On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 09:27:32AM -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote: > > > > Or Apple, sacrifices your > > > security by wordsmithing. According to them, they don't get malware, > > their > > > computers just have "unwanted programs." > > > > Not ever being an Apple user, I hadn't heard that before. When I read > > your post, I fell off the chair laughing. One more reason why I doubt if > > I will ever use an Apple computer or anything else. > > > > I had pretty much the same reaction. I was listening to Tracy Holtz on the > techie geek podcast, and he was relating the story. He used to run a PC > repair shop, and a customer brought his or her Mac in to have it cleaned. > They had apparently taken it to the "genius" bar more than once, and they > said there was no virus. So they took it to Tracy, who cleaned it and then > billed it back to Apple. The regional director of marketing was the one who > told him that... > > That said, I have a (work) iphone 4 that I absolutely loathe because of the > walled garden. I have a Nokia N900 that i use for media playback, and I > have a set of bluetooth headphones, which I have paired with both. I turned > off the HFP and HSP (hands-free and headset profiles) on the N900, but in > order to turn off the multimedia profiles on the iphone, I have to buy a > $5.99 app. While I can afford that, I refuse to buy an app for a work > phone, and I especially refuse to buy an app to do something that took me > about 6 seconds in vim on the N900... But, but, you would deprive Apple of that $5.99? Commie!!! -- Bob Holtzman Our company's mission is to enable data-stream synergies with confluent bullshit mining,
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