Does IBM own the essays, though? This was mentioned with Google's CodeJam thing too - Google stated that they pretty much owned whatever code was submitted and used to solve the problems.
~stephen
Would encryption be of any use? I'm not familar with the "Tempest project" thing mentioned above.
And besides, if you're close enough to use a short range antenna (very short range, I'm guessing), you're close enough to mug 'em. Perhaps not as clean, and much more noticible, but a heck of a lot easier.
Because the number of Mac is so small than it hasn't been able to successfully reproduce itself?
I'm not joking or trolling: think about an exploit trying to crack into Macs, scanning random ip addresses for spreading, given the small number of Macs there is, it has only a small chance to be able to reproduce itself before the owner discover something is wrong and reinstall the Mac..
How about one that exploits a Windows hole and also a Mac hole? The Windows user base spreads it, and Macs finally become affected.
It's been widely repeated by many of my compatriots that Macs are simply more secure because they have a tiny user base.
However, hacker culture is based on egos, correct? Imagine the fame one could gain by creating a virus that infects Macs too - they'ed be able to smash the "Macs don't get virii(?)" claim and they would get attention - for some people, good or bad doesn't matter.
I'm sure a Mac virus for OS X has at the very least been attempted. Why hasn't it succeeded at spreading all around?
My guess is
A) To keep the title short and sweet
B) Giving OS X an edge (conciously or not) because of its "underdog" status
C) Poster doesn't like BSD?
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Improving boot time on a ThinkPad...
Does IBM own the essays, though? This was mentioned with Google's CodeJam thing too - Google stated that they pretty much owned whatever code was submitted and used to solve the problems. ~stephen
Eclipseses?
Whatever. Anyways, I'm not sure if it happened anywhere else in the world, but here in Northern VA we just had a lunar eclipse the other night.
*sigh*...
This is Slashdot, son. You'd better run on back to the playground to play before naptime starts!
I'll take the latter, thank you very much. It's what /.ers do best ;)
but there's prior art.
When has that stopped the patent office?
Preview for OS X, though, is freaking awesome. It had better be, though, since PDFs are integrated into the OS.
Would encryption be of any use? I'm not familar with the "Tempest project" thing mentioned above.
And besides, if you're close enough to use a short range antenna (very short range, I'm guessing), you're close enough to mug 'em. Perhaps not as clean, and much more noticible, but a heck of a lot easier.
Slashdot's a year late? Come on now...
Heck, a lot of the stuff that gets posted here I've already heard of... but a year late? We can all do better...
may cause excessive cravings for low quality russian cameras!
I know I want one now...
Because the number of Mac is so small than it hasn't been able to successfully reproduce itself? I'm not joking or trolling: think about an exploit trying to crack into Macs, scanning random ip addresses for spreading, given the small number of Macs there is, it has only a small chance to be able to reproduce itself before the owner discover something is wrong and reinstall the Mac.. How about one that exploits a Windows hole and also a Mac hole? The Windows user base spreads it, and Macs finally become affected.
But how many people actually direct connect to the internet?
Quite few average joes, actually.
What about Tiger? As far as I know, no virii for 10.4 either.
It's been widely repeated by many of my compatriots that Macs are simply more secure because they have a tiny user base. However, hacker culture is based on egos, correct? Imagine the fame one could gain by creating a virus that infects Macs too - they'ed be able to smash the "Macs don't get virii(?)" claim and they would get attention - for some people, good or bad doesn't matter.
I'm sure a Mac virus for OS X has at the very least been attempted. Why hasn't it succeeded at spreading all around?
OS X really is more secure
My guess is A) To keep the title short and sweet B) Giving OS X an edge (conciously or not) because of its "underdog" status C) Poster doesn't like BSD?