Technology is stupid sometimes...
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 7:14 am
So, anyway, I've been trying to dl Limewire (a gnutella client) for my ancient Mac all night and morning. Here's the thing: Netscape (an ancient version) can't even recognize the file format (.bin a chunk of naught but binary code, sort of like a disk image [?]) and thus saves it as a text resource.
However, MacLynx (a port of the Lynx text-only browser for *nix) just looks at that hunk of binary code and says, sure, I'll download it without altering it. Why not?
It amuses me that regardless of how advanced everyone thinks modern software and such are, even weird-@$$ old school browsers like Lynx can handle goofy formats and stuff. Of course, MacLynx has trouble opening pages sometimes, but it's only a beta.
However, MacLynx (a port of the Lynx text-only browser for *nix) just looks at that hunk of binary code and says, sure, I'll download it without altering it. Why not?
It amuses me that regardless of how advanced everyone thinks modern software and such are, even weird-@$$ old school browsers like Lynx can handle goofy formats and stuff. Of course, MacLynx has trouble opening pages sometimes, but it's only a beta.