I'm certain they have their own internal security experts, but if they were going to reach out to outside experts, they should have done it a lot sooner.
Mac OS X Lion was only released to developers this last Thursday. Bringing in security people to look at it earlier than that would require putting them under NDAs, which makes them effectively insiders and defeats the purpose of getting outsiders to look at it (i.e. peer review and sharing research results with other researchers).
Nope, I don't buy your argument. If they find something major now, the likelihood is it's not going to get fixed. If they found it six months ago, there's a lot better chance it could have been fixed by now.
Snow Leopard developer preview was June 2009, FCS was August 2009. If we can judge anything at all from that then Lion will ship in April or May. Three months is not enough time for a major overhaul if one is needed and QA, etc.
I know that Slashdotters assert Apple as evil, but good grief, rein in the jingoism, please.
I'm certain they have their own internal security experts, but if they were going to reach out to outside experts, they should have done it a lot sooner.
Considering their (high end) TVs and cameras, and I'd hazard a guess that their Blu-Ray players as well, all run Linux you'd think they'd be FOSS friendly, wouldn't you?
Maybe someone just needs to explain things to them.
I sure hope there's no Linux code in anywhere in the PS3 code base.
Arguing that even the Microsofties can't get it right is not a particularly compelling argument.
(Next rebuttal will be "....that's your opinion...")
Yes, and on the topic of reading--- If you actually read what I wrote--- I 'said' C/POSIX APIs (and even the old DOS Int21 'system calls') – and my example was of a Standard C library function.
Going the other direction, I can't count the number of times I've seen clueless software devs writing software for Windoze -- usually former Unix devs -- who use double backslashes in their pathnames, e.g.:...
#if !defined(WIN32)
FILE* fp = fopen("/path/to/a/directory/filename"...);
#else
FILE* fp = fopen("\\path\\to\\a\\directory\\filename",...);
#endif..
(Not to mention the Java System.file.separator being "\\" on Windows.)
And before some twit tries to claim that those are actually not incorrect, let me remind you that command.com and cmd.exe are not the C/POSIX APIs and programming at the C library level has allowed the '/' path separator since DOS 2.0 (and probably even DOS 1.0 too. And yes, either one works, but '\\' is not necessary and it's a POS pattern that too many people follow because they don't or can't read the docs.)
If you sign a model release then they're free to do whatever they want.
If they don't have a model release from you when they publish the picture of you, it's my understanding that you then have every right to get all lawsuit happy on their ass.
Speaking of clueless -- looked in the mirror lately?
You seem to have me confused with someone else. I'm not a teabagger, but at the same time that doesn't mean I see a lot of value in heating sidewalks and roads. But if someone else does, great; they can pay for it.
And BTW, I already get a bill for the street upkeep -- and I'm happy to pay it.
Karma? I've already got crappy karma here. Now get off my lawn.
If a commercial/professional photographer takes a photograph of me, and wants to use it commercially, he or she needs a model release from me in order to do so.
If a commercial data miner collects information about me -- in this new information age -- shouldn't they also need a "release" from me in order to use it?
Slashdot Mirror
35 years ago Bill and Paul stuck it to MITS for putting their software on the Altair.
Now Nokia has figured out how to get Microsoft to swing the other way and pay them.
Too funny.
You really don't want your data running over low grade unreliable SiO4 fibre.
You can only trust your data on Carnegie Glass's high quality ZnSe fibre. It's the only way to be sure.
Ask your ISP today if they use Carnegie ZnSe fibre in their infrastructure. Insist on only the best.
This has been a public service announcement from Carnegie Glass.
Which just goes to show how out of touch Congress was (and is).
There was plenty of Disney-themed Pron before the extension, and there isn't any less of it now for having extended it.
I don't know what it costs to pass a bill into law – then or now. It was not money well spent.
Your information is a bit out of date.
Arlen Specter and Russ Feingold are no longer serving in the Senate.
I'm certain they have their own internal security experts, but if they were going to reach out to outside experts, they should have done it a lot sooner.
Mac OS X Lion was only released to developers this last Thursday. Bringing in security people to look at it earlier than that would require putting them under NDAs, which makes them effectively insiders and defeats the purpose of getting outsiders to look at it (i.e. peer review and sharing research results with other researchers).
Nope, I don't buy your argument. If they find something major now, the likelihood is it's not going to get fixed. If they found it six months ago, there's a lot better chance it could have been fixed by now.
Snow Leopard developer preview was June 2009, FCS was August 2009. If we can judge anything at all from that then Lion will ship in April or May. Three months is not enough time for a major overhaul if one is needed and QA, etc.
I know that Slashdotters assert Apple as evil, but good grief, rein in the jingoism, please.
Huh?
I'm certain they have their own internal security experts, but if they were going to reach out to outside experts, they should have done it a lot sooner.
What about those other – "de facto" – standards?
Considering their (high end) TVs and cameras, and I'd hazard a guess that their Blu-Ray players as well, all run Linux you'd think they'd be FOSS friendly, wouldn't you?
Maybe someone just needs to explain things to them.
I sure hope there's no Linux code in anywhere in the PS3 code base.
Okay, it's only with fixodent. Still seems silly.
Then again, Twister seemed silly – until I had someone to play Naked Twister with.
There are ads on Facebook?
Oh yeah, I see them now – now that I'm looking for them. (Ditto for google.)
Who knew.
Arguing that even the Microsofties can't get it right is not a particularly compelling argument.
(Next rebuttal will be "....that's your opinion...")
Yes, and on the topic of reading--- If you actually read what I wrote--- I 'said' C/POSIX APIs (and even the old DOS Int21 'system calls') – and my example was of a Standard C library function.
PathMatchSpec() is neither a C or POSIX API.
And twenty years from now everyone in Africa will speak with a Stephen Hawking accent---
Going the other direction, I can't count the number of times I've seen clueless software devs writing software for Windoze -- usually former Unix devs -- who use double backslashes in their pathnames, e.g.: ... ...); ..
#if !defined(WIN32)
FILE* fp = fopen("/path/to/a/directory/filename"...);
#else
FILE* fp = fopen("\\path\\to\\a\\directory\\filename",
#endif
(Not to mention the Java System.file.separator being "\\" on Windows.)
And before some twit tries to claim that those are actually not incorrect, let me remind you that command.com and cmd.exe are not the C/POSIX APIs and programming at the C library level has allowed the '/' path separator since DOS 2.0 (and probably even DOS 1.0 too. And yes, either one works, but '\\' is not necessary and it's a POS pattern that too many people follow because they don't or can't read the docs.)
non sequitur Harry Potter reference
You can't win, .... If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine. -- Obiwan Kenobi
Try 75,000 years old, in Africa.
http://www.adamscalendar.com/pages/michael-tellinger.php
Well, the guy might be a bit of a loon. Apparently he believes in little green men in flying saucers too, but the stone circle is apparently real.
The photographer may own the picture---
If you sign a model release then they're free to do whatever they want.
If they don't have a model release from you when they publish the picture of you, it's my understanding that you then have every right to get all lawsuit happy on their ass.
It's one thing to pirate other people's work if you provide yours for free to all comers
Actually it's not okay to pirate anyone else's work, whether you provide yours for free or not.
Speaking of clueless -- looked in the mirror lately?
You seem to have me confused with someone else. I'm not a teabagger, but at the same time that doesn't mean I see a lot of value in heating sidewalks and roads. But if someone else does, great; they can pay for it.
And BTW, I already get a bill for the street upkeep -- and I'm happy to pay it.
Karma? I've already got crappy karma here. Now get off my lawn.
Tell you what, I'll tell them to go ahead---- And send the bill to you.
Most U.S. Navy scholarships come with a six year hitch after graduation.
Apart from the tongue in cheek added-to-the-FBI-watch-list I have to wonder if there isn't a similar catch to these "scholarships."
If a commercial/professional photographer takes a photograph of me, and wants to use it commercially, he or she needs a model release from me in order to do so.
If a commercial data miner collects information about me -- in this new information age -- shouldn't they also need a "release" from me in order to use it?
That means that "Android's" "30%" (just to accept your hypothetical, non-referenced number as fact)
LMGT4YLA:
It seems I read it on theregister, not here on /. And the original source is canalys. You're welcome.
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/01/31/android_rules/
Scraps?
In another story here on /. we learned that Android market share has grown to ~30%, Nokia's Symbian has ~30%, iPhone has ~15%, and RIM has ~15%
Ha ha, I see what you did there.
But if you're trying to compete with theregister(.co.uk) you've got your work cut out for you. Good luck.