Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.freeware,alt.hacker,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: 6 Oct 2015 05:43:43 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <6uudnU6rVZP8YYzLnZ2dnUU7-WGdnZ2d@supernews.com> <7Y6dnbX9lNz4SI_LnZ2dnUU7-W2dnZ2d@supernews.com> <4M6dnQEwqcY7g47LnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@supernews.com> <20151006045245.4e2db9a2@maxa-pc> <20151006050315.2d9d40ce@maxa-pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net o/iG2NwSSbUuoMjWQYAi2AchchLMcdsYlpNw43aACTv6kvsu6t Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:C/5owftmivPq31GGoBUGTYcT1Vc= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81772 alt.comp.freeware:244935 alt.hacker:8717 alt.privacy.anon-server:45879 comp.os.linux.advocacy:324763 Snit wrote: > On 10/5/15, 9:03 PM, in article > R72dnSWVA_eT1Y7LnZ2dnUU7-fmdnZ2d@supernews.com, "nom de plume" > wrote: > >> On 2015-10-06, Snit wrote: >>> OK, so you have tools for the sake of tools. Cool. >>> >>> I like to be able to get tasks done. >> >> No, what you've done here is expose yourself as a troll. You dismiss hat >> others tell you is important and then claim what you do or want to do is >> more important. > > I noted getting tasks done is what is important to me. > > You noted being able to fix your system when it breaks is important to you. > Why not just get a system that is not prone to breaking? No shit. On OS X, to remove an app you toss it in the trash, and to remove the preferences you drag the prefs file in ~/Library/Preferences. It works that way because OS X was designed that way. No tinkering required. That's a clear example of why Linux is not considered to be a good desktop OS. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR