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and they had a PC guy answer it?
tsk tsk.

skymt wrote:

ABC News wrote:

Apple also opened the door to hackers by using a well-known and widely available computer language called UNIX in its latest OS X operating system.

That's awesome!

That made my day.

OMG ROFLCOPTER

I don't know where to begin...

I'll just mention my favorite. The article mentions that "these problems have affected a relatively small number of Mac users". I have been doing my damndest to find a single example of a real-world user who's been infected, and I CAN'T FIND ONE!

Not that the author would grasp the term "proof of concept" when he believes UNIX is a "language"...

I think I'll start an "I still have a smug look" campaign. While I'm at it, I should start an email campaign for the Christian Science Monitor to fire Tom Regan for gross incompetence. That's all I can call it.

Ingtana came a few days later, and could pass between Macs running OS X Version 10.4 over Bluetooth wireless connections.

Yet they never mention that this was patched last year, nor that no one appears to have been affected by either.

By simply visiting a site set up by a hacker, malicious code could be downloaded into a Macintosh computer...

I could start farting gold doubloons tomorrow too, but it's highly unlikely.


Wake me when a real threat happens.

I have no idea why people like to make idiots of themselves.

Bonjour iChat and Bluetooth file sharing. Two features I just don't use and most people don't use. And the Safari hole is closed now, I believe (that "safe file" option shouldn't have been selected to begin with).

We're still waiting for something real.

"As of press time no fix was available"

He should have checked Software Update. The fix went in yesterday.

Not bad considering the new Safari 'Open Safe Files' vulnerability came up only a week or two back.

The whole article reads as though it was written by someone without much real understanding of technology, but a passing recognition of certain terms and buzzwords. It's the sort of article that people read and say "well, Macs are just as bad as PCs after all!" Sadly there was no place for reader comments to try to correct the more egregious errors.

Hmm this guy ranks up with people at Uni who make fools of themselves on the public forums. Things like "Is Apple still around?", "XP is newer than OS X, therefore it is better." (A reference to the original release date of 10.0.0! It took me a while to work out what he was on about) and "OS X isn't as secure as XP, I read it on Slashdot" The scary thing is that the ppl posting this crap go to a lecture focused on Unix. The lecturer even talked at length about Darwin and also explained OS X is Darwin.

I guess you can't tell people it's an Apple when they swear black n' blue it's a Banana. I guess a 4x2 or a Pismo might knock some sense into them but I doubt it!

4x2 is also a derisive term for a vehicle that looks off-road, but has two wheel drive.

In the legendary Charlie Wenzel thread, they constantly made fun of Charlie's "4x2" Silverado.

reece_james wrote:

Cobalt60 wrote:

reece_james wrote:

I guess a 4x2 or a Pismo might knock some sense into them but I doubt it!

You guys call them 4x2s?  In the US its 2x4s.  Makes sense.  Your drains whirl in the other direction to. 

I've heard it said both ways. Interesting since we are now metric, yet if you ordered one, the HW store would know what you were on about.

I have never heard it as 4x2 here in the US.  As far as I know, they actually were 2x4 at one time.  The actual dimensions have steadily shrunk over time.  I see metal studs in some houses these days and composite joists with a solid cap.  That threw me, the first time I saw those joists.  I don't think new houses are expected to last a long time.

You all better be careful, someday I'll be able to shoot laserbeams out my ass.