----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 3:46 PM Subject: Re: GPL version of Arachne....
> Glenn, > > Thanks for all the hard work on Arachne GPL. > > Now that you're the official 'chief programmer' (cook, bottle washer, > etc.), can I lobby again for a future version that removes the all the > 'key codes' from CORE.exe and places them in a separate (easy to modify) > file - to be loaded upon initialization. > > The reason for this is that some countries prohibit their citizens from > accessing the internet or using electronic communication programs. Unless > all traces of connectivity were removed from the basic code, the customs > thugs and secret police in those locations (North Korean is one, Iraq was > a few months ago) Probably soon wi-fi coffees will be there as the modern culture has arrived ! ********** would confiscate the program and imprison any citizen > who had a copy of the program. > Yes, I'm well aware that Arachne was designed to be a browser, but it > also functions beautifully as an off-line viewer, which makes it a great > information kiosk or learning platform (due to it's capability to > hyperlink pages, handle graphics, and shell out to other programs). If > the key codes (and hardwired graphics background) were loaded separately > from CORE, then it would be possible to use it anywhere by simply > changing the *key codes file* and *skin* and reassembling an installation > disk devoid of any electronic connectivity. > > Such a change would allow immediate use of Arachne globally by > maintaining the core viewer elements, while allowing email and internet > browser capability to be added later as an APM. Combine that change with > the availability of old 486 and early-Pentium computers and we would have > an ideal (and free) system that could function anywhere (even in a remote > village by using car batteries) and would be acceptable by even the most > repressive governments. I never imagined countries where carrying a laptop with Explorer ....would be so risky ......or being prosecuted under terrible charges........ About Internet repression: There are countries claiming being modern and industrial (e.g. some in South East Asia) but yet strapping mild transit offenders......you know... I had receiving some email from a guy at Oregon ( Mr. Capuccino or so, sorta IPV6 guru...) who was judged "in absence" as it helped to turn it out the "censorship keys" to restrict Internet access in that country years ago. Anyway.....I wouldn't go a any blacklisted country, so at this time the only benefit are separation between browser/intranet and the outside world (connectivity) and taking advantage of DX/2/4 old 486's..... OFFTOPIC Do you know this GUI for DOS ? (sorta of legendary GEM idea but resembling XP ) http://seal2.sourceforge.net Truly nice ! veryuseful to show show unbelievers that SKINS can be used without windoze :) unless when it isn't necessary. Anyway I can't imagine doing video editing nowadays under DOS, btw (www.drdos.net is downloadable for free ) I saw that Ruby scripting language is available for DOS (so it would be cross platform unlikely Java that work only under win32 mode ) Any have used it ? *************************** > Thanks, chief. > > Bob ~ > > !
