The "Blue Screen of Death" will take on a whole new meaning......why do we need a computer in the car? People can't even talk on the phone while driving...
If Windows only ran on one configuration built by Microsoft, then it would probably be more stable and perhaps more secure. All the drivers would be fine-tuned, there would be no IRQ conflicts, no hardware incompatibilies, mystery meat drivers, etc.
If Apple were to port their OS for the x86 architecture, they would inherit all the problems that MS has with Windows as they would try to become all things to everyone. Having a standard set of hardware and known combinations thereof is a huge advantage for Apple's ability to keep developing and innovating.
If IBM had never licesnsed the cloning of their PC, the world would have been a much different place and this question would probably be, "If MS ported Windows to run on Apple...."
To address the question: no--I'd stay with my Apple hardware. I rather like the design and they have most of the same basic components save the logic board. I'd rather not be a shady-tree mechanic on my home computers (I do enough of that at work on PCs).
If you ever try this stunt in the US, you're on the short track impeachment.
Conspiracy theorist rant to follow: Alot of what alot of people know or think is driven by the ads and programming on television (cable & broadcast). Think about it. How many times has someone said, "Hey, have you see that commercial about...." or "Hey, do you remember than episode of..." If people start to "get smart" and filter their media content from advertisements and choose alternate news and information sources, they may actually become smarter people rather than consumer drones. I think the government enjoys the current status quo regarding the masses' perceptions and habits. Those who control the banks, the corporations, and the government are all wealthy people who benefit in some way by every dollar we spend.
Well...I could just be paranoid. But legislation like this in Germany is kind of an Orwellian way to keep people programmed.
...He's the CEO of Microsoft. Why wouldn't he say something to increase his stock value?
"Well, ______ (insert competitor here) is the wrong way to go. You need a Microsoft solution because we're the best."
Their own complacency will be their undoing.
I'm sure someone already posted this, but you'll probably find everything you need to know here:
http://www.macosxlabs.org/
No offense to the slashdotters, but you'll probably find this link more useful than any of the posts here. It's chock full-o-goodness with people who make it happen in real-world situations rather than an unruly group of independent pundits.
I like IBM's strategy to counter sue--they're trying the break SCO's bank and drive away their investors (the rats from a sinking ship). The legal costs of maintaining a legal Mexican standoff are going to exhaust SCO before they'll hurt IBM. It will be interesting to see what SCO's lawyers try to pull out of their magic legal hat next.
This strange little courtroom scneario played in my head:
Daryl: "Oh, yeah...we'll, you're like, using 3 letters in your name like us to try to, uh, steal....our..uh...trademark...." Darly's Lawyer: (whispering) "Sir, they've been IBM since before you were born..." Daryl: "Yeah, well...Big Blue is a stupid name! Nah nah nee nah!"
smart is the quotient of intelligence times motivation times creativity not raw intelligence.
the point was to assume they're "smarter" about things for the reasons you've sited not to imply that crackers are a higher calibre of human beings with superhuman powers.
the art of sysadmin is the art of functional paranoia. always assume you're at a disadvantage and you'll have the advantage. (this axiom is either total BS or very wise--your call.)
Intelligence, tenacity, creativity, and motivation are the ingredients to "smart" --I'll give credit to the true elite but not the kiddies.
Anyone who can craft ICMP packets to carry encrypted commands to a trojaned daemon as their secret knock is pretty damn smart in my book and probably more adept behind the keyboard than the average sysadmin.
my point was to never believe that you're safe. be paranoid and assume that they know stuff you don't.
Data integrity is more important than catching them. Rememeber that first.
1) Make notes about what you've found 2) Report the the abuse as per the WHOIS info for the offenders 3) Block their IPs at your border
If you're using a firewall, great. If not--get one. If you haven't read Frisch's "Essential System Admnistration" read it:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/index.html
If you haven't read Stephen Northcutt's "Network Intrusion Detection" you should probably give it a good read as well:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735 708681/104-7409931-6853536?v=glance
There are some good articles all over the web regarding Linux security. A few google searches will help uncover them.
Patch. It's not just for Windows.
Limit services with ACLs and host restriction.
Harden your system by partitioning read/write slices away from static mountpoints where your binaries are by mounting the read only ones as read only.
chattr +i on your binaries--makes it tougher for skript kiddies.
Talk to other admins--every day is a school day.
AND
Face the fact that you're not as smart as the crackers so you just have to create layers of security that keep you from being an easy target.
At about 4:30 a.m., the outsourced SysAdmin was setting up to do routine patches to Windows 2003 server nodes. But just before, he decided to check his e-mail with Outlook and he opened an important message from his system administrator advising him that his e-mail would be de-activated if he didn't open the important attachment. I think we all know what happened after that...
c'mon dudes...this post is a JOKE! It's a parody of every other tech pundit over the last 20 years who's tried to make the dire prediction that Apple is dead. The irony of its success despite all the WinTel domination is the joy of the joke.
On the off chance that the poster was totally serious, its obvious he has no clue and its not worth the keystrokes to tell him.
"Do you want to make more money? Sure, we all do. Now you can study at home to learn to be a rabid intellectual property lawyer! The Shark Institute just might be for you! --Just listen to what people are saying about our graduates..."
"Your graduate helped me make mountains out of mole hills! I'm banking on your graduates to keep us in business and make me rich. Without them, I'd just be another Silicon Valley loser. Thanks!" Daryl McBride, SCO
"Thanks to the quick thinking model of 'integration' and 'innovation' your graduate helped me fend off the evil Netscape and the US government from infringing on our God-given right to obliterate any competition! " --Bill Gates, Microsoft
"I wish your program had been around back in my days at Xerox PARC. I'd have Steve Jobs AND Bill Gates by the short-n-curlies right now!" Anonymous former CEO of Xerox
[...I'd better stop there; I'm getting depressed]
*the author cannot verify these are actual statements by the endorsees*
Apple is famous for doing stunts like this for hype. But, I think this one might have been a flub on the forecasting. Maybe outsourcing is biting them in the butt this time.
Whatever the cause, it's mysterious and it's anybody's guess. Jobs is probably whipping up a huge frenzy and they might spring it on everyone a bit earlier than they announced.
No matter what, we're all just rumor whores on this thread anyway:)
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dude....that's way funny
I can just see the headlines...
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Tux, the beloved penguin mascot of Linux, was captured by Al Qaeda insurgents and beheaded after their demands for the immediate release of prominant hacker Mahmud "DDoS Abdul" Aziz were denied by Iraqi and American authorities.
Film at 11....
Was that in poor taste? Of course it was...this is slashdot.
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That sounds like a direct to video concept If I've ever heard one.
The "Blue Screen of Death" will take on a whole new meaning... ...why do we need a computer in the car? People can't even talk on the phone while driving...
Elipses: The Greek God of Omission
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If Windows only ran on one configuration built by Microsoft, then it would probably be more stable and perhaps more secure. All the drivers would be fine-tuned, there would be no IRQ conflicts, no hardware incompatibilies, mystery meat drivers, etc.
If Apple were to port their OS for the x86 architecture, they would inherit all the problems that MS has with Windows as they would try to become all things to everyone. Having a standard set of hardware and known combinations thereof is a huge advantage for Apple's ability to keep developing and innovating.
If IBM had never licesnsed the cloning of their PC, the world would have been a much different place and this question would probably be, "If MS ported Windows to run on Apple...."
To address the question: no--I'd stay with my Apple hardware. I rather like the design and they have most of the same basic components save the logic board. I'd rather not be a shady-tree mechanic on my home computers (I do enough of that at work on PCs).
Your mileage and opinion may vary.
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If you ever try this stunt in the US, you're on the short track impeachment.
..." If people start to "get smart" and filter their media content from advertisements and choose alternate news and information sources, they may actually become smarter people rather than consumer drones. I think the government enjoys the current status quo regarding the masses' perceptions and habits. Those who control the banks, the corporations, and the government are all wealthy people who benefit in some way by every dollar we spend.
Conspiracy theorist rant to follow:
Alot of what alot of people know or think is driven by the ads and programming on television (cable & broadcast). Think about it. How many times has someone said, "Hey, have you see that commercial about...." or "Hey, do you remember than episode of
Well...I could just be paranoid. But legislation like this in Germany is kind of an Orwellian way to keep people programmed.
...He's the CEO of Microsoft. Why wouldn't he say something to increase his stock value? "Well, ______ (insert competitor here) is the wrong way to go. You need a Microsoft solution because we're the best." Their own complacency will be their undoing.
I'm sure someone already posted this, but you'll probably find everything you need to know here:
http://www.macosxlabs.org/
No offense to the slashdotters, but you'll probably find this link more useful than any of the posts here. It's chock full-o-goodness with people who make it happen in real-world situations rather than an unruly group of independent pundits.
Hope this helps!
.
I like IBM's strategy to counter sue--they're trying the break SCO's bank and drive away their investors (the rats from a sinking ship). The legal costs of maintaining a legal Mexican standoff are going to exhaust SCO before they'll hurt IBM. It will be interesting to see what SCO's lawyers try to pull out of their magic legal hat next.
This strange little courtroom scneario played in my head:
Daryl: "Oh, yeah...we'll, you're like, using 3 letters in your name like us to try to, uh, steal....our..uh...trademark...."
Darly's Lawyer: (whispering) "Sir, they've been IBM since before you were born..."
Daryl: "Yeah, well...Big Blue is a stupid name! Nah nah nee nah!"
That was my favorite... TC0
smart is the quotient of intelligence times motivation times creativity not raw intelligence.
the point was to assume they're "smarter" about things for the reasons you've sited not to imply that crackers are a higher calibre of human beings with superhuman powers.
the art of sysadmin is the art of functional paranoia. always assume you're at a disadvantage and you'll have the advantage.
(this axiom is either total BS or very wise--your call.)
Intelligence, tenacity, creativity, and motivation are the ingredients to "smart" --I'll give credit to the true elite but not the kiddies. Anyone who can craft ICMP packets to carry encrypted commands to a trojaned daemon as their secret knock is pretty damn smart in my book and probably more adept behind the keyboard than the average sysadmin. my point was to never believe that you're safe. be paranoid and assume that they know stuff you don't.
Data integrity is more important than catching them. Rememeber that first.
5 708681/104-7409931-6853536?v=glance
1) Make notes about what you've found
2) Report the the abuse as per the WHOIS info for the offenders
3) Block their IPs at your border
If you're using a firewall, great. If not--get one.
If you haven't read Frisch's "Essential System Admnistration" read it:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/index.html
If you haven't read Stephen Northcutt's "Network Intrusion Detection" you should probably give it a good read as well:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/073
There are some good articles all over the web regarding Linux security. A few google searches will help uncover them.
Patch. It's not just for Windows.
Limit services with ACLs and host restriction.
Harden your system by partitioning read/write slices away from static mountpoints where your binaries are by mounting the read only ones as read only.
chattr +i on your binaries--makes it tougher for skript kiddies.
Talk to other admins--every day is a school day.
AND
Face the fact that you're not as smart as the crackers so you just have to create layers of security that keep you from being an easy target.
At about 4:30 a.m., the outsourced SysAdmin was setting up to do routine patches to Windows 2003 server nodes. But just before, he decided to check his e-mail with Outlook and he opened an important message from his system administrator advising him that his e-mail would be de-activated if he didn't open the important attachment. I think we all know what happened after that...
c'mon dudes...this post is a JOKE! It's a parody of every other tech pundit over the last 20 years who's tried to make the dire prediction that Apple is dead. The irony of its success despite all the WinTel domination is the joy of the joke.
On the off chance that the poster was totally serious, its obvious he has no clue and its not worth the keystrokes to tell him.
With 'Longhorn' scheduled to ship no earlier than 2007, they've got plenty of time to work on it!
i.e., slashdot users are horrible grammarians?
SHHH! Dude, don't tell them WHERE in the Pacific!
"This is the dawning of the age of litigation..."
(In my best Sally Struthers voice:)
"Do you want to make more money? Sure, we all do. Now you can study at home to learn to be a rabid intellectual property lawyer! The Shark Institute just might be for you! --Just listen to what people are saying about our graduates..."
"Your graduate helped me make mountains out of mole hills! I'm banking on your graduates to keep us in business and make me rich. Without them, I'd just be another Silicon Valley loser. Thanks!" Daryl McBride, SCO
"Thanks to the quick thinking model of 'integration' and 'innovation' your graduate helped me fend off the evil Netscape and the US government from infringing on our God-given right to obliterate any competition! " --Bill Gates, Microsoft
"I wish your program had been around back in my days at Xerox PARC. I'd have Steve Jobs AND Bill Gates by the short-n-curlies right now!" Anonymous former CEO of Xerox
[...I'd better stop there; I'm getting depressed]
*the author cannot verify these are actual statements by the endorsees*
I wonder if it would be better using the ARM processor? ...nyuck nyuck nyuck
(or maybe the Strong ARM)...
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didn't Beowulf the arm off of Grendl?
Apple is famous for doing stunts like this for hype. But, I think this one might have been a flub on the forecasting. Maybe outsourcing is biting them in the butt this time.
:)
Whatever the cause, it's mysterious and it's anybody's guess. Jobs is probably whipping up a huge frenzy and they might spring it on everyone a bit earlier than they announced.
No matter what, we're all just rumor whores on this thread anyway
dude....that's way funny
Tux, the beloved penguin mascot of Linux, was captured by Al Qaeda insurgents and beheaded after their demands for the immediate release of prominant hacker Mahmud "DDoS Abdul" Aziz were denied by Iraqi and American authorities.
Film at 11....
Was that in poor taste? Of course it was...this is slashdot.
Can you imagine an MS operating system in charge of regulating the voltage through your body? (shudder)
Shake hands with somebody and get a worm or virus of a different sort!
There's some great material for a hokey SciFi channel midnight movie there...
Everytime I get a static shock from touching a door handle I'll have to pay a royalty to friggin' Bill Gates.
ha-- why did this little vignette come into my brain? Click here