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Messages - Arantor
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Other software / Re: So, I've been asked...
« on March 31st, 2011, 03:59 PM »
I did report one bug that irritated me recently in SMF itself, but only since I'd long since already fixed in it Wedge anyway (and did so better than how I think they'll fix it) but no-one's looking over the bug reports, no-one's trying to reproduce them, though to be fair, most of what's in bug reports should have been posted to the support boards anyway.
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Off-topic / Re: iHate Apple
« on March 31st, 2011, 03:57 PM »
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No wonder why Apple controls the hardware.
It's a smart move, though. Having control of the hardware means you have far fewer potential variations to contend with, far fewer configurations that could throw off testing, and it limits the scope for things like driver bugs.
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Had someone else released a successful device at the same time, maybe everyone would be developing for the OtherDevice, and iStuff would be seen as overpriced garbage. Now instead, it's seen as overpriced popular garbage, which makes a huge difference.
That's the thing though, we're seeing other devices coming into the same space as iDevices, but still can't compete on things like the user experience. Even Motorola's Xoom, which boasts the ability to use Flash (sometimes :P) doesn't have the same level of cohesion and inter-connectedness that the iPad experience has, and don't get me started on the mess that is the Android Marketplace.
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Off-topic / Re: iHate Apple
« on March 31st, 2011, 03:12 PM »
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You should have settle for a Zune.
Wash your mouth out, we don't say such things around here! :lol:
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The Pub / Re: Wedge & SEO
« on March 31st, 2011, 03:09 PM »
Pretty URLs != SEO. Pretty URLs is what's in use here for example, and that's reasonably nice looking, and not hideous to remember.

I'm not even going to turn it on for my own stuff.
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Other software / Re: So, I've been asked...
« on March 31st, 2011, 03:08 PM »
There's another security related matter from in the tracker in fact.
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Off-topic / Re: Hi all!
« on March 31st, 2011, 03:07 PM »
Initially, it will use a modified form of SMF's original licence; the idea being to protect Wedge's code from being reused by parties we would prefer it wasn't used by. I think you can guess who I'm referring to.

After that... there's no fixed plan but moving to BSD was the goal, I believe, or possibly LGPL. Nothing firm, nothing decided.
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Off-topic / Another reason to dislike GoDaddy, as if any more were needed
« on March 31st, 2011, 02:49 PM »
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/bob_parsons_gets_peta_gong_for_killing_elephant/
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The Pub / Re: Wedge & SEO
« on March 31st, 2011, 02:08 PM »
Quote from Arantor on March 31st, 2011, 09:49 AM
;)
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Other software / Re: So, I've been asked...
« on March 31st, 2011, 12:40 PM »
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It would take them a LOT of balls to actually justify banning you altogether!
Oh, I think I can nudge them in that direction if it was warranted, and it wouldn't even be hard (I've suggested how to do it before ;))

I was pushing it back in December where I was mentioning it a lot, but not by name.
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Other software / Re: So, I've been asked...
« on March 31st, 2011, 11:56 AM »
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Also, can we be competitors when we have nothing to offer right now except for dreams...?
What they don't like, is that we're putting our fingers where it hurts: that they have not done much in the time since we left the team.
Yup.
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I'm afraid I only remember him by name. Is he friendly and sensible, or not?
Sensible, and not easily angered.
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So, let's say they pass their "law"... What now? Do they also forbid competitor links inside posts? If they don't, then I'm sure you'll find a good reason to post a link to Wedge in every single of your replies
I already got a warning for that before with a threat for every one of my posts to be moderated... it's almost worth it actually, to see how long it takes before they either get fed up with moderating my posts (I swear I can keep up posting far more than they can keep up with approving/editing/whatever) and turn it off, or just ban me.
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Trying to stick their heads in the sand is no solution to THEIR problems.
I know that. That's why I linked the bug report I did in the other board for now; it's evidence that they're not going to spend any time actually fixing the bug and more on making the circumstances go away.
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Other software / Re: So, I've been asked...
« on March 31st, 2011, 11:40 AM »
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Why? Is it too ugly for them?
Apparently they do not allow links to competitors. But like I said, first time I heard this rule.
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Who asked you to remove it?
Oldiesmann.
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Who's got the pop-corn?
I got lots of that packet heat-in-the-microwave popcorn at the ready so it'll be juuuuust right when it's done.


I don't have a problem with rules that are reasonable and fairly enforced. This seems to me to be neither, but they're going to have to do the work to justify it.
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Off-topic / Re: Hi all!
« on March 31st, 2011, 10:53 AM »
Well, that's got *today* then...

The licence change won't happen today, though. All that means is that the devs might actually do something again.
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Off-topic / Re: Profile Visitors
« on March 31st, 2011, 10:44 AM »
I believe it was Sinan's mod originally. It's something we're looking to add to Wedge - but likely done differently.
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Other software / Re: So, I've been asked...
« on March 31st, 2011, 10:39 AM »
Oh, so did I - which is why I came prepared :D
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Other software / Re: So, I've been asked...
« on March 31st, 2011, 10:34 AM »
I can, I fully expected it. They, however, were not expecting me to argue against it.