Recent content by groundup

The faster you free up that connection, the faster your CPU can get on to doing other things. You're thinking about it all wrong. Gzip is nowhere near the CPU eating process as you think it is.

Tanax, once again, inflammatory remarks serve no purpose in a peaceful debate. You claim I, a person who helps develop forum software and has for the better part of a decade, doesn't know what they're talking about. Yet, you still don't understand the definition of malware or a person's right to...

Tanax, there really is no need to be insulting. Everything about Evercookie is malware. I will break it down for you so you understand what I'm referring to. The only reason I am even devoting an ounce of time to you, this topic, or anyone referring to this topic is because I really don't want...

The evercookie software is malware. It doesn't only store a cookie. If this would be done, I couldn't imagine any major forum system doing it by default. It would require an extension.

Evercookie matches just about everything about that definition from Wikipedia. Just so we don't get off on a tangent about how Wikipedia isn't the source for all things knowing, it is pretty much the same definition that every other site gives.

I've researched this before and it can easily be construed as malware. It is subverting your own desire to remove software from your computer. There is no doubt that it is malicious, even if the only reason you are using it is because someone has malicious intent towards your forum.

What purpose does that serve?

I am groundup, from SMF. I really enjoy what you've done with the UI here. It is very sexy. Your plugin/mod interface is awesome! Thanks for raising the bar.