tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post3720495994792578642..comments2024-01-16T05:48:33.523-05:00Comments on Errata Security: Queens wear brown...David Maynorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09921229607193067441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post-23218778235413240452008-04-01T14:36:00.000-04:002008-04-01T14:36:00.000-04:00Faux Sexiness?? You are in the minority if you thi...Faux Sexiness?? You are in the minority if you think the Mac Air is "Faux Sexy". If the PC's were cracked first this story would not be making the rounds. In that case it would have been "what else is new?"Ozylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936773055504183995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37798047.post-42192706810724125862008-04-01T05:37:00.000-04:002008-04-01T05:37:00.000-04:00I've wondered at times if "the Macalope" is Gruber...I've wondered at times if "the Macalope" is Gruber. I think I see some similarities there now and then both in opinion and in language. Each points to the other very eagerly at times, too. The Macalope says some things Gruber wouldn't -- Daring Fireball, I saw, played safe on this one and linked to Rich Mogull -- but then *whoever* the Macalope belongs to it exists as an anonymous mask for saying what its owner mightn't avow in his real name anyway.<BR/><BR/>I think it's possible that when the Macalope says "Plus, you hack it, you keep it. So, sure, everyone's trying to hack the Air" he's not being totally serious. He may just be making a joke at the expense of the PC OEMs, many of whom don't, after all, come up with interesting and desirable hardware. And stroking the egos of the Mac-using readers who'll take that point even if they don't take the one that's ostensibly being made will help his relationship with the readers.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, there is an admission that perhaps all is not as it should be on the Mac buried in that article:<BR/><BR/>"It may very well be that it's easier to exploit certain vectors on the Mac. The Macalope's not qualified to make that call."<BR/><BR/>But, sure, that's barely whispered, and the article is mostly fluff.<BR/><BR/>Given that, despite whatever Apple should have done and haven't, OS X isn't much of a target (at least currently) I can't say I worry about using it. But maybe I ought to use Firefox when I'm on OS X. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com