At least they must have some clue about fixes for the issues. It looks like they have a pretty good idea of where Vista breaks iTunes
It sounds almost like the fragile FAT32 format that iPods for Windows uses. The iPod driver dealie may not be able to properly close the files and ejecting them could cause the filesystem to get corrupted. At least, that's my opinion after seeing how easily the FAT32 format gets corrupted. NTFS/HFS+, FTW!
You have to realize that MOAB isn't an unwarranted attack against Apple. It's backlash for years of flaky technical support, deceitful practices and arrogance on the part of the Mac community in general.
Yeah, that's clearly their intention after you look at the non-apple issues such as the ones in OmniWeb, Transmit, VLC, Flip4Mac, Rumpus, et cetera. Clearly, those are an attack against apple's "flaky technical support".
I disagree. I paid about $300CAD for my Ti-89 and not only is not allowed on tests neither at the grade 12 level nor first year college
Maybe it's because you're in Canadia. In the US, the TI-89 is explicitly allowed on tests administered by the college board (but not ACT). It's also the reason I bought it, the TI-92 isn't allowed on any tests.
mine's already broken after only about 2 years of seldom use.
How odd, I bought mine when it was first release (1998) and it's still going strong. Maybe it's the Canadian weather that caused yours to fail. Also, you're not supposed to use it while taking a shower.
APE uses mach_inject and mach_override to actually patch new code into applications loaded into memory. This works at the kernel level and thus is framework and language agnostic.
APE uses no part of mach_star. None of these work at the kernel level either. They're all user space.
I have no idea what kinds of features Apple's recent upgrades offer, but I have a hard time believing that they are worth $150 a pop. Heck, after 5 updates to OSX, you've shelled out around $750, nearly five times the cost of upgrading XP to Vista Home Premium (what most home users will go for).
The problem is rather that a trojan or similar run by a clueless admin can gain root access without the user being prompted for his password.
You do realize there are about 50 brazillion ways to do this, correct?
Either way, as soon as you're running malicious code, you're already screwed. A malicious application does not need to be root to destroy your photos, movies, pornography or other personal documents. You should never run applications from a source you do not trust.
This is scaremongering at its best. Nothing to see here, move along.
I disagree with "at its best". The example "exploit" installs what basically amounts to a rootkit. So, in other words, this security "researcher" is distributing malware that gives him access to anyone's computer that accesses it. Since when do real security researchers distribute malware? More information is in the comments here.
Not to mention he posted this thing with nothing but malice. It was done because Landon Fuller refused to work with LHM. LHM wanted to keep the bugs from the developers and said as a condition of such working together, that Landon Fuller must not tell anyone else about the bugs.
It's not shippped on Macs by default - but, by the virtue of it being the ONLY way to play some popular video formats on Macintosh, I'd say it may as well be installed by default.
Even assuming this is correct, VLC isn't and doesn't become the default handler for m3u files. itunes remains the handler even after VLC is installed
OS X doesn't allow you to change the default font used everywhere (Lucida Grande) and that font looks terrible in the user interfaces when not aliased.
Perhaps OS X doesn't, but Silk does. That was kinda my point, just kinda.
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Sure it is, especially when the code is peer-reviewed and fixes a security problem that could theoretically invite malware.
It's just like not taking the polio vaccinations because you've heard they might cause HIV as a western plot even though there's no evidence and no rational mind would think that. Sigh, I wish I was kidding about that.
I just tried this on my MacBook Pro using the provided QTL files and ruby scripts, but none of them seem to have the claimed effect. Anybody else already tried this?
I could not. And only one person I know could. Other people had to heavily modify the script and run QT Player in gdb along with some other voodoo to get it to exploit properly. Doesn't seem like this will cause much harm.
A "common" form of prion disease in humans is due to Cannibalism. I can't wait until they do an episode of House where that's the cause. I so nailed the Chimerism in that one episode as soon as the bleeding disorder had completely different results.
I could not agree more. Stargate and BSG gave each other a lot of viewers. Hell, it was the only reason I became interested in BSG was that it came before Stargate and everything else on fridays sucked. With SciFi decoupling them, the ratings are doomed to fail for both. Not to mention the fact the second parts of SG-1 and SG:A will have aired completely in other countries before they air in the US is just going to harm the ratings that much more.
This new management or whatever that's in charge at NBC/universal is really, really harming and killing SciFi's greatest shows. I'd like to blame Mike Lazzo, but he doesn't work there. But still, it's all his fault.
Did you read the site? There is no certainty around wether the TCPM is incuded or not. http://osxbook.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=97 that post is actually rather worrying becuase the TCPM is not advertsing itself to the OS anymore.
Did you actually read that post? The guy never got back to amit. You also have to ignore all the evidence from someone that's been proven to know a hell of a lot about Mac OS X and instead believe someone that may have typed something incorrectly and has only ever posted to that one thread.
Is that why I can only use my iTunes music with my iPod?
How bizarre. I can use ripped music from CDs on my iPod just fine.
Isn't this the same as Linux virtual address randomization that works without BIOS?
Yes, but the NX bit enforcement is part of a larger security push. It just happens that most articles confuse ASLR with NX (or are fuzzy on the details of each) when talking about them both. Part of the confusion is the fact in order for ASLR to be effective, then the NX bit should be enforced. AFAICT, ASLR doesn't actually require NX at all and it's a mistake these "technical journalists" are making.
Basically, Vista adds a bunch of walls to increase security. the NX bit and ASLR are just two separate instances of those walls.
The big news is that even though some OEMs have previously disabled the NX bit in the BIOS (due to software compatibility issues), they've said they'll enable it by default in the future.
1, 2, and 3 are Finder ssues. 2, 3, and in particular minor issue 3 are finder threading issues. 4 is also a Finder issue; or does Finder not handle MIME types.
Note, the finder doesn't deal with any of those. The same thing would happen in any application on OS X that handled files.
The problem with ingame advertising (or in movie advertising) is just when reality is starting to slip away someone opens a can of coke and you back in the world you were trying to escape from.
You make a very good point. In-game advertising translates into real-world violence being caused by gamers. Teens that play games like GTA are far more likely to do the same thing in real life if in-game ads remove the "falseness" of the in-game world.
Why is it lately when I see a story about IBM suing a company, it feels like good news? Almost as if IBM is using its huge Patent portfolio to sue companies that have abused patents in the past (Like Amazon with its One Click). Maybe I've only felt that way since IBM started helping the OSS community more.
I like the idea of patents, but I loathe the way some companies abuse something that can be used to help the little man break into an industry by creating something truly innovative without having the big boys crush them. But now days, big companies like Microsoft are filing patents left and right and just seeing what sticks. It doesn't matter if they're invalid, MS will still file them and call it innovation.
That said, it's funny to see the same fanbois that criticized MS for all of the issues surrounding the 360 launch (fights, eBay profiteering, etc.), run to Sony's defense when it happens to their console launch.
Since we're talking about the japan launch here, I cannot agree with you. The Xbox 360 basically failed in Japan and was readily available in Japan on launch day. Hell, even many days later, the Xbox 360 was easy to find in Japan (even at the launch store, Tsutaya in Shibuya).
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At least they must have some clue about fixes for the issues. It looks like they have a pretty good idea of where Vista breaks iTunes
It sounds almost like the fragile FAT32 format that iPods for Windows uses. The iPod driver dealie may not be able to properly close the files and ejecting them could cause the filesystem to get corrupted. At least, that's my opinion after seeing how easily the FAT32 format gets corrupted. NTFS/HFS+, FTW!
You have to realize that MOAB isn't an unwarranted attack against Apple. It's backlash for years of flaky technical support, deceitful practices and arrogance on the part of the Mac community in general.
Yeah, that's clearly their intention after you look at the non-apple issues such as the ones in OmniWeb, Transmit, VLC, Flip4Mac, Rumpus, et cetera. Clearly, those are an attack against apple's "flaky technical support".
But I thought Starcraft worked on Mac too...
It's called World of Warcraft...
I disagree. I paid about $300CAD for my Ti-89 and not only is not allowed on tests neither at the grade 12 level nor first year college
Maybe it's because you're in Canadia. In the US, the TI-89 is explicitly allowed on tests administered by the college board (but not ACT). It's also the reason I bought it, the TI-92 isn't allowed on any tests.
mine's already broken after only about 2 years of seldom use.
How odd, I bought mine when it was first release (1998) and it's still going strong. Maybe it's the Canadian weather that caused yours to fail. Also, you're not supposed to use it while taking a shower.
I work for a fortune 500 with more than 150,000 employees.
/what, this isn't fark?
I work for the US Mint.
APE uses mach_inject and mach_override to actually patch new code into applications loaded into memory. This works at the kernel level and thus is framework and language agnostic.
APE uses no part of mach_star. None of these work at the kernel level either. They're all user space.
I have no idea what kinds of features Apple's recent upgrades offer, but I have a hard time believing that they are worth $150 a pop. Heck, after 5 updates to OSX, you've shelled out around $750, nearly five times the cost of upgrading XP to Vista Home Premium (what most home users will go for).
I was unaware that 3*$129=$750.
The problem is rather that a trojan or similar run by a clueless admin can gain root access without the user being prompted for his password.
You do realize there are about 50 brazillion ways to do this, correct?
Either way, as soon as you're running malicious code, you're already screwed. A malicious application does not need to be root to destroy your photos, movies, pornography or other personal documents. You should never run applications from a source you do not trust.
This is scaremongering at its best. Nothing to see here, move along.
I disagree with "at its best". The example "exploit" installs what basically amounts to a rootkit. So, in other words, this security "researcher" is distributing malware that gives him access to anyone's computer that accesses it. Since when do real security researchers distribute malware? More information is in the comments here.
Not to mention he posted this thing with nothing but malice. It was done because Landon Fuller refused to work with LHM. LHM wanted to keep the bugs from the developers and said as a condition of such working together, that Landon Fuller must not tell anyone else about the bugs.
I think all of us basement dweller types should forego our usual eating habits today and eat a cup of instant ramen in Ando's honor.
It's not shippped on Macs by default - but, by the virtue of it being the ONLY way to play some popular video formats on Macintosh, I'd say it may as well be installed by default.
Even assuming this is correct, VLC isn't and doesn't become the default handler for m3u files. itunes remains the handler even after VLC is installed
OS X doesn't allow you to change the default font used everywhere (Lucida Grande) and that font looks terrible in the user interfaces when not aliased.
Perhaps OS X doesn't, but Silk does. That was kinda my point, just kinda.
Sure it is, especially when the code is peer-reviewed and fixes a security problem that could theoretically invite malware.
It's just like not taking the polio vaccinations because you've heard they might cause HIV as a western plot even though there's no evidence and no rational mind would think that. Sigh, I wish I was kidding about that.
Well, there is Silk which allows you to turn off antialiasing. Sure, everything looks like crap with corn in it... but at least it's not "blurry".
I just tried this on my MacBook Pro using the provided QTL files and ruby scripts, but none of them seem to have the claimed effect. Anybody else already tried this?
I could not. And only one person I know could. Other people had to heavily modify the script and run QT Player in gdb along with some other voodoo to get it to exploit properly. Doesn't seem like this will cause much harm.
Either way, a third party developer already fixed this crasher.
A "common" form of prion disease in humans is due to Cannibalism. I can't wait until they do an episode of House where that's the cause. I so nailed the Chimerism in that one episode as soon as the bleeding disorder had completely different results.
I could not agree more. Stargate and BSG gave each other a lot of viewers. Hell, it was the only reason I became interested in BSG was that it came before Stargate and everything else on fridays sucked. With SciFi decoupling them, the ratings are doomed to fail for both. Not to mention the fact the second parts of SG-1 and SG:A will have aired completely in other countries before they air in the US is just going to harm the ratings that much more.
This new management or whatever that's in charge at NBC/universal is really, really harming and killing SciFi's greatest shows. I'd like to blame Mike Lazzo, but he doesn't work there. But still, it's all his fault.
Did you read the site? There is no certainty around wether the TCPM is incuded or not. http://osxbook.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=97 that post is actually rather worrying becuase the TCPM is not advertsing itself to the OS anymore.
Did you actually read that post? The guy never got back to amit. You also have to ignore all the evidence from someone that's been proven to know a hell of a lot about Mac OS X and instead believe someone that may have typed something incorrectly and has only ever posted to that one thread.
Is that why I can only use my iTunes music with my iPod?
How bizarre. I can use ripped music from CDs on my iPod just fine.
Isn't this the same as Linux virtual address randomization that works without BIOS?
Yes, but the NX bit enforcement is part of a larger security push. It just happens that most articles confuse ASLR with NX (or are fuzzy on the details of each) when talking about them both. Part of the confusion is the fact in order for ASLR to be effective, then the NX bit should be enforced. AFAICT, ASLR doesn't actually require NX at all and it's a mistake these "technical journalists" are making.
Basically, Vista adds a bunch of walls to increase security. the NX bit and ASLR are just two separate instances of those walls.
The big news is that even though some OEMs have previously disabled the NX bit in the BIOS (due to software compatibility issues), they've said they'll enable it by default in the future.
1, 2, and 3 are Finder ssues. 2, 3, and in particular minor issue 3 are finder threading issues. 4 is also a Finder issue; or does Finder not handle MIME types.
Note, the finder doesn't deal with any of those. The same thing would happen in any application on OS X that handled files.
Well, there are a series of serious problems with Finder.
So why don't you list them...?
Except for the minor issue #1, this list has nothing at all to do with the finder. Hell, Three of them are diskarb/FS issues.
The problem with ingame advertising (or in movie advertising) is just when reality is starting to slip away someone opens a can of coke and you back in the world you were trying to escape from.
You make a very good point. In-game advertising translates into real-world violence being caused by gamers. Teens that play games like GTA are far more likely to do the same thing in real life if in-game ads remove the "falseness" of the in-game world.
Why is it lately when I see a story about IBM suing a company, it feels like good news? Almost as if IBM is using its huge Patent portfolio to sue companies that have abused patents in the past (Like Amazon with its One Click). Maybe I've only felt that way since IBM started helping the OSS community more.
I like the idea of patents, but I loathe the way some companies abuse something that can be used to help the little man break into an industry by creating something truly innovative without having the big boys crush them. But now days, big companies like Microsoft are filing patents left and right and just seeing what sticks. It doesn't matter if they're invalid, MS will still file them and call it innovation.
What was I talking about again?
That said, it's funny to see the same fanbois that criticized MS for all of the issues surrounding the 360 launch (fights, eBay profiteering, etc.), run to Sony's defense when it happens to their console launch.
Since we're talking about the japan launch here, I cannot agree with you. The Xbox 360 basically failed in Japan and was readily available in Japan on launch day. Hell, even many days later, the Xbox 360 was easy to find in Japan (even at the launch store, Tsutaya in Shibuya).
20,000 yen is also about $1329
In canadian dollars?