Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mozilla, Open Source
IceWeasel: Firefox, really free
by Jordan Running Oct 10th 2006
Firefox is indeed free software, but not in every sense of the word. It's an open source product, but the binaries that they ship contain proprietary plugins and artwork. I'm not too scandalized by this knowledge, but in case your ideological sensibilities are offended, know that you're not alone: IceWeasel is a version of Firefox from the GNU Project that omits all non-free-as-in-speech art and software. It also adds some privacy features including one that guards against "image bugs," i.e. empty images used for user-tracking. If you prefer the full-fledged Mozilla suite, the same site also distributes the Gnuzilla, which exhibits the same principles.[Via Boing Boing]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
