Nice use of the "li" tag. I'll have to remember that.

But, without telling me which version of the Airs, I can't tell you whether they have TB ports. The first-generation Airs only had USB. And I don't know if the new "MacBook" (non-"Pro") qualifies as "vulnerable" either; since (I think) it actually does "TB-Over-USB-C".

And, as I said, MOST of time, Macs without intrinsic Terrestrial Ethernet ports simply use WiFi; and so most of those people don't even know that there is a TB-Ethernet adapter.

And do you really want to see the list of Macs still being sold and/or still in common use that do have a Terrestrial Ethernet port? I assure you, it is a LOT more models than your measly little list.

So, actually, you proved my point, not yours. Thanks!!!

Actually, I thought I was buying a PC. I don't know what your problem is.

Oh, and nice job of artificially-increasing the attack surface, by ignoring one of the criteria "Must have a TB Ethernet Adapter" (or at least a TB Device with an "Option ROM").

Typical Slashtard. Hate, hate, hate. It's all some people know how to do.

WRONG!!!

Actually, any TB device with an "Option ROM" . Is that all of them? Somehow, I think not, or the Article would have been even more breathless.

In fact, according to TFA, it specifically mentioned External TB SSDs and the TB Ethernet Adapter. Both would be pretty rare in the Mac installed base.

This is not like the recent StageFright exploit for Android, where virtually every-single-device on the Platform is vulnerable (what was it, like 990 million?); but rather, is confined to the UNION of the sets:

1. The Macs that use a TB Ethernet adapter. That, my fine readers, is a REALLY small group. Most Macs still have built-in Ethernet connectors, and those that don't are usually connected through WiFi instead of a TB adapter.

2. Those who fall for some unknown social-engineering trap.

That's one small-ass percentage of the overall Mac-using population.

IOW, nasty as this could be, there really is nothing to see here.

Not to defend systemd; but...

isn't the script run by initd a form of "monolithic" construction? If the script is broken, system doesn't boot, right?

If something happens with cron, some processes don't get launched. Etc.

You're right. It was an all-stock deal.

Here is the most complete telling of the story, in the words of those who were actually there, that I have ever seen. If you're really interested in the facts.

So, my counter-question to those who still insist that Apple somehow ripped-off Xerox PARC, is: "If Apple ripped off Xerox, did Xerox rip off SRI and Doug Englebert?"

You're right; there is more than one way to look at it. The one where the facts dictate the conclusion, and your way, where Apple must always be Teh Evilz! Rather than your bullshit "analogy", it's more like I called you up, asked if I could come look at your TV with an eye to purchasing it, then came over, looked at the TV, and wrote you a check for it, which you accepted, then left with the TV.

BIG difference.

You have your history backwards. The Apple Menu preceded the Windows Start Menu by nearly a Decade.

Having had lots of experience with both MacOS Aliases (and OS X Aliases), and Windows' Shortcuts, I can tell you that the Order of Robustness, from most Robust to Least is:

1. MacOS Aliases. They are EXTREMELY hard to "orphan".

2. OS X Aliases (which for some unknown reason are NOT just SymLinks!!!!)

3. Windows Shortcuts

Of course, that wasn't a unique idea of Microsoft's

Apple added them in System 7, which was introduced in May, 1991, quite a few years before Win95 debuted (and probably even before it was even a serious development project), and UNIX had the similar Symbolic Links who-knows-how-long before that.

If you are referring to the Research that Apple PURCHASED from Xerox PARC, then I can't see his justificaton to punch "Apple".

Well, since he probably "determined" that before Einstein's General (or is it Special?) Theory of Relativity, he might be excused that faux pas.

And I would characterize him as "Brilliant", not just "Very Smart".

And yes, he had a few bats in his belfry; but that seems to often go with "Genius", ya know? It seems that, when a person has the ability to "see beyond" what people think of "reality", they don't just stop at one particular topic. But that peccadillo is certainly not unique to ol' St. Nikola.

No, I get it. I just wasn't thinking. Thanks!

Yeah, where anything over a couple of Amps requires a cable as thick as your little-finger. And with the price of Copper, that sounds like a giant step in the wrong direction.

And I doubt you'll find any marine or RV applications for HV DC, for some pretty obvious (and deadly) reasons. And once you get past the consumer-level of marine and "RV", generation and distribution goes back to AC pretty damned fast.

Um, despite the Dyson commercials to the contrary, there is no such thing as a "Digital Motor".