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Offline Stunaep

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Mozilla Firefox reaches 1,000,000 downloads in 5 days.
on: September 22, 2004, 01:02:45 pm
The browser, which I am a proud user of, reached 1,000,000 downloads this tuesday, five days after release, and that mind ya, is the beta version.

Bye-bye monopoly.

http://news.com.com/Firefox+beats+million-download+deadline/2100-1032_3-5371875.html
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #1 on: September 22, 2004, 01:08:44 pm
:yes:  and deservedly so.

 Sadly, still only a miniscule percentage of the market.
 

Offline Blue Lion

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Reply #2 on: September 22, 2004, 02:27:34 pm
I still enjoy my IE, it works perfectly fine.
 

Offline Sandwich

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Reply #3 on: September 22, 2004, 03:02:05 pm
Just checked a non-tech-oriented site I admin; here's the browser stats for September:
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline JR2000Z

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Reply #4 on: September 22, 2004, 04:19:19 pm
Out of how many people may I ask?
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Offline Clave

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Reply #5 on: September 22, 2004, 04:23:39 pm
No Safari or Camino? pfft...
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Offline Sandwich

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Reply #6 on: September 22, 2004, 04:27:07 pm
A bit above 100 unique visitors per day.
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"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline varus

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Reply #7 on: September 22, 2004, 04:56:43 pm
Yeah Firefox!  The only open source program I've financially supported, but one I'm very proud to have supported.
 

Offline Blitzerland

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Reply #8 on: September 22, 2004, 05:23:57 pm
But...IE works fine. I love my IE.

The only open source thing I use is....

FREESPACE 2 SOURCE CODE PROJECT!!!111!1111oneone
 

Offline Clave

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Reply #9 on: September 22, 2004, 05:50:34 pm
IE, is a timebomb....
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Offline Blitzerland

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Reply #10 on: September 22, 2004, 05:56:45 pm
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Originally posted by Clave
IE, is a timebomb....



Naah. I've got four different virus scanners, with multiple copies on each of my drives. All of them auto-scan my CPU when booting up. They auto-update at 10:00 PM.


I'm freakin' invincible! :lol:
 

Offline IceFire

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Reply #11 on: September 22, 2004, 05:57:19 pm
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IE, is a timebomb....

...and its already exploded.  Its just a really slow explosion.
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Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #12 on: September 22, 2004, 05:57:44 pm
It's kinda funny, Blitz is mentioning the only open source program he uses.

In my case, I have a small list of the "only" closed source applications I run on this box. :D
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Offline Blitzerland

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Reply #13 on: September 22, 2004, 06:00:32 pm
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It's kinda funny, Blitz is mentioning the only open source program he uses.

In my case, I have a small list of the "only" closed source applications I run on this box. :D



Eh? What are saying? Am I using other open source programs without knowing it? Your post is a little confusing, Kamikaze.
 

Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #14 on: September 22, 2004, 06:24:16 pm
I'm saying it's amusing that while you're indicating you use very few open source programs (probably true for most people here), I can count the closed source programs I use on this computer on one hand. :p
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Offline Fury

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Reply #15 on: September 22, 2004, 11:19:04 pm
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Originally posted by Blitzerland



Naah. I've got four different virus scanners, with multiple copies on each of my drives. All of them auto-scan my CPU when booting up. They auto-update at 10:00 PM.


I'm freakin' invincible! :lol:

:wtf:

Are you aware that using more than one anti-virus or firewall software will lead to problems. These softwares are using low level drivers for example, which may conflict and cause god knows what problems. If a virus is found, it may very well be that none your virus scanners can actually do anything about it.

Best description for it would be that you have ten very hungry dogs and then you throw a piece of food in middle of them. They start fighting over that piece of food.

So using more than one anti-virus software will actually weaken your protection.
 

Offline Sandwich

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Reply #16 on: September 23, 2004, 02:57:23 pm
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Originally posted by Blitzerland



Naah. I've got four different virus scanners, with multiple copies on each of my drives. All of them auto-scan my CPU when booting up. They auto-update at 10:00 PM.


I'm freakin' invincible! :lol:


And I bet you're no more protected than someone with a bit of common sense who runs FireFox / Thunderbird with no virus protection is.

Besides, boasting that IE is great is like saying that Windows 95 is great. Yeah, it may work for you in your situation. But that certainly doesn't make it "great".

EDIT: Err... just to clarify - I'm not saying that you lack common sense. I'm just saying that using a bit of common sense while browsing with Firefox and emailing w/ Thunderbird can afford one a very good level of security.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #17 on: September 23, 2004, 03:01:56 pm
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I can count the closed source programs I use on this computer on one hand. :p


please do, i'm interested :nod:
 

Offline Blitzerland

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Reply #18 on: September 23, 2004, 05:13:46 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich

EDIT: Err... just to clarify - I'm not saying that you lack common sense. I'm just saying that using a bit of common sense while browsing with Firefox and emailing w/ Thunderbird can afford one a very good level of security.


I use the virus scanners to protect me from downloaded files. I tried using Firefox...but...uh...I had some FREAKY problems.

Besides, my CPU IS invincible. Just you try and hack me!*




*Actually, please don't.
 

Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #19 on: September 23, 2004, 05:54:18 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth


please do, i'm interested :nod:


1. ATI Graphics Drivers (Don't need them, but they do better 3d accel. than the X11 drivers)
2. Blackdown JDK/JRE
3. Homeworld (Installed with winex)
4. Space Empire IV (Installed with winex)
5. Winex
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