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06-04-09, 10:43 PM   #1541
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Originally Posted by Vyper View Post
Unlimited isn't really unlimited:
http://www.findmyhosting.com/truthunlimited.htm

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Curses! Beaten to it! Twice! Ah well I'm the only one that provided a reference.
This particular company that I've grown accustomed to using...let's just say that it's not your average "godaddy.com". They have some things that, even if the plans that I use are for small biz/churches/etc., make my job a LOT easier. They do have dedicated servers as well...
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06-04-09, 10:44 PM   #1542
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Originally Posted by Tekkub View Post
And of course, modifying code or doing things without telling the user or letting them disable it is just bordering on malware.
Don't forget it's also against certain (read: open source included) licenses
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06-04-09, 10:44 PM   #1543
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Originally Posted by voodoodad View Post
If no one else can get you to budge that last 10% (or 40, whatever) would you please do it for sweet lil ol me? Pretty please?

/roll up pants leg
A little higher....that's right...little more...little more...WAIT! Ur a freaking GUY! There goes another 20% JERK!
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06-04-09, 10:45 PM   #1544
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Originally Posted by Tekkub View Post
I'll give you one last thing for the 10%, then I'm out of this thread for the night.

Up until the last few months, they not only didn't give authors credit, they modified addon files that the client downloaded, REMOVING credits and donation links, changing the TOC number (something they shouldn't be doing), and in the worst cases, modifying the addon's code directly to change behavior or attempt to fix bugs. The client also changes wow settings and networking settings in Windows (I don't know about on mac). It does all of this WITHOUT the user's permission, knowledge, or giving them an option to disable it. The TOC changes are unnecessary, an option to toggle "load outdated" would solve that problem the correct way. The networking change is pointless as that issue is resolved by the game client on it's own. And of course, modifying code or doing things without telling the user or letting them disable it is just bordering on malware.
I said that too!
http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...postcount=1531

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06-04-09, 10:46 PM   #1545
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Originally Posted by Vyper View Post
Psh, like 13 posts ago. Gawd.
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06-04-09, 10:46 PM   #1546
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I read your post, Vyper...
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06-04-09, 10:46 PM   #1547
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Originally Posted by silentdabeast View Post
A little higher....that's right...little more...little more...WAIT! Ur a freaking GUY! There goes another 20% JERK!
Hey, c'mon!! I'm a woman dressed up like a guy pretending to be a woman!

What you're thinking is just wierd!
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06-04-09, 10:48 PM   #1548
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Originally Posted by silentdabeast View Post
But see I'm not coming at this from the author's position. I'm coming at this from an enduser's position. I mean, what's the point of having a kitchen with a bunch of cooks who all like the kitchen, but with no one to eat the food? You can say "the food is for the other cooks", but then what's the point of a publicly accessible site? No one opens a restaurant and says "this restaurant is only for the staff and cooks." You open it for customers, and you cook because, hopefully, you love to cook.


IT WAS NOT BIGFOOT! How dare you throw that lie out to try and deceive!
It's a flawed analogy. In your scenario, I should let my "food" be delivered by another restaurant with a history that I don't want my work to be associated with because it's more convenient for the diners; yet that other restaurant is doing nothing for me in return. What's my incentive? The diners are still welcome to come here to "eat the food". Nobody's turning them away.

See, that's where you and others in the past fall off of the truck, so to speak. I care about the few that use what I've written, but I don't care enough to go against what matters most to me: how I use my free time. I choose WoWInterface because it cuts down on the amount of time I need to spend not playing the game myself and gives me a central spot with all of the things that I need to properly maintain what I've released. If users don't like that they have to come here, so be it, they're welcome to write their own addons or just pick another one that's similar, and I assure you that I won't lose even a wink of sleep over them making that choice.

WoWMatrix hasn't done a single thing that would save me any time, so again, why should I be inclined to host anything with them when it would only further reduce how much free time I have with no benefit at all? Even worse, if I exclusively hosted with them, it would mean even more work to duplicate the tools and infrastructure that they don't provide, but which are provided here already.

Oh, and I didn't say it was Bigfoot, but he was there and I know he was in on it!!11oneeleventy A few witnesses claim to have seen the Chupacabra...wonder what he was up to...
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06-04-09, 10:49 PM   #1549
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Originally Posted by Seerah View Post
I read your post, Vyper...
Glad someone did! Why can't you people stop posting when I'm typing?! For the love of god pay attention to ME!

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06-04-09, 10:50 PM   #1550
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Originally Posted by voodoodad View Post
Hey, c'mon!! I'm a woman dressed up like a guy pretending to be a woman!

What you're thinking is just wierd!
I know what I saw! And it was definitely worth a boost of 95%!! God was good to you!...just a little better to me
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06-04-09, 10:51 PM   #1551
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Originally Posted by Verissi View Post
Oh, and I didn't say it was Bigfoot, but he was there and I know he was in on it!!11oneeleventy A few witnesses claim to have seen the Chupacabra...wonder what he was up to...
Elvis had big feet by the way...
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06-04-09, 10:54 PM   #1552
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Originally Posted by silentdabeast View Post
I know what I saw! And it was definitely worth a boost of 95%!! God was good to you!...just a little better to me
Bananahead! Now, THERES an insult!
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06-04-09, 10:55 PM   #1553
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Originally Posted by voodoodad View Post
Bananahead! Now, THERES an insult!
Psh...I can do worse, just get me a camera and a bottle of brandy. (not sure what that means).
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06-04-09, 10:59 PM   #1554
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Come, young Skywalker. Give in to your anger. Come to the darkside....

We've got cookies!!!
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06-04-09, 11:02 PM   #1555
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Heres another one for your 10%. they were (are?) modifying the config.wtf to suppress error messages. That file also contains your account name if you opt to let the client remember it for it for log in. Its a file they should never access on top of all the other things they shouldnt have modified.
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06-04-09, 11:12 PM   #1556
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Not to mention that their changing that option (hiding error messages in-game) combined with changing Interface numbers in the TOC (so nothing shows as out of date), and manually changing code in addons when updated through WM (to cover up errors, not necessarily fix them - it's not their place to fix it anyway) makes users think that WM is always updating their addons flawlessly. Instead, though, it just covers things up and gives users a false sense of security. When a hidden error causes problems, a user doesn't know why and they cry to the authors or the community or their guild, or just think that an author codes crap addons.


edit: but all of this stuff has been said before...
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06-04-09, 11:14 PM   #1557
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Originally Posted by voodoodad View Post
Come, young Skywalker. Give in to your anger. Come to the darkside....

We've got cookies!!!
QFT.
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06-04-09, 11:18 PM   #1558
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Originally Posted by MidgetMage55 View Post
QFT.
YEEHAWWW! Got me a new emote! Makes it all worthwhile!
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06-04-09, 11:31 PM   #1559
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Damn all you emote thieves! That was mine!


Also, Vyper, I'm used to people posting the same stuff I post, they seem to have much better timing than me. I am quite relieved though, that no one asked for a link of me making an ass of myself.
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06-05-09, 12:49 AM   #1560
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I found that on a smiley site fair and square to nyah!
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