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Response to two messages
Authored by: james_sorenson on Dec 17, '01 01:54:55PM

First off, about the "rm -r *.*" concern. Errrr...yeh, it is entirely possible. Downloading and running a script can be as dangerous as downloading and running an application. Take into account where you get the script. Truth be told, Applescript already had this ability without the shell script command. Basically, you would tell finder create a home folder with replacing (this overwrites your Home folder with an empty one). It's instantaneous and deadly. Personally, I don't run a script unless:
a) someone else has ran it with success
b) I personally know the source to be a trustworthy one
c) I have looked at the code myself.
Trojans are a nasty breed.

<Sigh> I can't shake the fear that some jerk is gleaming ideas from this thread.

Now, about Downloading the Developers Tools. I found good bandwidth in the early morning hours (7AM or so). I got the Tools in 30 minutes on my DSL account. Six in the evening was completely pointless. I could hardly load the page itself!




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Downloading doesn't work in MSIE!
Authored by: sjonke on Dec 17, '01 04:16:45PM

On a whim I decided to try downloading the developer's tools from within OmniWeb 4.1sp14 and, much to my amazement, the download started right away! So I went back to IE and tried it again from within there - as before it looks likes its starting the download but then it never does. I get an endlessly throbbing "E" logo. So I try it from OmniWeb 4.1 on my iBook too and again it works fine! Has anyone else seen this? In any case I'm currently, and quite happily, downloading from OmniWeb 4.1 sneakypeek 14. Need to check to see if there's a newer sneakypeek....



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