Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:22:36 -0700 Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <86549329f10d815d2e5922dee68cf94a@anemone.mooo.com> <210920151849448520%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151828504734%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151852561506%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151911207774%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020152005503949%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020152029590863%nospam@nospam.invalid> <5612928c$0$49041$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net JgpP6h85DkJsUO2Kqw0Pgwiunygjl5LnDD0dmhJOROVJkbHpKL Cancel-Lock: sha1:oZ/l7NGICgUaVFsRqit9DxXauqY= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Thread-Index: AdECIDdGCLuyfE+7Ekq+kAt1Teuf5g== Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.freeware:245664 comp.sys.mac.system:82637 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325641 On 10/8/15, 1:05 PM, in article d7o0jjFffurU1@mid.individual.net, "Lloyd Parsons" wrote: >> Since the majority of appeals to authority here seem to be focused on Silicon >> Valley, then there's a strong chance that the fruity logo is just a status >> symbol. This has been a passing fad in other industries. ... >>> I just had a recent stay in a major hospital and the doctors, nurses and >>> staff were all using iPads. The nurses station was using a combination of >>> Macs and Windows. >>> >> Given the level of beaurocracy in medicine, not likely. >> >> You would be lucky to see anything that isn't VERY OLD. >> > More complete bullshit from you. I live in the boonies and our hospitals are > very modern. Some use iPads, some don't. The computers are a fairly mixed > bag of OSX and Windows. Hospitals are a place where they would benefit from having people see them as having higher "status". IF he was right that people see Macs as providing that higher status, being some form of status symbol, then hospitals would move to them even with all else being equal. His claims are contradictory. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: