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Monday Releases Cause Crashes

Posted by pudge on from the caveat-usor dept.

The two big releases yesterday, Apple's Security Update and the DRM-canceling PlayFair, are causing problems. The Security Update appears to break cvs over pserver under some conditions (hangs for a long time, then quits with a malloc error), and ryanw writes, "according to the SF.net forum for playfair, the 'iTMS DRM stripping tool' destroys your purchased songs: the resulting files crash iTunes, the iPod, and QuickTime." Those who follow the rules -- wait a few days to install Apple's updates, and make backups of your iTMS files -- will be unaffected.

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  1. that'll theach you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to install version 0.2 of some guy's software

    1. Re:that'll theach you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes but it fixes many bugs found in 0.1

  2. Re:Er...ooops. by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really need to learn to wait a few days before installing things.

    But the coal mines of software updating need canaries like you. ;)

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  3. Re:Er...ooops. by System.out.println() · · Score: 3, Funny

    *chokes*
    *sputters*
    *death gurgle*

    (jk, btw... I don't use any of the service that the update breaks, and I have tried to deDRM my iTMS songs)

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  4. Re:Brilliant move combining those two stories by bfg9000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You noticed the coincidence too, eh? The missing piece is the fact that Steve is a 33rd Degree Freemason and was roommates with a former director of the CIA in college. Throw in the strange map of Area 51 that is steganographically hidden within the default desktop picture, and I think the facts speak for themselves.

    Steve is building an army of mind-controlled minions set to overthrow the alien beings who have taken over Western Civilization and are currently raising us for food.

    Of course, give me a G5 PowerBook and I'll overlook all that.

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  5. Re:Brilliant move combining those two stories by FredFnord · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Of course, give me a G5 PowerBook and I'll overlook all that.

    Don't be ridiculous. We'll just harvest you a little early...

    -fred

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