Comments on: EFF introduces Switzerland...the program
In the wake of the Comcast and Net Neutrality scandal, the Electronic Frontier Foundation introduces an open-source, cross-platform program for tracking packets and modifications.
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This is all well and good for those who know how to compile source code. Or have at least a basic understanding. Why so much hype for something that is very much in an alpha state and is only a command-line tool at the moment.
Way too much hype "Seth" unless you're going to put a tutorial together to show users, how to compile source code and what compiler they need etc.... Then untill this becomes an app with GUI not many people are going to download and if they do download they probably think it's going to be a GUI app. As when I got my C|Net Digital Dispatch there was the following from Tom Merritt:
Are you being throttled?
Are you worried that your ISP might be monkeying with your connection? Have you recently purchased BitTorrent movies or tried to download Ubuntu Linux and noticed a suspicious slowdown? Well, the EFF has a tool that can help you, as well as help innocent ISPs prove they're not messing with you. It's called Switzerland, and it can test your connection to see if any unusual traffic manipulation is going on. Learn all about it and get the link in today's Daily Download. Check for bandwidth throttling
Tom & Seth this is just a bit misleading you need to be more UPFRONT about apps and not just the quick sell. Even though it is GPL'd
This is all well and good for those who know how to compile source code. Or have at least a basic understanding. Why so much hype for something that is very much in an alpha state and is only a command-line tool at the moment.
Way too much hype "Seth" unless you're going to put a tutorial together to show users, how to compile source code and what compiler they need etc.... Then untill this becomes an app with GUI not many people are going to download and if they do download they probably think it's going to be a GUI app. As when I got my C|Net Digital Dispatch there was the following from Tom Merritt:
Are you being throttled?
Are you worried that your ISP might be monkeying with your connection? Have you recently purchased BitTorrent movies or tried to download Ubuntu Linux and noticed a suspicious slowdown? Well, the EFF has a tool that can help you, as well as help innocent ISPs prove they're not messing with you. It's called Switzerland, and it can test your connection to see if any unusual traffic manipulation is going on. Learn all about it and get the link in today's Daily Download. Check for bandwidth throttling
Tom & Seth this is just a bit misleading you need to be more UPFRONT about apps and not just the quick sell. Even though it is GPL'd
I have an XP environment and I have installed Python, Winpcap & NTP. I tried to install the Python win32 extensions and this gave me an error stating that the application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect and states that reinstalling it may fix the problem. Well, it doesn't!
What is the point in getting us to waste hours of our time for an installation that only a true guru can understand let alone fix.
Is there an easier way to install this application?
- by miwi98 August 8, 2008 7:42 AM PDT
- Ditto!
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