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Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers?
RetrogradeMotion writes "The OSx86 Project is reporting on a hidden
message to hackers in Apple's new MacBook Pro. The new Intel-based OS X contains
a file named 'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext' and is accompanied by the message,
'The purpose of this Apple software is to protect Apple copyrighted materials
from unauthorized copying and use.' The file is not present in either the
PowerPC version of OS X or the Intel version shipped to developers last year.
While Apple has sent messages
to hackers before, is this a tounge-in-cheek introduction to the anticipated (and hated) Trusted Platform Module? Is locking down OS X a strategic necessity or a missed opportunity?" Obviously a big maybe here, but a good story just the same.
I thought they only read .knfo files.
It says ooooooooo.
Peter, those are Cheerios.
Anyone else amused that they quoted the text saying not to "distribute or reproduce" any portion of the text? Hehe... Too late!
Come on it's tongue not tounge!
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Ninja, fuck, baby, special olympics
'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext' Ok... stealing Windows!
The best excuse for a President, a King or others *insert your words*, is God. God has still yet to find an excuse.
Microsoft announce an Aqua theme in Windows Vista.
Keep up the good work! Thanks guys, without you jumping on every Winblows exploit, we would never have gotten where we are today. Linux and OS X for a brighter future! - The Apple Team
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. - William Gibson
Clearly they should be shot on site, in case they learn to type with their elbows.
ACMD eht detaloiv evah uoy
You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, transfer or redistribute this file, in whole or in part.
"For this next song, we're going to play 'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext'." WTF?
If you can read this sig, you're too close.
Every iPod has a sticker that says "Don't Steal Music". And we all know iPod users are the least likely to steal. This is obviously because Apple users in general always pay attention to little lables like this. And by touching anything Apple, even their code, by proxy makes you an Apple user, it's like a disease, it's catchy.
I believe anyone hoping to see OS X running on non-Apple hardware is gonna be SOL now.
Do you even know what a fucknut is?
Sexual intercourse is kicking death in the ass while singing. ~Charles Bukowski
'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kthnx'
ethanrider wrote:
Actually, they should be taken off-site to be shot--it's easier to clean up that way.
Cheers,
b&
P.S. Dig the hole first.
All but God can prove this sentence true.
McDonalds
I have a lot of opinions about Cyborgs and Architects
This deserves an obligatory Simpsons quote...
"We're sorry, the fingers you have used to dial are too fat." -Operator on phone
Clearly they should be shot on site, in case they learn to type with their elbows.
[load pedant mode]Shot on site - as in before they leave the premesis, or shot on sight - as in immediately upon being identified?[unload pedant mode]
Sara
Designer, Gamer, Macgrrl in an XP World
Why does the parent poster claim that Microsoft is a monopoly yet Apple isn't?
Because the parent poster is not fucking retarded.
I liken this situation to a joke I heard from Jon Stewart. It's not exactly parallel, but I think it makes the point.
Jon asked the crowd if anyone supported legalizing marijuana. A giant cheer erupted, and it was quite evident that the overwhelming feeling in the room was "definitely." Jon paused (impeccable timing, that man) and said, "Why? Are you having trouble finding it?"
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Clearly they should be shot on site, in case they learn to type with their elbows.
Which site? The site of the crimes? That would certainly be appropriate, however what if they see you coming and run away? Do you have to drag them back to their computer before shooting them?
meh
But what about Apple's monopoly on COOL? What about THAT huh!
I say those damn monopolists should be forced to redesign the entire product lines of other manufacturers!
Then we'd ALL be better off.
Oh, he meant "site." Otherwise, blind people wouldn't be allowed to go around shooting everybody they thought didn't understand all the fine points of monopoly law. Requiring sight is badly discriminatory. As long as you open it up to anybody who can shoot somebody before they leave, you should be legally clear.
"seineeW erA setariP X SOcaM"
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
But would Michael Dell do all those handjobs himself?
When they came for the communists, I said "He's next door. Take him away. Goddam commies."
Has anyone seen the comments in the sidebar to the MacBook Pro page?
Old school unix hacking.
If that isn't a message to hackers I don't know what is..
"Premesis"? It always amuses me when somebody points out someone's egregious spelling error and then promptly makes one of their own.
-b
myselfmusic
At least for the next ten years, as MS is always that far behind copying Apple.
"Eat Popcorn, Drink Coca-Cola"
In my middle school days, I decided to open up the Mac OS "System" file with a text editor one day (not even a hex editor), and saw, after a bunch of binary code misinterpreted as ASCII, the hidden message:
"Help! Help! We're being held prisoner in a system software factory!"
A Google search verifies that plenty of other people remember this too.