"Everyone so ardently defending Walmart in this case and accusing this woman and her husband of “insurance fraud” should seriously think about the damage they are doing to their own humanity and decency. One day we will all have to answer for the evil we’ve done and the evil we’ve approved of."
WTF? I did no damage by saying that Walmart was in the right in this instance to humanity or decency. Save the crocodile tears, seriously.
And yes one day we will. Remember that the next time you go throwing stones.
I am no fan of Wal-Mart, but they are doing nothing illegal OR immoral in this case.
While the woman may claim to NEED the money, what she did was illegal according to the documents she signed. While I feel sorry for her condition, we should also take responsibilities for our own actions.
Besides that, her settlement should have payed all her bills. And the insurance agreement she signed said if she got any settlement that she would pay back said money.
All Wal-Mart is doing is asking her to keep her promise she made.
There are other things far worse Wal-Mart does. Choose your battles.
Anyhow to put this to rest, she doesn't have any virus or maleware that is making her machine do these things. Yes, if it was a Windows box I would have thought the same thing.
I would take it to an Apple specialist and have them run a hardware test on it. If it has a hardware failure then Apple usually does a decent job of replacing it. I know when my old G3 tower's firewire ports stopped working and it was out of Warranty, Apple went ahead and replaced the board for a $50 cost. (Basically shipping)
"Kevin: There is malware for OSX. and has been for a long time. Full stop."
You didn't read what I said. I said yes, they have found vulnerabilities. But this hasn't effected ONE Mac user yet. And no, it hasn't been a long time, and it's nowhere near the amount Windows has. And this has something to do with market share, AND something to do with Windows being more insecure than the Mac OS
"I am working with them (not only), and with loads of them, so i pretty much know what i am doing most of the time"
You are working with them what? Be specific when you write.
" and saying that there is an operating system for which there is no malware is just bollocks. there is malware for unix, linux, osx and windows. and lots of windows malware because so many people use it."
The maleware problem Windows has has to do with it's usage AND MSs crappy coding and "no care" policy on such things. As Gates has said himself. I have never seen CRAP about OS X maleware. Why isn't there any removers for such things for OS X then? Where are they at?
"Other, less known OSes are way less secure than even XP or 98 (oh and there are big fat reasons for which I dont think that vista is a good OS just yet) but since no one uses it, there is just little malware, and the stuff that does exist, is mainly there for testing purposes."
Again, I said that it didn't exist in the public. No one had been bit by it. I didn't say it didn't exist at all.
No OS X computer has been infected by it. And you can say that is because it has small numbers, but that would be dishonest. Because back in the classic days there were viruses that got around and spread with a even smaller user base.
Yes, one of the reasons Windows DOES get viruses more often is because it's the one used the most. But that isn't the only reason. That's not even the main reason.
"no, macs are not resistant to malware like viruses and such. It’s just that everyone believes that, because Steve Jobs doesn’t do a god job in sharing information on vulnerabilities; OSX is full of them."
Yet no one knows of anyone that has gotten any viruses or malware using OS X since it's existence..
I think what you mean is, they have found (and quickly patched) vulnerabilities in OS X that they say someone might have been able to do something malicious, but it never has happened.
Then you say this
"The bigger the Mac-Sect grows, the more malware will be released for that operating system."
They would have to figure out a way to exploit it, and for it to actually spread first.
"The only reason, why Windows has so many viruses is not that it is so badly coded (all operating systems have their flaws) but that so so many people use it, i.e. the target group is simply bigger."
No, it's coding and MS leaving it's OS wide open IS a reason that it has so much problems.
Especially with quotes like this coming from Gates himself...
"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."
"Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy."
"You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way. "
"We're no longer in the days where everything is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make it to the top, you'll find that the key internal code was done by a few people who really know what they were doing."
"I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes. The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
Until recently, MS wasn't too concerned about bug fixes, or security.
I see Vista finally started using permissions the way SECURE computers are supposed to, and my comments about windows only covers XP and below, as I don't have any experience with Vista (My barely 2 year old Windows box wont run Vista.. But my 4 year old Mac runs 10.5 just fine.. )
I am just so tired of hearing FUD coming from both ends of the spectrum.
Do I think there will be vulnerabilities in OS X if it had a larger market share? Maybe. More than likely.
Do I think it would have as much problems as Windows has had? No. Their priorities are different than that of MS.
MS has people brainwashed into thinking that it's a COMMON thing to have to run such software (malware removers, virus scanners) constantly on a CONSUMER device. One should have to take a college course to learn to run and keep up a CONSUMER device.
Now am I saying that OS X is perfect and has no problems? Of course not. That would be silly and zealous. But it's years ahead of Windows right now as far as stability and features goes.
And I am no Apple fanboy. If I could use Linux for what I do, I would just because it's a cheaper alternative. If something better came out for what I do, I would be all over it in a second.
As of right now, there simply is none.
These are just tools people. No need to get emotionally attached to them to the point where you start making up FUD.
WTF? I did no damage by saying that Walmart was in the right in this instance to humanity or decency. Save the crocodile tears, seriously.
And yes one day we will. Remember that the next time you go throwing stones.
While the woman may claim to NEED the money, what she did was illegal according to the documents she signed. While I feel sorry for her condition, we should also take responsibilities for our own actions.
Besides that, her settlement should have payed all her bills. And the insurance agreement she signed said if she got any settlement that she would pay back said money.
All Wal-Mart is doing is asking her to keep her promise she made.
There are other things far worse Wal-Mart does. Choose your battles.
I would take it to an Apple specialist and have them run a hardware test on it. If it has a hardware failure then Apple usually does a decent job of replacing it. I know when my old G3 tower's firewire ports stopped working and it was out of Warranty, Apple went ahead and replaced the board for a $50 cost. (Basically shipping)
Of course it's not! It's not a Linux OS!
He has been known to bash anything not Linux. He's very egotistical ya know. :)
I'd use Linux if it was user friendly and had major application support.
But so far, the only .nix that has that is OS X.
You didn't read what I said. I said yes, they have found vulnerabilities.
But this hasn't effected ONE Mac user yet. And no, it hasn't been a long time, and it's nowhere near the amount Windows has. And this has something to do with market share, AND something to do with Windows being more insecure than the Mac OS
"I am working with them (not only), and with loads of them, so i pretty much know what i am doing most of the time"
You are working with them what? Be specific when you write.
" and saying that there is an operating system for which there is no malware is just bollocks. there is malware for unix, linux, osx and windows. and lots of windows malware because so many people use it."
The maleware problem Windows has has to do with it's usage AND MSs crappy coding and "no care" policy on such things. As Gates has said himself. I have never seen CRAP about OS X maleware. Why isn't there any removers for such things for OS X then? Where are they at?
"Other, less known OSes are way less secure than even XP or 98 (oh and there are big fat reasons for which I dont think that vista is a good OS just yet) but since no one uses it, there is just little malware, and the stuff that does exist, is mainly there for testing purposes."
Again, I said that it didn't exist in the public. No one had been bit by it. I didn't say it didn't exist at all.
No OS X computer has been infected by it. And you can say that is because it has small numbers, but that would be dishonest. Because back in the classic days there were viruses that got around and spread with a even smaller user base.
Yes, one of the reasons Windows DOES get viruses more often is because it's the one used the most. But that isn't the only reason. That's not even the main reason.
My bad.
"no, macs are not resistant to malware like viruses and such. It’s just that everyone believes that, because Steve Jobs doesn’t do a god job in sharing information on vulnerabilities; OSX is full of them."
Yet no one knows of anyone that has gotten any viruses or malware using OS X since it's existence..
I think what you mean is, they have found (and quickly patched) vulnerabilities in OS X that they say someone might have been able to do something malicious, but it never has happened.
Then you say this
"The bigger the Mac-Sect grows, the more malware will be released for that operating system."
They would have to figure out a way to exploit it, and for it to actually spread first.
"The only reason, why Windows has so many viruses is not that it is so badly coded (all operating systems have their flaws) but that so so many people use it, i.e. the target group is simply bigger."
No, it's coding and MS leaving it's OS wide open IS a reason that it has so much problems.
Especially with quotes like this coming from Gates himself...
"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."
"Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy."
"You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way. "
"We're no longer in the days where everything is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make it to the top, you'll find that the key internal code was done by a few people who really know what they were doing."
"I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes. The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
Until recently, MS wasn't too concerned about bug fixes, or security.
I see Vista finally started using permissions the way SECURE computers are supposed to, and my comments about windows only covers XP and below, as I don't have any experience with Vista (My barely 2 year old Windows box wont run Vista.. But my 4 year old Mac runs 10.5 just fine.. )
I am just so tired of hearing FUD coming from both ends of the spectrum.
Do I think there will be vulnerabilities in OS X if it had a larger market share? Maybe. More than likely.
Do I think it would have as much problems as Windows has had? No. Their priorities are different than that of MS.
MS has people brainwashed into thinking that it's a COMMON thing to have to run such software (malware removers, virus scanners) constantly on a CONSUMER device. One should have to take a college course to learn to run and keep up a CONSUMER device.
Now am I saying that OS X is perfect and has no problems? Of course not. That would be silly and zealous. But it's years ahead of Windows right now as far as stability and features goes.
And I am no Apple fanboy. If I could use Linux for what I do, I would just because it's a cheaper alternative. If something better came out for what I do, I would be all over it in a second.
As of right now, there simply is none.
These are just tools people. No need to get emotionally attached to them to the point where you start making up FUD.