i think the following quote by ross shannon on that page is probably correct:
My guess would be that Apple are going to advise/require users to format their dedicated Time Machine external drive as ZFS. Otherwise -- if it remains as HFS+ -- you get the situation where small changes to a file require an entirely new copy of it, which doesn't sound very useful at all. ZFS' snapshots are perfect, and don't require the boot drive to be similarly formatted.
Maybe so. But Buffett specifically explained why he's donating so much to the BMG Foundation - they've already gone through the process of ramping up their operations to deal with such huge sums of money. He pointed out that it would be very difficult for his own foundation to expand so much.
Of course, he's also donating to several other groups. Not nearly as much, of course, but he's worth so much money that the smaller amounts are far from insignificant.
Mac OS X 10.2.5 is now available. It contains fixes for recent vulnerabilities in:
Apache 2.0: Fixes CAN-2003-0132, a denial of service vulnerability in
Apache 2.0 versions through 2.0.44. Apache 2.0 is distributed only
with Mac OS X Server, and is not enabled by default.
Directory Services: Fixes CAN-2003-0171 DirectoryServices Privilege
Escalation and DoS Attack. DirectoryServices is part of the Mac OS
X and Mac OS X Server information services subsystem. It is
launched at startup, setuid root and installed by default. It is
possible for a local attacker to modify an environment variable
that would allow the execution of arbitrary commands as root.
Credit to Dave G. from @stake, Inc. for the discovery of this
vulnerability.
File Sharing/Service: Fixes CAN-2003-0198 where the contents of the
write-only DropBox folder can be revealed. When enabled, Personal
File Sharing on Mac OS X or Apple File Service on Mac OS X Server,
a "DropBox" folder is available by default to allow people to
deposit files. This update no longer allows the permissions of
the "DropBox" folder to be changed by a guest.
OpenSSL: Fixes CAN-2003-0131 Klima-Pokorny-Rosa attack on PKCS #1 v1.5
padding. The patch from the OpenSSL team, which addresses this
vulnerability, is applied to Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
Samba: Fixes CAN-2003-0201 which could allow an anonymous user to gain
remote root access due to a buffer overflow. The built-in Windows
file sharing is based on the open source technology called Samba
and is off by default in Mac OS X.
sendmail: Fixes CAN-2003-0161, where address parsing code in sendmail
does not adequately check the length of email addresses. Only the
patch from the sendmail team is applied to the currently-shipping
version of sendmail in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
This is a great tutorial detailing the steps to get postfix going on mac os x.
It's a bit outdated (probably written for 10.0 or 10.1) but it's not very difficult to figure out what to do for jaguar from it.
Starving, Dying Poor to Get Much-Needed Net Access
Okinawa, Japan (SatireWire.com) The world's poorest nations reacted with elation yesterday after learning the G-8 economic powers have pledged to bring them into the digital economy by wiring their countries. "With access to stock quotes, entertainment news, and streaming video pornography, I will finally be able to feed my family," said Jamil Jurawa, who lives near a contaminated well in a small east Gambian village. "This is a great day and I hope not to die of dysentery before it ends."
In late July, the Group of 8 authorized a Digital Opportunity Taskforce, or "Dot Force,'' to investigate how to wire the Third World and help bridge the rich-poor technology gap. Relief agencies denounced the plan as absurd, insisting that food and medicine are needed first. But the Dot Force argued that information is also critical, and to prove its point, it provided computers and Internet access to Jamil Jurawa and his brother Tamar, who lives in a neighboring Gambian village. The two exchanged instant messages that, said Dot Force members, exemplify the knowledge-sharing power of the Internet:
"Tamar, I have no food. Do you have food?"
"Jamil, I also have no food. But tonight Britney is to chat at E-Online!"
"Good one! I am ROFLDM (Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Dying of Malnutrition)."
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/orl/740493470.html
They've gone, what, 5 releases without fixing (much) in Finder; what makes you think they'll fix it this time around?
The fact that Apple had a job posting up for a finder engineer last year:6 /2673
http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.ars/2006/1/2
Maybe so. But Buffett specifically explained why he's donating so much to the BMG Foundation - they've already gone through the process of ramping up their operations to deal with such huge sums of money. He pointed out that it would be very difficult for his own foundation to expand so much.
Of course, he's also donating to several other groups. Not nearly as much, of course, but he's worth so much money that the smaller amounts are far from insignificant.
From the apple security mailing:
Mac OS X 10.2.5 is now available. It contains fixes for recent
vulnerabilities in:
Apache 2.0: Fixes CAN-2003-0132, a denial of service vulnerability in
Apache 2.0 versions through 2.0.44. Apache 2.0 is distributed only
with Mac OS X Server, and is not enabled by default.
Directory Services: Fixes CAN-2003-0171 DirectoryServices Privilege
Escalation and DoS Attack. DirectoryServices is part of the Mac OS
X and Mac OS X Server information services subsystem. It is
launched at startup, setuid root and installed by default. It is
possible for a local attacker to modify an environment variable
that would allow the execution of arbitrary commands as root.
Credit to Dave G. from @stake, Inc. for the discovery of this
vulnerability.
File Sharing/Service: Fixes CAN-2003-0198 where the contents of the
write-only DropBox folder can be revealed. When enabled, Personal
File Sharing on Mac OS X or Apple File Service on Mac OS X Server,
a "DropBox" folder is available by default to allow people to
deposit files. This update no longer allows the permissions of
the "DropBox" folder to be changed by a guest.
OpenSSL: Fixes CAN-2003-0131 Klima-Pokorny-Rosa attack on PKCS #1 v1.5
padding. The patch from the OpenSSL team, which addresses this
vulnerability, is applied to Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
Samba: Fixes CAN-2003-0201 which could allow an anonymous user to gain
remote root access due to a buffer overflow. The built-in Windows
file sharing is based on the open source technology called Samba
and is off by default in Mac OS X.
sendmail: Fixes CAN-2003-0161, where address parsing code in sendmail
does not adequately check the length of email addresses. Only the
patch from the sendmail team is applied to the currently-shipping
version of sendmail in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
This is a great tutorial detailing the steps to get postfix going on mac os x. It's a bit outdated (probably written for 10.0 or 10.1) but it's not very difficult to figure out what to do for jaguar from it.
Starving, Dying Poor to Get Much-Needed Net Access
Okinawa, Japan (SatireWire.com) The world's poorest nations reacted with elation yesterday after learning the G-8 economic powers have pledged to bring them into the digital economy by wiring their countries. "With access to stock quotes, entertainment news, and streaming video pornography, I will finally be able to feed my family," said Jamil Jurawa, who lives near a contaminated well in a small east Gambian village. "This is a great day and I hope not to die of dysentery before it ends."
In late July, the Group of 8 authorized a Digital Opportunity Taskforce, or "Dot Force,'' to investigate how to wire the Third World and help bridge the rich-poor technology gap. Relief agencies denounced the plan as absurd, insisting that food and medicine are needed first. But the Dot Force argued that information is also critical, and to prove its point, it provided computers and Internet access to Jamil Jurawa and his brother Tamar, who lives in a neighboring Gambian village. The two exchanged instant messages that, said Dot Force members, exemplify the knowledge-sharing power of the Internet:
"Tamar, I have no food. Do you have food?"
"Jamil, I also have no food. But tonight Britney is to chat at E-Online!"
"Good one! I am ROFLDM (Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Dying of Malnutrition)."
"OK! CTFN! (Contracting Typhoid Fever Now)."
Icons for the Office v.X programs Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
Not totally anti-Microsoft..