Off the Clock: Pr0nSpider helps you - er, your friends - safely download NSFW images and videos
It's pretty rare that you can tell a software developer is totally up front about what truly motivated him or her to develop an application. In the case of Pr0nSpider, however, it's painfully clear to anyone who's been in his situation that he's being straight up with us.
Any technician I've ever met is all too familiar with the "thems not my pr0ns" speech. Born of the frustration caused by yet another "I dunno how my PC got so screwed up, dog" phone call, Pr0nSpider aims to keep your clueless-but-horny pals from getting into trouble. Well, at least from getting their Windows PC in trouble.
Here's how the magic happens. Fire up Pr0nSpider and select some categories (like the Jeopardy-esque Potpurri). Press go, and it springs into action, hoovering the appropriate inappropriate images from a handful of well-known sites. They're automatically dumped into Program files\Pr0nSpider\Output (or Program files x86\... on 64-bit Windows).
Google's image search is also supported as a source because - contrary to popular belief - Bing isn't the only search engine where you can find a whole slew of dirty thumbnails.
Obviously, you're at the mercy of Pr0nSpider's computational kung fu. At least this way there are no confusing banner averts or clickjacking schemes to worry about - and no one wants to catch something nasty whilst trolling for free nudies.
FSF advocates don't need to feel guilty getting excited about this app - Pr0nSpider is totally open source.
Since administrative access is needed to write to that folder on Vista and Windows 7,
So I've heard. I mean, it's not like I test every application I write about.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go uninstall something totally unrelated to this post.
