re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-20 Thread David Megginson
Tony Peden writes: Curt, David: I humbly request that such patches not be accepted in the future. I've been away for the weekend, so I don't actually know what happened, except that some music played on a certain date. I had not been aware of the Easter egg. I really think that grabbing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-20 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 19 May 2002 22:27:35 -0700, C. Hotchkiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Alex Perry wrote: I definitely agree. It's a violation of almost every netiquette rule, that is concerned to virus-like behaviour or bandwith respect of others. I

[Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Tony Peden
OK, ha, ha, funny, funny. Joke's over. Curt, David: I humbly request that such patches not be accepted in the future. I really think that grabbing files off the network without explicit permission from the user is a bad idea, even when it's all in good fun. FlightGear is not, by nature, a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Alex Perry
Tony comments: OK, ha, ha, funny, funny. Joke's over. For you maybe ... 8-) I really think that grabbing files off the network without explicit permission from the user is a bad idea, even when it's all in good fun. 1. Putting the magic download into the base package CVS would have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Martin Henne
Tony Peden wrote: OK, ha, ha, funny, funny. Joke's over. Curt, David: I humbly request that such patches not be accepted in the future. I really think that grabbing files off the network without explicit permission from the user is a bad idea, even when it's all in good fun.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Alex Perry
I definitely agree. It's a violation of almost every netiquette rule, that is concerned to virus-like behaviour or bandwith respect of others. I disagree. Almost _every_ new Microsoft-based program checks its home website, sometimes for logging and sometimes anonymous as in this case. It is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Andy Ross
Martin Henne wrote: Tony Peden wrote: OK, ha, ha, funny, funny. Joke's over. Curt, David: I humbly request that such patches not be accepted in the future. I definitely agree. It's a violation of almost every netiquette rule, that is concerned to virus-like behaviour or bandwith

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 17:39, Alex Perry wrote: I definitely agree. It's a violation of almost every netiquette rule, that is concerned to virus-like behaviour or bandwith respect of others. I disagree. Almost _every_ new Microsoft-based program checks its home website, sometimes for

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Alex Perry
I definitely agree. It's a violation of almost every netiquette rule, that is concerned to virus-like behaviour or bandwith respect of others. I disagree. Almost _every_ new Microsoft-based program checks its home website, sometimes for logging and sometimes anonymous as in this

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 07:05:37PM -0700, Alex Perry wrote: I definitely agree. It's a violation of almost every netiquette rule, that is concerned to virus-like behaviour or bandwith respect of others. I disagree. Almost _every_ new Microsoft-based program checks its home

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Jim Wilson
Well I knew it was there and forgot about it. I always run from a text window so a quick CTRL+C closed the player and saved my bandwidth. Seems to me that Curt meant it as a joke, no harm intended, albeit a little less gratifying for modem users. It's only for one day. So my suggestion is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Tony Peden
On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 01:38:40AM -, Jim Wilson wrote: Well I knew it was there and forgot about it. I always run from a text window so a quick CTRL+C closed the player and saved my bandwidth. Seems to me that Curt meant it as a joke, no harm intended, albeit a little less gratifying

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Peden) [2002.05.19 15:36]: OK, ha, ha, funny, funny. Joke's over. Man, I've been trying to figure out what the heck you guys are talking about. Anybody else that doesn't have mpg123 installed? :-) Anyway, it's not even funny. I thought it was going to be a Stars

Re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

2002-05-19 Thread C. Hotchkiss
Alex Perry wrote: I definitely agree. It's a violation of almost every netiquette rule, that is concerned to virus-like behaviour or bandwith respect of others. I disagree. Almost _every_ new Microsoft-based program checks its home website, sometimes for logging and sometimes