I occasionally see people who don't use Linux dismissing anything having to do with Linux ("I don't run Linux, so why should I care?"). My answer is this: even if you never intend to run Linux at all, the existence of an alternative operating system with features geared toward real users (as opposed to monetization) keeps Microsoft and Apple honest.
Let's say you've been an avid Internet Explorer user ever since it was released. IE, in its current incarnation, isn't a bad web browser, but that's really only due to the existence of Mozilla. Microsoft wanted to stop developing IE because they felt the web was "obsolete" (meaning it was too open for them to make money from). It wasn't until Firefox started siphoning off IE users in droves that Microsoft got serious about improving their browser.
Likewise, right now, gamers are being shafted by closed consoles and nasty DRM. Anything we can do to open up the gaming market further will make games nicer for everyone, and not just Linux users.
This isn't going to be easy to fix. It's probably a bug in the Drupal Views module, and their usual suggestions for removing duplicate entries aren't fixing the bug. I'm not even sure where to start with debugging it (Views is an incredibly complex module, and I'm not familiar with the code at all).
I'll see what I can do, but as this is comparatively rare compared to some other issues, it may have to be on the back burner.
While the cube trains ad fits in with the OGA theme, I don't think it really looks like it's "part of the site", per se. That is, it fits in with the site thematically, but stand out enough that it's obvious it's still an advertisement.
I can see that it's not an image host. However the watermark shows up on every download of that work as far as I see, either linked from this site or linked from another site.
That's because your web browser caches the image once it downloads it. You have to go to the OGA page and do a force reload, which on Firefox is ctrl-shift-R. If you're running IE, it may be ctrl-shift-F5 or something.
Also, what you're doing on that page isn't really what hotlinking is intended for. If you're using images for menu icons, you should just put them on the website that they're supposed to be on. :)
(Like I said, go to the OGA page and do a forced reload, and you should get the original, un-watermarked image.)
It's intentional, to bring traffic to OGA in case someone hotlinks. I recommend linking to the submission along with the image, and people can get the un-watermarked version there. They may need to clear their browser cache.
Can you link to the page where your images are showing up watermarked?
Thanks, that was a wonderful write-up.
I occasionally see people who don't use Linux dismissing anything having to do with Linux ("I don't run Linux, so why should I care?"). My answer is this: even if you never intend to run Linux at all, the existence of an alternative operating system with features geared toward real users (as opposed to monetization) keeps Microsoft and Apple honest.
Let's say you've been an avid Internet Explorer user ever since it was released. IE, in its current incarnation, isn't a bad web browser, but that's really only due to the existence of Mozilla. Microsoft wanted to stop developing IE because they felt the web was "obsolete" (meaning it was too open for them to make money from). It wasn't until Firefox started siphoning off IE users in droves that Microsoft got serious about improving their browser.
Likewise, right now, gamers are being shafted by closed consoles and nasty DRM. Anything we can do to open up the gaming market further will make games nicer for everyone, and not just Linux users.
This isn't going to be easy to fix. It's probably a bug in the Drupal Views module, and their usual suggestions for removing duplicate entries aren't fixing the bug. I'm not even sure where to start with debugging it (Views is an incredibly complex module, and I'm not familiar with the code at all).
I'll see what I can do, but as this is comparatively rare compared to some other issues, it may have to be on the back burner.
While the cube trains ad fits in with the OGA theme, I don't think it really looks like it's "part of the site", per se. That is, it fits in with the site thematically, but stand out enough that it's obvious it's still an advertisement.
I can see that it's not an image host. However the watermark shows up on every download of that work as far as I see, either linked from this site or linked from another site.
That's because your web browser caches the image once it downloads it. You have to go to the OGA page and do a force reload, which on Firefox is ctrl-shift-R. If you're running IE, it may be ctrl-shift-F5 or something.
Also, what you're doing on that page isn't really what hotlinking is intended for. If you're using images for menu icons, you should just put them on the website that they're supposed to be on. :)
(Like I said, go to the OGA page and do a forced reload, and you should get the original, un-watermarked image.)
It's intentional, to bring traffic to OGA in case someone hotlinks. I recommend linking to the submission along with the image, and people can get the un-watermarked version there. They may need to clear their browser cache.
Can you link to the page where your images are showing up watermarked?
Delightfully creepy. :)
This is awesome :)
This is a really amazing set. Nice work!
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Lots of good submissions. Just an FYI, it's perfectly fine to include a link to your website in the description if you'd like.
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