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by logn 4779 days ago
... bonus points for whomever gets an HTTP server running on flickr. Maybe I can store my music there too and stream from a webapp that plays these PNG files.

edit: sorry I must be on the wrong message board. Thought this would interest people. Guess I'll take my idea elsewhere.
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MichaelApproved 4779 days ago
That ruins the service for the rest of us. The phrase "this is why we can't have anything nice" applies perfectly to this post and comment.
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jacquesm 4779 days ago
Maybe we should re-brand the service we're posting this on to 'ConsumerNews' then?
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chippy 4779 days ago
KeepYahooAliveNews
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MichaelApproved 4778 days ago
Hacking does not have to equal abusing. I could advocate for fair use of a service and still hack it.
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jacquesm 4778 days ago
What's your position on Daeken's hack of the hotel room locks then?
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MichaelApproved 4778 days ago
IIRC, he was responsible about the hole by telling the company first and trying to work with them to get it fixed. He released the info after they were unresponsive. I think that's proper way to handle that.

But this thing with Yahoo isn't really the same. One is a security breach while the other is trying to abuse a service.

I like hacks and fun experiments. The idea of putting extra content in pictures is interesting but OP was talking about setting up a system around it to put it into wide spread use.

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belorn 4779 days ago
While I understand what you are saying, it does imply that people should not try to experiment or think of new usages because "it will ruin it for everyone else".
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supergauntlet 4779 days ago
Yeah, on the one hand this sort of thing seems like a fun project, but on the other hand it's incredibly exploitive.
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supergauntlet 4779 days ago
You'd probably need a VPS to do that. What you could do is have it pull files based off a database on the server, stick them in a cache, then convert them to what they really are (I assume the utility in the OP just adds a PNG header, so the VPS could just strip that) and then stream it.

Maybe you could hack it together with owncloud or something? I'm sorta tempted to try doing something like this but I don't want to screw flickr over.

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