It's a strange thing that "do unto others as you would have others do unto you" is not only the most important teaching of Jesus but also the most overlooked, especially here in Jeebus Country USA

I'm with you. I know there are plenty of reasons not to like Apple (in fact many of my own disagreements with Apple have come about only very recently), but trolling statements like this from grandparent are just ridiculous. At least make sure your argument makes sense.

Well, it's certainly not in patents. MS could have purchased the COPYRIGHT to the UNIX code (which the SCO case ruled was owned by Novell, IIRC). SCO challenged that Linux infringed on the UNIX copyrights, and this ruled incorrect. Nothing to see here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrit_Jaswal

Obviously you're not from Detroit.

[ Af:-2 At:-10 Sp:0] I put on my wizard robe and hat

Um, the jailbroken iPhone sends signals to T-Mobile's network?

No, but we do have a lot of people who like to think they know what they're talking about

..."genes to control human flight" and get really excited for a second?

Post was cut off by an XSS attack? ;-) Seriously though, can't we just build those int the functions? This doesn't really seem late enough in the game to cry foul, just add security assertations to the existing functions. It's not as if it's that conplex yet, is it?

I don't understand, the code hasn't been designed yet. Patch it. The problem is there aren't any security assertations built into some transactions? How hard is submitting a patch with an "if GUID_allowed() != true then gtfo()" ? Shortcuts where taken to meet a deadline and provide a bare-bones demo. I'm pretty sure we can't be at the point of no return to implement security, even if a bunch of things get re-written and reworked in their entirety. It was either this or not release, which everyone would have screamed "OMFG VAPORWARE". Put your money where your mouth is, people, and patch, patch, patch.

Developers, developers, developers, developers.

Open Source projects for Windows mean more functionality, interoperability, and convenience for Windows users, and Microsoft doesn't have to do a damn thing to get it. Open Source and Linux are two different things, and Microsoft now realizes this.

It's more like putting all the swap space on the outer disc tracks and installing the drive vertically so the arm moves in a downward motion when seeking towards swap - it makes paging in/out just a wee bit faster in situations because the drive arm gets there faster due to gravity assist.

...which is likely complete bullshit, but so are most of the car analogies I've read :-)