On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 02:42:49PM -0400, charlie derr wrote:
DRM is the scourge of the earth and it's so embedded into the OS [...]
I refer to any OS with embedded DRM as pre-compromised at the factory.
---Rsk
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:41:50AM -0700, ch...@blask.org wrote:
Same with hybrids - lower emissions and may be nice cars (I test drove
a Prius and was surprised that I really liked it) - but if you see one
that has a I Heart teh Environment bumper sticker you should be allowed
to ram it
--- On Thu, 10/1/09, Rich Kulawiec r...@gsp.org wrote:
At the opposite end of the scale, I was passed on the
highway by a bright yellow Hummer monstrosity with a
Drill Baby Drill bumper sticker. Unfortunately, I was
all out of tactical nuclear weapons at the time, or I
would have adjusted
ch...@blask.org writes:
I'd bet $12 that Prius and Hummer owners are statistically more likely to
own Macs.
lots of bicyclists and VW pseudobug owners among my local Mac owners.
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Paul Vixie
KI6YSY
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--- On Tue, 9/29/09, Peter Evans pe...@ixp.jp wrote:
Totally! I approve!
Having recently watched the Smug Storm episode of South Park with my kids and
explained to them the incredible evil of smugness, my nine-year-old daughter
now thumbs-ups every hybrid she sees (good fer you!) and
Simply put, a Mac is a UNIX box with a great GUI that runs most
commercial, off-the-shelf software that people actually want. For me,
that's worth paying a premium.
Yeah, yeah, nitpick about Mach, blah, blah, blah...
Are you at risk doing stupid things with a Mac? Sure, just like
you're
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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:50 PM
To: ch...@blask.org
Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org
Subject: Re: [funsec] What was that about hubris?
Simply put, a Mac is a UNIX box with a great GUI that runs most
commercial, off-the-shelf
--- On Wed, 9/30/09, Paul M. Moriarty p...@igtc.com wrote:
Simply put, a Mac is a UNIX box with
a great GUI that runs most commercial, off-the-shelf
software that people actually want. For me, that's
worth paying a premium.
Yeah, yeah, nitpick about Mach, blah, blah, blah...
Are you at
Alex Eckelberry wrote:
Macs rock. It's hard to say bad things about them,
snippage
Maybe so, but I love a challenge, so please let me try :-]
DRM is the scourge of the earth and it's so embedded into the OS (with all
kinds of shady marketing to try to make itunes as
ubiquitous as possible)
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:49:40 +0100, Paul M. Moriarty p...@igtc.com wrote:
Simply put, a Mac is a UNIX box with a great GUI that runs most
commercial, off-the-shelf software that people actually want. For me,
that's worth paying a premium.
Great GUI? So explain the stuck in the 80s concept of
I used Gnome as my primary desktop for years. The term lipstick on a
pig springs to mind.
When I finally decided I didn't want to be a computer hobbyist any
more, i.e., constantly tinkering to get my machine to work just so,
that's when I bought a Mac.
On Sep 30, 2009, at 1:44 PM, David
--- On Wed, 9/30/09, charlie derr cd...@simons-rock.edu wrote:
Alex Eckelberry wrote:
Macs rock. It's hard to say bad things about them,
Oh, I dunno. Let me try a few:
DRM is the scourge of the earth and it's so embedded into
You touched right at the core of my dissatisfaction.
[ahem]
A network of Russian malware writers and spammers paid hackers 43 cents for
each Mac machine they infected with bogus video software, a sign that Macs have
become attack targets. Mac users, who often dismiss security as a problem only
for people running Microsofts Windows, are increasingly at
--- On Tue, 9/29/09, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah
rmsl...@shaw.ca wrote:
Mac users, who often dismiss security as a problem only
for people running Microsoft’s Windows, are increasingly
at risk on the Web.
I'm enjoying this way too much. Does that make me a bad person?
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