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  1. Re:iFirst on Apple Loses Aussie Trademark Complaint Over "i" Name · · Score: 1

    And here's another interesting little detail: The HTML div that the copyright details are in on apple.com pages is called

  2. Re:Loose the (almost) dead weight on Mozilla Puts Tiger Out To Pasture · · Score: 1

    For the love of all that is holy: it's = it is its = its (possessive)

  3. Sounds familiar... on Driver Gets Stuck On Cruise Control · · Score: 1

    Yet another case of Rise of the Machines (RotM)

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/13/satanic_bmw/

  4. OpenDNS on Google Launches Public DNS Resolver · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow the people at OpenDNS are going to be pissed by this.

    Still 8.8.8.8 is a bit more memorable than 208.67.222.222

  5. Re:And... on Spotify Wins iPhone App Store Approval · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I think you're missing the point. Apple have approved a streaming service which in some ways directly competes with Apple's own music selling business. This demonstrated a level of maturity which Apple failed to display during the whole Google Voice debacle.

  6. Bah on The Beginnings of Apple Computer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where's my iTablet Steve?

  7. Re:butterfs on Real-World Benchmarks of Ext4 · · Score: 1

    Same r

  8. Re:Windows....Mac.....? on DVD Jon Creates DRM Killer · · Score: 1

    You probably meant to say "Wine all you want"...

  9. Re:Interesting on Toddlers May Learn Language By Data Mining · · Score: 2, Informative

    I find your comment interesting. When I studied Linguistics at uni a few years ago, there was a fair amount of evidence that "baby talk", or "motherese" as it is sometimes known, is extremely beneficial to a child's language acquisition (see section 2.1.1 of the Wikipedia page for an overview). Though I commend your parenting efforts, I would humbly submit that people who do use "baby talk" are not doing their children a disservice.

  10. Erm, HCI on OLPC's UI To Be Kid-Tested In February · · Score: 1

    If they're only just involving children in the design process then they're product is doomed not to be user friendly.

  11. Re:Wrong word? on A New Technique to Quickly Erase Hard Drives · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes you are unware.

    According to the OED:

    "A vast host or multitude (of persons or things): freq. of angels or spirits, with reminiscence of Matt. xxvi. 53."

    Or see definition 3 here: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=legion

  12. Power Adapters on I, Woz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not surprised free AC Adapters are a perk of founding Apple. Certainly my experience with my PowerBook has been that they need replacing every 12 months if not sooner.

  13. Re:Verbing nouns: Gah. on Apple Gifts Top WebKit Contributors with MacBooks · · Score: 1

    It appears in the second edition (1989) of the full OED. The earliest reported use is from the 16th century. "1. trans. To endow or furnish with gifts (see chiefly GIFT n. 6); to endow, invest, or present with as a gift."

  14. Running on an Apple: on Felony For Refreshing a Web Page? · · Score: 1
    root@felicia:~> nmap 66.144.97.98 -P0

    Starting Nmap 3.95 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-01-07 19:48 GMT
    Interesting ports on 66.144.97.98:
    (The 1668 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered)
    PORT STATE SERVICE
    80/tcp closed http
    110/tcp open pop3

    Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 55.155 seconds

    root@felicia:~> nc 66.144.97.98 110
    +OK lake.stark.k12.oh.us Cyrus POP3 v2.2.12-OS X 10.4.0 server ready <115861234.1136663434@lake.stark.k12.oh.us>
    quit
    +OK
  15. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    It was illegal at a state level.

  16. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1, Troll

    An example of American freedom of speech - making it illegal to join the communist party...

  17. This article... on Cybersquatter Ordered To Give Up iTunes.co.uk · · Score: 1

    This article seems to suggest that the battle isn't completely lost.

  18. Re:Bulk data? on Long-Awaited BitTorrent 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    How do I take advantage of this in PF on OpenBSD?

  19. Re:Disk Utility on Mac OS X 10.3.8 Out, Security Update Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, you've changed a load of permissions that would have worked anyway. You're happy. Congratulations. The Apple article you link to doesn't suggest anywhere that you should repair permissions as a matter of routine, because doing so is pointless. It only recommends repairing permissions if you are experiencing 'permision issues' which you were not. Are you American? I think we should be told.

  20. Re:Disk Utility on Mac OS X 10.3.8 Out, Security Update Released · · Score: 1

    Would you stop telling people to do this. It is pointless. You might as well encourage people to stand on one leg while installing.

  21. Re:Did anyone else know about this? on Apple's First 2005 Mac OS X Security Update Is Out · · Score: 1

    Do you mean you couldn't care less?

  22. Re:Educational Discount on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    In the UK at least the education store has no discount for the Mac Mini.

  23. From the Secunia mailing list: on Apple Releases Mac OS X Patches · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X, which fixes various vulnerabilities.

    1) A vulnerability in the Apache "mod_digest_apple" authentication can be exploited by malicious people to conduct replay attacks.

    2) Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache and mod_ssl can be exploited to inject potentially malicious characters into error logfiles, bypass certain security restrictions, gain escalated privileges, gain unauthorised access to other web sites, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

    For more information:
    SA8146
    SA10789
    SA11170
    SA11534
    S A11841
    SA12787
    SA12898

    3) A security issue in Apache results in access to ".DS_Store" files
    and files starting with ".ht" not being fully blocked. The problem is that the Apache configuration blocks access in a case sensitive way, but the Apple HFS+ filesystem performs file access in a case insensitive way.

    4) A security issue in Apache makes it possible to bypass the normal Apache file handlers and retrieve file data and resource fork content via HTTP. The problem is that the Apple HFS+ filesystem permits files to have multiple data streams.

    5) Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache2 can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS or potentially compromise a system, or by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

    For more information:
    SA12434
    SA12540

    6) A security issue in Appkit causes secure text fields to not enable secure input correctly in some circumstances. This allows other applications in the same window session to read the entered characters.

    7) Multiple vulnerabilities in Appkit can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

    For more information:
    SA12818

    8) A vulnerability in Cyrus IMAP when using Kerberos authentication can be exploited by malicious, authenticated users to access other mailboxes on the system.

    9) A security issue in HIToolbox can be exploited by malicious users to quit applications in kiosk mode via a certain key combination.

    10) Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Kerberos, where the most serious potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

    For more information:
    SA12408

    11) A vulnerability in Postfix when using CRAM-MD5 can be exploited by malicious users to send mails without being properly authenticated. The problem is that the credentials used to successfully authenticate a user can be re-used for a small time period, which can be exploited via replay attacks.

    12) A vulnerability in PSNormalizer can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when converting PostScript to PDF.

    13) A vulnerability in QuickTime Streaming Server can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS via a specially crafted DESCRIBE request.

    14) A weakness in Safari can be exploited by malicious people to trick users into visiting a malicious web site by obfuscating URLs.

    For more information:
    SA13047

    15) A vulnerability in Safari can be exploited by malicious web sites to spoof dialog boxes.

    For more information:
    SA12892

    16) A weakness in Terminal may result in the "Secure Keyboard Entry" menu setting erroneously looking like it is active when it's not.

  24. More silliness on Two New TLD's Near Approval · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In the UK it's currently possible to register .co.uk and .me.uk, there are others (.ltd.uk and .biz.uk etc) but those are the main two. We then have random crap like police.uk nhs.uk. Why not just open up the top level and let me register something.uk????

  25. Re:How to solve the Spam problem on A Day with an ISP Spam Investigator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "not whimpering soccer players'

    American Football - British rugby (but with pads so the ickle Americans don't get hurt. Everyone say awwwwww)