Why not write a perfect program so you don't need updates :-P
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 22-10-2002 at 9:31 Aaron Blosser wrote: >Yeah, well, we don't have a super cool Trojan horse program that can >update itself (and crash machines) like these other ones, and we're not >out there looking for ET or saving cancer boy or anything... just a >bunch of geeks looking for big numbers. :) (tongue planted firmly in >cheek here). > >Actually I don't really know... do the folding@home and seti@home >projects use self-updating code? When they phone home, can they update >themselves like spyware (thinking about Hotbar and the like)? > >To be honest, I thought that would be a neat option (note the use of the >word option) to have your Prime95 check itself with something on the >primenet server that shows the latest version... if there's a newer >version available, a little box with a clickable link to the ftp site to >download the new version. > >But certainly not automatic (or if there was an auto-update, have that >NOT be the default), and also have a setting to turn that off entirely >(for people who run it on unattended machines like servers, etc). > >Pretty much like the way the new Windows Update works... has full auto >mode, download and prompt to install, notify only, or totally turned >off. :) > >Aaron > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:mersenne-invalid- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of E. Weddington >> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:09 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Mersenne: Dissed again >> >> >> Folding@Home's success: >> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021022070813.htm >> >> Again, they mention SETI@home. As if that were the only other >> distributed project out there. *sigh* >> >> Eric Weddington >> >________________________________________________________________________ >_ >> Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm >> Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm >Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
