[Jeff Vader]

File size: 1.1MB (download), 2.1Mb (installed)

Shoud fit with ease.

(remember when i had that problem transferring the inferno installer because i was 3 megabites short? i still don't have it, come to think

Um, dude. Cole politely cut the installer down to bits and posted links to an Inferno thread. Why, with the power of the Death Star, have you not ****ing downloaded it yet?

Edit: Oh wait, those were in 7z format 

[colecampbell666]

He downloaded them anyways. How did you get them to work? Or did you?

[Kazan]

if your dad is so computer illiterate that he thinks that well vetted open source applications come from the h4x0r clan then he won't be able to tell 7-zip from winzip

[Titan]

And i think that my parents don't trust the internet because... well, you know how most parents are letting their kids play call of duty and stuff by age 8? My parents are just starting to let me play teen games now, and i'm 12. That's the kind of parents they are. They just don't want anything to happen to me, and (more importantly) by extension, them. Besides, they don't know you guys like i do. If my dad was, like, an active member of the community (THAT'S A RETORICAL SUGGESTION PEOPLE!) then this probably wouldn't be happening.

that help? and yes, i downloaded it, but the installer, once un-7-zipped wouldn't fit on my memory stic- wait, why didn't i just install it on my laptop and then carry the files over bit-by-bit? ah well, it doesn't matter now, i let my dad sell it on ebay cuz i never used it. it was just an old, leftover work laptop that wasn't good for anything other then the internet... and even that sucked.

[Polpolion]

I really feel sorry for you. I first got a computer in my room when I was 10, and it had unlimited internet access. I can do whatever I want, and they don't care.

IMHO you need to be sneaky. Download 7z when they're not home, and if you can't use it as a portable app on a thumb drive, install it to the same directory as internet explorer or something. Rename all of the files that identify it as 7z. Go and delete the registry files, too. Don't have any shortcuts too it, either. You'll have to go run the main .exe and load the compressions that you want to uncompress manually, but hey. If you really want this stuff enough to merit complaining so much it should be fine. And don't forget to delete the compressions once you have them extracted.

EDIT: Never sell a computer unless you have at least two backup computers.

[Snail]

His dad's a programmer. He would know in 5 seconds.

[Jeff Vader]

But oi. If he can burn CDs, he could use 7-Zip Portable from a CD. And then no one would ever know.

[Polpolion]

His dad's a programmer. He would know in 5 seconds.

Are you being sarcastic? I suck at sarcasm on the internet.

His dad wouldn't notice even if titan told him to look there. 1) If thinks that well known apps like winrar are virus-ridden, then I doubt he knows enough about computers to want to look through random files on the computer. 2) Even if he did, in some wild search for pr0n and viruses, I doubt he would notice winrar in the  internet explorer folder. 3) The worst that could happen if he did notice is him ripping Titan's appendix out. The best that could happen is him realizing that it's not a bad program after all. Titan doesn't need his appendix but he does need these programs. Gotta get your priorities right... jeez...

[Snail]

Are you being sarcastic? I suck at sarcasm on the internet.

Okay fine I was being stupid (woopsies).

Put it this way: Titan installs 7zip. His dad walks in. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWRRRRR!!!!"

[Cobra]

I find this whole situation of his highly amusing.

[colecampbell666]

Are you being sarcastic? I suck at sarcasm on the internet.

Okay fine I was being stupid (woopsies).

Put it this way: Titan installs 7zip. His dad walks in. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWRRRRR!!!!"

Or he walks in "I DON'T NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY!!!!!".

[blowfish]

i didn't exactly ask them about any of the campaigns i've gotten recently, but installing a program on the comp is a little harder to cover up. and how big is the portable 7-zip, cuz my memory stick is only about 132 megabites. (remember when i had that problem transferring the inferno installer because i was 3 megabites short? i still don't have it, come to think)

It looks like it is only 5MB, which is to be expected with a simple program like this.  The inferno installer contains graphix n' stuff, which takes up a latta space.

[Titan]

my dad is a senior test engineer, he programs devices and stuff for GE. and i doubt he's ever heard of winRAR. he doesn't care about that stuff. and believe me, if i try and do this, and he finds out, they'll put a password on our computers so i CAN NEVER GET ON. or, it might work out something like this:

  = ME!

  = 

[colecampbell666]

Have you tried explaining it to him?

Show him the site, and show him the FSO site, etc. Just to show him that open-source does not = terrorism/h4xx0rz.

[Jeff Vader]

my dad is a senior test engineer, he programs devices and stuff for GE. and i doubt he's ever heard of winRAR. he doesn't care about that stuff.

Seriously. He does programming but doesn't know about open source? I mean, dude. Are you serious that he doesn't know about open source or thinks that open source = viruses? Not caring about stuff is one thing. I, for example, don't care about cordless mice. But he should still know at least something about archive programs. And open source. And it shouldn't take too long for him to understand that Winzip = payments/poor archive type support and 7-Zip = free/good archive type support.

[Polpolion]

my dad is a senior test engineer, he programs devices and stuff for GE. and i doubt he's ever heard of winRAR. he doesn't care about that stuff.

Seriously. He does programming but doesn't know about open source? I mean, dude. Are you serious that he doesn't know about open source or thinks that open source = viruses? Not caring about stuff is one thing. I, for example, don't care about cordless mice. But he should still know at least something about archive programs. And open source. And it shouldn't take too long for him to understand that Winzip = payments/poor archive type support and 7-Zip = free/good archive type support.

It sounds he's a hardware programmer. They're a different breed than normal programmers .

Oh and Titan, what OS do you use? It's not that hard to go into BIOS and change the administrator's password if he changed the password.

[castor]

Folks, thing is his dad doesn't use/need pr0n or warez. Those removed, you hardly need anything else that zips in normal office environment

[Herra Tohtori]

Seriously. He does programming but doesn't know about open source? I mean, dude.

[colecampbell666]

Seriously. He does programming but doesn't know about open source? I mean, dude.

Is that the original?!?!

[Woolie Wool]

Seriously. He does programming but doesn't know about open source? I mean, dude.

I don't get it. Why is it repeating the same hex figures over and over and over?