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From: Pd on 1 Jun 2010 09:36 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html > The end is nigh-ish :-) I wonder if that will hasten the arrival of Mac exploits being used in the wild. -- Pd
From: David Kennedy on 1 Jun 2010 11:06 Pd wrote: > R<me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html >> The end is nigh-ish :-) > > I wonder if that will hasten the arrival of Mac exploits being used in > the wild. > I wonder if it will hasten the script kiddies trying to unleash more Mac Virii... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: J. J. Lodder on 1 Jun 2010 14:44 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Pd wrote: > > R<me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html > >> The end is nigh-ish :-) > > > > I wonder if that will hasten the arrival of Mac exploits being used in > > the wild. > > > I wonder if it will hasten the script kiddies trying to unleash more Mac > Virii... Whadayamean, 'more', Jan
From: Rowland McDonnell on 1 Jun 2010 23:39 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html > > The end is nigh-ish :-) The original article was put up some 34 minutes sooner than it should have been, methinks. "Published: May 31 2010 23:26" Rowland. P.S. I've read more of this sort of `offical statement press release with manufactured quotes' than you've had hot dinners. I used to get through thousands each week. Oh god my brain is melting and oh god the `speech' patterns that are alleged... "Particularly since the China scare, a lot of people here are using Macs for security" ARGH!!!!!! I mean, who ever talks like that in real life, eh? Pfft. I've long thought that the quotes attributed to a lot of these people allegedly quoted in the genuine press releases are written by PR people and run by the `claimed sources' just to make sure that they're not too badly wrong. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 1 Jun 2010 23:39
J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > > > Pd wrote: > > > R<me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > >> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html > > >> The end is nigh-ish :-) > > > > > > I wonder if that will hasten the arrival of Mac exploits being used in > > > the wild. > > > > > I wonder if it will hasten the script kiddies trying to unleash more Mac > > Virii... > > Whadayamean, 'more', In this context, `a larger quantity' seems the most likely definition of the word `more' intended by the original author. Given that the number of MacOS X viruses (note use of the correct English plural form) in the wild is zero, then `unleash more Mac viruses' means `unleash any number of Mac viruses which can be expressed in counting numbers'[1], on account of the fact that reality doesn't permit the existence of a fractional virus. This is the same situation as would be the case if there were a positive integer number of Mac OS X viruses in the wild. If the number of Mac viruses in the wild could be expressed as a complex number with non-zero imaginary component, you might want to think about the magnitude of the resulting vector as the quantity to be assessed to see if you've got `more', but I'm not sure how one might unleash an imaginary virus for real. I hope this lesson in the use of the English language for piggin' awkward bloody Dutch wossnames proves helpful. Not that the miserable sod needed it. Rowland. [1] Defined as the set of non-zero positive integers. N.B: There is plenty of MacOS X malware out there in the wild; it's just that none of the malware counts as a virus. There are also lots of pre MacOS X viruses out there, but you're unlikely to get infected with one by accident. I never met one running loose in several years of pre MacOS X 'net access. P.S. The above tract contains both irony and sarcasm. If you find that it irritates you, please refrain from commenting. If you don't get it, you'll not understand my explanations of what you've missed. If you do feel the urge to make an abusive post in response to me, please visit your GP before pressing `send'. You might find you can get some help with your disorder. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |