Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.freeware,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:20:58 -0700 Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <86549329f10d815d2e5922dee68cf94a@anemone.mooo.com> <210920151849448520%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151828504734%nospam@nospam.invalid> <5tmdnY_rbLLTfY7LnZ2dnUU7-U-dnZ2d@supernews.com> <561558d3$0$49167$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> <56156f69$0$31579$c3e8da3$88b277c5@news.astraweb.com> <56159e8c$0$25164$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com> <56165995$0$19798$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com> <561847f7$0$31218$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ke8uhdjok3e3RmmVyF2qageW8z5XjQQzI+sX6qhjvs4h0L9ioQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:cbDeYIDSyrMPb3q7FPHjvdUoJ7Q= 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: AdEC6SdGPqkqEdPWu0+dskkshJnIYQ== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:82874 alt.comp.freeware:245837 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325921 On 10/9/15, 4:04 PM, in article 561847f7$0$31218$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com, "vallor" wrote: > On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:55:01 -0400, Warren Oates wrote: > >> In article <56159e8c$0$25164$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com>, >> vallor wrote: >> >>> If you run two different applications that use their own versions of >>> libavcodec, you're not getting one of the big benefits of shared >>> libraries: saving RAM by only having one copy of the library loaded >>> into memory. >> >> Only if they're both running at once. I've got lotsa RAM anyway. > > That's a good point. > > And I just poked around on Mac Mini full of applications, and didn't find > a lot of libraries duplicated in the bundles. (Assuming they would be > under /Applications/*.app/Contents/Frameworks/*.framework/ ... ) > > Incidentally, the same technology that gives you shared libraries also > gives you shared executables, where program code pages are shared. And > in low-RAM conditions, they'll even be dropped from memory (not swapped > out), because if the memory manager needs that code page again, the page > fault just loads it from the executable. > > How a guy with a "masters in IT" doesn't know how that works, I dunno, > but maybe he really "should get his money back"... ;) Funny how you never call Peter out on his idiotic claims but attack me for claims you think I made which you think are wrong. By the way, can you actually quote what you think I got wrong? The herd defends the herd. -- * 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: