Nope, "curl |bash" is worse, because (a) if there's any network problems when downloading it might split a command in half. like "rm -rf /tmp/$PID". What happens if the bytes after the first / are dropped? and (b) at lease you have the option of reviewing it when you download the script.
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Nope, "curl |bash" is worse, because (a) if there's any network problems when downloading it might split a command in half. like "rm -rf /tmp/$PID". What happens if the bytes after the first / are dropped? and (b) at lease you have the option of reviewing it when you download the script.
This doesn't contradict at all what I said. (See http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/boil+down+to)