Comments on: The obscure world of spam http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2009/06/19/the-obscure-world-of-spam/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Oded http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2009/06/19/the-obscure-world-of-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-2377 Oded Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:29:41 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/?p=1083#comment-2377 I have a similar problem - sometimes I dump a binary file to the terminal, at which point all kinds of junk show on the screen and the font downloader decides that I'm missing some fonts. Very annoying. I have a similar problem – sometimes I dump a binary file to the terminal, at which point all kinds of junk show on the screen and the font downloader decides that I’m missing some fonts. Very annoying.

]]> By: Luke http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2009/06/19/the-obscure-world-of-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 Luke Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:06:26 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/?p=1083#comment-2376 The same languages seem to pop up if you just 'cat' a binary file in the terminal. Maybe the language detection for those languages is over-eager? In general it would be good to have an option in user-oriented software (a desktop environment, or a web app) that lets you put in languages you can read, and languages you want to be able to write. This would allow gmail for example to flag anything as spam that comes in as an email message in a language you don't understand, or would allow a browser to call out to Google Translate anytime it gets a page the user can't understand. The same languages seem to pop up if you just ‘cat’ a binary file in the terminal. Maybe the language detection for those languages is over-eager?

In general it would be good to have an option in user-oriented software (a desktop environment, or a web app) that lets you put in languages you can read, and languages you want to be able to write. This would allow gmail for example to flag anything as spam that comes in as an email message in a language you don’t understand, or would allow a browser to call out to Google Translate anytime it gets a page the user can’t understand.

]]> By: bochecha http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2009/06/19/the-obscure-world-of-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-2373 bochecha Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:08:05 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/?p=1083#comment-2373 That's "Fedora", not "Fedora Core" anymore. We dropped the "Core" when we merged the "core" and "extras" repositories. This might seem childish, but the abandon of the "Core" in the name represents the full opening of the main repository to the community. So that's rather important ;) Anyway, I don't really like this new "auto-font" feature. Only with spams, it transforms into a very invasive popup (who will install a font only for spam messages ?). In the 2 months I've been using Fedora 11, I never installed any font when the dialog popped out, and it pops out way too often... That’s “Fedora”, not “Fedora Core” anymore.

We dropped the “Core” when we merged the “core” and “extras” repositories.

This might seem childish, but the abandon of the “Core” in the name represents the full opening of the main repository to the community. So that’s rather important ;)

Anyway, I don’t really like this new “auto-font” feature. Only with spams, it transforms into a very invasive popup (who will install a font only for spam messages ?). In the 2 months I’ve been using Fedora 11, I never installed any font when the dialog popped out, and it pops out way too often…

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