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  1. Re:rumor? on Apple to Use Intel Chips? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's also well known that Apple already uses AMD chips:
    http://www.vonwentzel.net/ABS/Evolution/index.html

    Doesn't it seem more reasonable that they're upgrading their wireless systems from AMD to Intel, than fundamentally changing their core machines/processes/software? I think so.

  2. Re:It wasn't Microsoft on Microsoft Receives Patent For Double-Click · · Score: 1

    We can create a "double-click" virus that only runs on Palm sized PCs and send it to everyone at the Patent office & Microsoft...

    Who knows, maybe it would be considered prior art??

  3. Re:Keeping quiet makes perfect sense to me! on Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes · · Score: 1

    And maybe, just maybe, if a worm/virus/trojan finally comes out on Windows that actually did real damage -like wipe the hard drive or delete the Users & Setting folder - instead of just shutting down the network by spamming or DDOSing, then the idiot FUD spreaders would finally shut up. Most likely because they wouldn't be able to find their documents folder...

  4. Re:AFS server issue is a remote root vulnerability on Security Updates, Notices for Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, if you use the GUI as the remote login, you can't. But if you use mount_afp with an oversized login name, you can?

  5. Re:bad updates on Security Updates, Notices for Mac OS X · · Score: 3, Funny

    It always makes me laugh when windoze people switch.

    "It didn't say to reboot, but I'd feel better"
    "Yes, I need to install everything, even if I never buy an iSight"

    I just stand amazed that they've been so abused that they don't know anything better.

  6. Re:AFS server issue is a remote root vulnerability on Security Updates, Notices for Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Interesting that AFP has a remote root exploit, considering you can't even log in as root via AFP. Admin yes, root no, not in any version of OS X.

    I'm not calling bullshit, but the air smells kind of funny here...

  7. Re:What's The Point? on Install iPod Update in Linux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You keep adding a piece at a time until the entire solution is there.

    For a jigsaw puzzle, this is great. For a useful operating system, not so much.
    Sure they're both pretty in the end, but it's the middle that both look like crap.

  8. Re:MS is NOT an investor in Apple on Install iPod Update in Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    One minor nit because people always seem to think this as well:

    MS bought $150 million in preferred stock with this deal. They did NOT 'save' Apple with this cash as Apple had almost $4 billion in cash at the time.

  9. Re:Intentional Private Sex? on IPsec on Mac OS X Panther? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here: http://127.0.0.1

  10. Re:wow.. all these people need a gui?? on IPsec on Mac OS X Panther? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not everybody has the time or interest to learn about what ipsec is. A GUI with an IP, username and password should be ALL that's needed to set up an ipsec tunnel. VaporSec, Cisco clients both give you this. If the sysadmin gives you the right info, should take all of 5 minutes to get connected. Less time than reading the first two pages of kame.org. And then on with your real work.

    Hence the OP.

  11. Re:Only a matter of time on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 0, Troll

    Heh, I do that on purpose just to show my idiot friends that they are, in fact, idiots for running such a virus-prone, security-hole-riddled OS.

    But that's just me.

  12. Re:VPC Vunerabilities Aren't New on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, this security problem gives escalated privileges to the user of VPC. But, in general, you can use VPC as a great test for virus infections, security holes, etc. You can save and duplicate a clean setup, beat up on the dupe and replace it with a new dupe. Very handy for testing.

  13. Re:Asshat supreme on WinFS - Who Will Actually Use It? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Depending on file contents, this metadata can be the author (of a document), the genre (of an audio file), keywords (from a PDF file), and more.

    This sounds exactly like the Desktop Database in Mac OS8/9, with a few extra fields.

    Now, how is this new exactly?

  14. Re:MacOS security on FBI Agent Talks Crime, Macs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mainstream OSes have presumably been analyzed to death by foresnics companies.

    Except that new viruses/worms/security holes keep coming out every day/week/month that others seem to find. Guess they need to get some more analysts...

    News at 11: MS security problems kills analysts, others vulnerable!

  15. Re:Oh come on Pudge... on Steve Jobs and the State of Legal Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Surprise, surprise, Pudge modded me down.

    How original.

  16. Re:Make it cheap and easy on Steve Jobs and the State of Legal Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Try your local rental place. They charge you $3/3days but let you return it in 1 day for $1.

    Blockbuster just makes you rent it for all the days.

  17. Re:Make it cheap and easy on Steve Jobs and the State of Legal Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Rent, rip & burn is faster(3 hours turnaround) and better(full movie, ~ full quality) than buying.

    And at $1/rental, almost as cheap as bit torrent!

  18. (Not) PATCHED ALREADY! on Safari Security Hole Allows Cookie Theft · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Safari 1.1.1 (v100.1)

    Still see my ebay cookies.

    Maybe you cleared your cookie cache or have accepting them turned off?

  19. Re:sharing iTunes over NAT LAN? on Windows Program Enables MP3 Downloading From iTunes · · Score: 1

    As mentioned above...

    Rendezvous proxy to make the zeroconf protocol routable.

  20. Or here.... on Dealing with Mac OS X and NetInfo Problems? · · Score: 1

    http://www.apple.com/server/

  21. Re:Panther DOES use NetInfo on Dealing with Mac OS X and NetInfo Problems? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Local accounts are handled with NetInfo.

    Network accessible accounts are handled with LDAP.

  22. Re:Easy fix. on Dealing with Mac OS X and NetInfo Problems? · · Score: 1

    You forgot:

    2a. Profit!

  23. Re:One of the best features about the Netinfo syst on Dealing with Mac OS X and NetInfo Problems? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Root is disabled by default on Client. It is enabled by default on Server, which is the version he was asking about.

    RTFP?

  24. Good resource on Dealing with Mac OS X and NetInfo Problems? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Especially for 10.2 servers:
    http://www.afp548.com

    and specifically to your question:
    http://www.afp548.com/Articles/system/n etinfobacku p.html

  25. Re:AAC != MP3 != WMA != OGG on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    Good point. I don't even know what ./ is.

    Oh, you meant CLI, right?

    %./joesixpack
    %./joesixpack: No such file or directory

    Damn...now where did he go?