Exactly, it's like urban folk learn to ignore emergency sirens. Sure they are loud and annoying but if you live in any sizable city you hardly notice them anymore.
Illogical. Less likely to be exploited does not make it more secure, it only makes the exploit less likely to happen. It is just as secure or insecure in numbers of 1 or 1000.
What you describe is oddly like evolution. Health through mutations and biodiversity. It doesn't help me when my linux machine is "naturally selected" though, does it?
Then what do you think it means? I think he was just throwing words out there to make his argument more polished. I see it could be taken two ways:
1. OS X has a small install base, so does my house. This doesn't make it more secure. 2. There are less viruses for OS X than other platforms. There have been less break ins to my house than others (0). Again, not something that makes it secure. 3. The ratio of viruses to installs is lower than that of other platforms. While this may sound good, it's a false sense of security.
You are right in one sense, but say an OpenSSH worm is created. There are a lot of OS' that OpenSSH has been ported to. Do you call it an OpenSSH worm or a *BSD/*IX/Solaris/HP-UX/Mac OS X/* worm? As the coward flamed me for above, I am being pedantic, but I wasn't supporting installing Linux instead of OSX, I was just trying to clear up what I think is a misconception.
The ramen worm was not an apache worm like I previously stated. It exploited wu-ftp, rpc.statd, and LPRng services. It then modified the apache homepage of the infected machine. My argument still stands though, if I port wu-ftpd to MacOSX and it gets infected via a worm, it's not a MacOSX worm, it's a wu-ftpd worm. It's not the fault of linux that the programs running on it were exploitable. However, MacOSX comes as a package and this vulnerability is at it's core, not a 3rd party application. --pedantic shitwit
That was an apache vulnerability, not a core OS vulnerability. (Linux is special in that it's only a kernel, so I guess a core OS vulnerability would be a kernel exploit or possibly GNU toolchain exploit.) People who were infected by that worm had no business running public services, much like most of the IIS worms out there. This Mac OSX worm is a very different animal.
If I decode TV signals broadcasting through my own skull while standing on my lawn I will get sued by DirecTV and probably lose the case. You don't have jurisdiction over what you RECEIVE, so I doubt you have jurisdiction to transmit anything you want. I think it's real fucked up.
The cruise control on my 90 Beretta isn't too great, but I use it to keep my speed down. It's nice to set at 65-70MPH on the highway and not worry about getting one more speeding ticket. What's funny is that I once accidently shifted into neutral with the cruise control set and the damn computer nearly blew the motor (The needle went into the red). Heh. Better off without it.
His name caught my attention by making me laugh and say eww at the same time, so I noticed he had several long posts in the discussion (one claiming he was a pilot), so I checked his posting history. It didn' look legit so I searched around and found the dupes he used. Lessons for the day: Use a less catchy nickname and don't try and crapflood and then rip off posts to gain your karma back.
Hide in the trunk, then after the car is loaded in, fold the seat down, climb out and break into the other cars, steal some things you like, load them into your car and have your friend recall the vehicle. Sounds fairly easy to pull off.
I've got boxes from id software's legendary titles like Wolfenstein, Doom and Doom II. MUST RESIST URGE TO CUT HOLES IN DOOM BOX. Someone stop me before I commit this vile act! Slashdot has riddled me again with stupid ideas!
Did you even read what he posted? Ramjet technology has been around for a while. This isn't new, it is not that impressive. Great that it can work, but it's nothing revolutionary.
Hopes are that the unmanned vehicle will reach speeds in excess of mach 7-10.
What is that supposed to mean? Shouldn't it possibly read: ...speeds in excess of mach 7. ...speeds from mach 7-10+. etc. Speed in excess of a range doesn't make any sense, the smaller number is irrelevant.
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Yes, we'd have enough salt to last forever!
Some stats from 2002: http://money.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P63405.a sp
It states that mining is the most perilous industry as a whole to work in. This is US stats only, not world though.
Exactly, it's like urban folk learn to ignore emergency sirens. Sure they are loud and annoying but if you live in any sizable city you hardly notice them anymore.
Illogical. Less likely to be exploited does not make it more secure, it only makes the exploit less likely to happen. It is just as secure or insecure in numbers of 1 or 1000.
What you describe is oddly like evolution. Health through mutations and biodiversity. It doesn't help me when my linux machine is "naturally selected" though, does it?
Then what do you think it means? I think he was just throwing words out there to make his argument more polished. I see it could be taken two ways:
1. OS X has a small install base, so does my house. This doesn't make it more secure.
2. There are less viruses for OS X than other platforms. There have been less break ins to my house than others (0). Again, not something that makes it secure.
3. The ratio of viruses to installs is lower than that of other platforms. While this may sound good, it's a false sense of security.
You are right in one sense, but say an OpenSSH worm is created. There are a lot of OS' that OpenSSH has been ported to. Do you call it an OpenSSH worm or a *BSD/*IX/Solaris/HP-UX/Mac OS X/* worm? As the coward flamed me for above, I am being pedantic, but I wasn't supporting installing Linux instead of OSX, I was just trying to clear up what I think is a misconception.
The ramen worm was not an apache worm like I previously stated. It exploited wu-ftp, rpc.statd, and LPRng services. It then modified the apache homepage of the infected machine. My argument still stands though, if I port wu-ftpd to MacOSX and it gets infected via a worm, it's not a MacOSX worm, it's a wu-ftpd worm. It's not the fault of linux that the programs running on it were exploitable. However, MacOSX comes as a package and this vulnerability is at it's core, not a 3rd party application.
--pedantic shitwit
That was an apache vulnerability, not a core OS vulnerability. (Linux is special in that it's only a kernel, so I guess a core OS vulnerability would be a kernel exploit or possibly GNU toolchain exploit.) People who were infected by that worm had no business running public services, much like most of the IIS worms out there. This Mac OSX worm is a very different animal.
It's just a lot harder to exploit all of these things on Mac OS X for numerous logistical, technical, and statistical reasons.
Yes, because my house has never been broken into before means its more secure than any other.
If I decode TV signals broadcasting through my own skull while standing on my lawn I will get sued by DirecTV and probably lose the case. You don't have jurisdiction over what you RECEIVE, so I doubt you have jurisdiction to transmit anything you want. I think it's real fucked up.
The cruise control on my 90 Beretta isn't too great, but I use it to keep my speed down. It's nice to set at 65-70MPH on the highway and not worry about getting one more speeding ticket. What's funny is that I once accidently shifted into neutral with the cruise control set and the damn computer nearly blew the motor (The needle went into the red). Heh. Better off without it.
His name caught my attention by making me laugh and say eww at the same time, so I noticed he had several long posts in the discussion (one claiming he was a pilot), so I checked his posting history. It didn' look legit so I searched around and found the dupes he used. Lessons for the day: Use a less catchy nickname and don't try and crapflood and then rip off posts to gain your karma back.
Space Ghost: This is for Nana! (Blasts one of the pods. The pod grows larger)
Zorak: It's feeding on the rays!
Space Ghost: It's the rays! It's... it's feeding on them! (screams like a woman) What should I do?
Zorak: Heh heh heh! Shoot it some more!
Space Ghost: But it seems to be feeding on the rays!
Moltar: Then stop shootin' it!
Space Ghost: Do what now? Oh! (stops shooting) Dang it! Well, it looks like they can't be killed. Uh, here Zorak, trade with me.
(BTW, Did you speak with the orb?)
Parent comment is a troll and stolen from here. YHL
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This comment is offtopic and stolen from here. Bloody trolls!
There's some THING on the wing!
Hide in the trunk, then after the car is loaded in, fold the seat down, climb out and break into the other cars, steal some things you like, load them into your car and have your friend recall the vehicle. Sounds fairly easy to pull off.
I've got boxes from id software's legendary titles like Wolfenstein, Doom and Doom II. MUST RESIST URGE TO CUT HOLES IN DOOM BOX. Someone stop me before I commit this vile act! Slashdot has riddled me again with stupid ideas!
http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/ramjet.htm
No they aren't equal, but they are damn similar.
Did you even read what he posted? Ramjet technology has been around for a while. This isn't new, it is not that impressive. Great that it can work, but it's nothing revolutionary.
Hopes are that the unmanned vehicle will reach speeds in excess of mach 7-10.
...speeds in excess of mach 7.
What is that supposed to mean? Shouldn't it possibly read:
...speeds from mach 7-10+.
etc.
Speed in excess of a range doesn't make any sense, the smaller number is irrelevant.
I run linux on my laptop to provide temporary internet/firewall for situations as you described. It's a very flexible solution.