresf writes: In response to a Google+ post from the Gimp project claiming that "[Sourceforge] is now distributing an ads-enabled installer of GIMP", Sourceforge had this response:

In cases where a project is no longer actively being maintained, SourceForge has in some cases established a mirror of releases that are hosted elsewhere. This was done for GIMP-Win.
Editor's note: Gimp is actively being maintained and the definition of "mirror" is quite misleading here as a modified binary is no longer a verbatim copy. Download statistics for Gimp on Windows show SourceForge as offering over 1,000 downloads per day of the Gimp software. In an official response to this incident, the official Gimp project team reminds users to use official download methods. Slashdotters may remember the last time news like this surfaced (2013) when the Gimp team decided to move downloads from SourceForge to their own FTP service.
Therefore, we remind you again that GIMP only provides builds for Windows via its official Downloads page.

Note: SourceForge and Slashdot share a corporate parent.

Comment Re:Screenshots? (Score 1) 236

by houstonbofh on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @09:07PM (#49779139) Attached to: Microsoft Tries Another Icon Theme For Windows 10

The Amiga CD32 Set Top box did high resolutions... What's your point?

Comment Re:Screenshots? (Score 1) 236

by houstonbofh on Monday May 25, 2015 @10:11PM (#49772235) Attached to: Microsoft Tries Another Icon Theme For Windows 10

No, just CRT like I typed. A Viewsonic 24 inch that I paid a FORTUNE for! And a 3dfx daughter card...

Comment Re:Screenshots? (Score 2) 236

by houstonbofh on Monday May 25, 2015 @05:02PM (#49770599) Attached to: Microsoft Tries Another Icon Theme For Windows 10

I was doing 1600x1200 on my CRT with Windows 95. Which, actually these icons look sort of like...

Comment A true loss (Score 5, Insightful) 176

by houstonbofh on Sunday May 24, 2015 @10:52AM (#49763419) Attached to: <em>A Beautiful Mind</em> Mathematician John F. Nash Jr. Dies

Truly a tragic loss, not just for science, but for all who were still learning from him. Both math, and that limitations are not what stops you.

Comment Not if open source, but how (Score 1) 49

by houstonbofh on Saturday May 23, 2015 @02:58PM (#49759547) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Can SaaS Be Both Open Source and Economically Viable?

If you open your source, and leverage the community so they feel they have a voice, it can lead to better code, and wide adoption. If you lock down submissions so you can have a paid tier, then welcome to fork town.

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