Re: [silk] Google ditches Windows?

2010-06-01 Thread anish . mohammed
>It's the 80:20 rule. If you have to spend the >same amount of effort >>crafting a Windows exploit as a Mac >exploit you'd be stupid to write a >Mac exploit. When someone, in the context >of malware, says the Mac >isn't "mainstream" they aren't dissing the >Mac platform, they're >observing the real

Re: [silk] Google ditches Windows?

2010-06-01 Thread Charles Haynes
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Casey O'Donnell wrote: > Furthermore, I think the argument simply doesn't hold water any more, > given the much more widespread use of OS X now compared to a few years > ago. To say that OS X isn't in "mainstream use" just doesn't make > sense to me. It's the 80:

Re: [silk] The Mongoliad

2010-06-01 Thread Jeremy Bornstein
Certainly there's no requirement for the acquisition of any specific kind of device. We're making clients for iPhone, iPad, Kindle, and Android, but you'll be able to use a regular ol' web browser too. These days my archery practice is limited to going out into the backyard and using a target les

Re: [silk] Google ditches Windows?

2010-06-01 Thread Tim Bray
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > There's number of attacks, and there's intrinsic vulnerability. OS X > is pretty vulnerable, Linux less so, and *BSD even less. Then you > must differentiate by desktop vs. server, and whether the systems > are well-kept, hardened or stock, etc

Re: [silk] Google ditches Windows?

2010-06-01 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 09:40:33AM +0530, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > Isn't the lack of mainstream use the main reason Apple and Linux don't see > as many attacks? Therefore, if all of Google were on Apple and Linux, I > guess there is enough reason for a hacker to build up his skills on those >

Re: [silk] Google ditches Windows?

2010-06-01 Thread ss
On Tuesday 01 Jun 2010 9:40:33 am Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > Isn't the lack of mainstream use the main reason Apple and Linux don't see > as many attacks? Therefore, if all of Google were on Apple and Linux, I > guess there is enough reason for a hacker to build up his skills on those > OSes? I

Re: [silk] Google ditches Windows?

2010-06-01 Thread Casey O'Donnell
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > Isn't the lack of mainstream use the main reason Apple and Linux don't see > as many attacks? Therefore, if all of Google were on Apple and Linux, I > guess there is enough reason for a hacker to build up his skills on those > OSes? I'

Re: [silk] The Mongoliad

2010-06-01 Thread Indrajit Gupta
Yes, but It is enough to be ahead, 'a little ahead' meaning a knee ahead at least, on either side. While a normal player would prefer to take an off-side shot while riding off the other guy, anybody 4 goals or more can take a near-side shot with almost the same ease. What matters is how b

Re: [silk] The Mongoliad

2010-06-01 Thread Dave Long
Can't say I'm likely to participate in anything where the barrier to entry is iPhone acquisition, but as I happen to believe many current equestrian disciplines are the ossified remnants of what was previously useful at different epochs in mounted combat, you might just tempt me, if you can

Re: [silk] In India, Sometimes News Is Just a Product Placement

2010-06-01 Thread Ingrid
On 1 June 2010 12:22, Sruthi Krishnan wrote: > I think in the last thread on paid news too this piece by Sevanti > Ninan was mentioned. Don't remember too well, but it is worth another > dekko -- 'Paid news for dummies'. > > http://www.thehindu.com/mag/2010/03/28/stories/2010032850090300.htm > >

Re: [silk] In India, Sometimes News Is Just a Product Placement

2010-06-01 Thread Sruthi Krishnan
I think in the last thread on paid news too this piece by Sevanti Ninan was mentioned. Don't remember too well, but it is worth another dekko -- 'Paid news for dummies'. http://www.thehindu.com/mag/2010/03/28/stories/2010032850090300.htm An excerpt: So what are the honchos in charge saying about