>And that is what I was trying to do - install the flight >simulator... Except that it's not a "general" app, it's special.
The idea of "general" app vs. "special" app is totally foreign to me. All apps can do potentially harmful things to a computer so I worry about all apps. If there are no safeguards about any random app running I am concerned. A while back Flash was able to update itself without getting intercepted by OS X. I was very unhappy about that and am glad this is no longer the case. We really do need to have the OS able to protect itself. One reason I like hardware applicances is because all their code is in firmware. While it can be updated, it is a special process. It sometimes even requires that hardware buttons get pressed a certain way, so the hardware protects the firmware. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
