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Re: OT: Download Windows Vista For Free.

__/ [ ed ] on Sunday 24 September 2006 14:16 \__

> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:00:52 +0200
> Hadron Quark <qadronhuark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Linux does. Right click, save as. "sh newfile". Easy. Whats your
>> point?
> 
> That won't work on all files. Especially not binaries.
> 
> ed@lion:~$ sh xine-out.wav
> xine-out.wav: xine-out.wav: cannot execute binary file
> 
> What's your point?

Would not even work for the one shown below.


__/ [ ed ] on Sunday 24 September 2006 13:46 \__

> The link above is dead, use this one instead:
> 
> http://s5h.net/u?b3

1) wget http://s5h.net/u?b3
2) gunzip *.gz
3) tar -xf *.tar
4) chmod 700 whatever
5) ./whatever

Googleearth, for example, obviates steps (2) and (3), which by no means offer
security

Very different from point at hyperlink to execute, most possibly as superuser
(Windows is unworkable otherwise).

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