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Posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 05:55:17 2015 The documents are distributed, the manifestos are filed, and this morning, the polls have opened for the 2015 Federal General Election down in my country.At the moment, we have a Liberal-Conservative government, but all the analysts are predicting that this election will produce a Republican majority or a National-Republican coalition. Unfortunately, that would be quite bad for me— the left-wing Republicans and far-left Nationals are always trying to step on my control of passenger transportation, and the Nationals seem especially adamant that my monopoly should be broken by government fiat. They've even instituted a no-bribes policy; most likely, this is political posturing, but it can force the Republicans to the left. If you are a citizen or lawful permanent resident, you have a responsibility to go out and vote. There are seven parties registered on the national ballot: 1. The Liberal Party offers solid right-wing governance, responsible use of government power, and full respect for private business activities. My first pick, if I were allowed to vote. Currently holds 107 seats. 2. The Conservative Party seeks to limit governmental activities entirely, with some members supporting complete anarchy. However, they do tend to respect private business activities, so they'd be my second pick. Currently holds 49 seats. 3. The Republican Party is decidedly left-wing, and have constantly pushed to tighten, not loosen the Standards and Practices guidelines that are semi-binding on my operations. They're more concerned with people than business, so not a good pick. Currently holds 95 seats. 4. The National Party is far-left; not only do they want to switch to Open Standards, which could force me into bankruptcy by allowing teleportation to become affordable, they also believe that the government should use its power to attack monopolies directly, such as by restricting what fares I can charge on lines where I have no competition (ie, nearly all of them). Currently holds 36 seats. 5. The Statesman Party is pro-war; what limited focus they apply to domestic affairs tends to align with the Conservative Party, but they believe the government should step up its war against the United States, not to goad them into developing space travel but to conquer them as revenge for centuries-old grievances. Although I don't support war myself, their domestic policies are good for my share price so they're my third choice. However, they don't have the best track record for respecting the First Amendment. Currently holds 11 seats. 6. The New Democratic Party is anti-human; they believe humans are an inferior species that should be imprisoned or worse. On foreign policy, they align with the Statesman Party, believing that the war is part of a greater effort to end humans' control of the planet, but on domestic issues, they support a full repeal of the Second Amendment and a vast array of discriminatory laws. Currently holds 2 seats. 7. The Destiny Party believes it is the destiny of my country's majority species to locate and return to their ancestral homeworld. Exactly what policies they support is unclear— they've never governed, and their manifesto is absurdly vague. They do make cryptic references to repealing the First Amendment, which is unlikely to win them many points, and they want to initiate formal diplomatic contact with the United States and end the war. Currently holds no seats, but qualifies for the national ballot by sector-sign. If you support business and you support this country, make sure to vote Liberal - primary; Conservative - conditional secondary. If you live in Elo Firanza, also vote Industrious - tertiary. Polls will remain open until 11:59 PM on May 30th. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri May 1 09:45:27 2015, in response to Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 05:55:17 2015. This is literally fantastic. |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 09:52:28 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by AlM on Fri May 1 09:45:27 2015. In both senses of the term. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri May 1 09:56:49 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by AlM on Fri May 1 09:45:27 2015. Why are you kissing his ass? |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 09:58:02 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri May 1 09:56:49 2015. Why do you spend so much time thinking about my ass? |
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Posted by AlM on Fri May 1 10:05:03 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 09:52:28 2015. No, only in the literal sense. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri May 1 10:05:38 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri May 1 09:56:49 2015. ???Think about my post a bit. |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 10:17:00 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by AlM on Fri May 1 10:05:03 2015. There are two literal senses of the term. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri May 1 10:20:18 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by AlM on Fri May 1 10:05:38 2015. OK, Explain. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri May 1 10:37:23 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri May 1 10:20:18 2015. It's literally fantastic. That is, it's a fantasy and nothing else. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri May 1 10:56:26 2015, in response to Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 05:55:17 2015. I support insanity and will be voting for Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri May 1 11:01:52 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SMAZ on Fri May 1 10:56:26 2015. Yes!your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 11:24:13 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by AlM on Fri May 1 10:37:23 2015. Except that the word "fantastic" has taken on a new definition— "exceptionally good." So I thank you for the compliment.(If you're going to do the taking-things-literally schtick you really ought to do it right.) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 1 11:54:47 2015, in response to Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 05:55:17 2015. Say what? |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 20:39:44 2015, in response to Re: ROBBED BY A COP—PROPERTY DESTROYED!, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 1 11:54:47 2015. My post was perfectly clear. If you're having trouble deciding who to vote for, the parties' manifestos are available through the usual channels.Yes, that's my logo. Your point? Although out of curiosity, how much effort did you spend tracking down a copy of it that was still online? Or did you save a copy like the little stalker you are and repost it to your own account? And what's with the subject line change? |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sun May 3 00:39:57 2015, in response to Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Fri May 1 05:55:17 2015. HERE'S your bullshit nutjob fantasy Niletland I was talking about. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 00:54:11 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by BILLBKLYN on Sun May 3 00:39:57 2015. I looked through that entire post and I saw absolutely nothing about a "Niletland" fantasy.In fact, here's a screenshot showing that "Niletland" is not mentioned at any point.  You wanna try again? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:08:18 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 00:54:11 2015. Ermergerd! Stop it! I say copyright infringement! Well sorta ... that looks WAY too much like KNOS, yo. :)
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 01:17:01 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:08:18 2015. You work for Apple, take it up with them if my Mac looks too much like KNOS! :D |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:37:32 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 01:17:01 2015. Heh. Just one of about 35 theme sets that come with KNOS, but yeah. I need something that doesn't make me move to the other side of the screen when doing stuff on my own toy. You can have it any way you want, and it doesn't have to be just black like Henry Ford. But that's my current theme and I'm sticking with it.I was just amused how much it really looks like antique fruit when I see what you posted. Sir Jony would have a coronary knowing that someone didn't upgrade to Yosemite. :) |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 01:56:21 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:37:32 2015. Antique? I'm using OS 9.2— that was the most recent version at some point! :D |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:57:46 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 01:56:21 2015. That's what tickled me. I took an old and busted Linux theme and turned our artists loose on it, and I'm just amazed at what a fantastic job they did at getting it to look like the real deal. The original theme from years ago was SO broken, it never really worked. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 02:05:28 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:57:46 2015. They even got THIS bit right. :)
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 02:16:09 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 02:05:28 2015. Ooh! Where I get? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 02:17:10 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 02:16:09 2015. Right cheer! :)And for those who gotta have it Ballmer style, we do that too. Moo. 
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 03:58:51 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:08:18 2015. Of course you are kissing his ass. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:00:51 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 02:17:10 2015. E=mc2 |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 04:02:33 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 03:58:51 2015. Would you stop obsessing over my ass? You're almost as bad as Bill and his little "Niletland" fantasy world. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 04:03:20 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:00:51 2015. What is the relevance of mass-energy equivalence to Microsoft-themed skins for BSD-based operating systems? |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:03:52 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 04:02:33 2015. You mad that I am not worshipping you. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:04:36 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 02:17:10 2015. E=mc2 |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:04:39 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 01:08:18 2015. Of course you are kissing his ass. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 04:05:44 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:03:52 2015. You are worshipping my ass, which is more than a little creepy. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:12:54 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 03:58:51 2015. Nope. The only thing I kiss is bingbong except when I have too many beers, eh? Then I kiss the sidewalk.Are you *SO* hung up that you can't find fun anywhere? You might want to hang out with Terrapin if that's what floats your boat. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:13:54 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:03:52 2015. You might want to look up the word "blasphemy" if you're worshipping anything other than God ... that whole "golden calf" thing. Look it up. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:14:55 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 04:03:20 2015. I think ceiling cat was watching him masturbate and it's making him VERY guilty. Yeah, that's the downside of KNOS - ceiling cat is watching you, but not the NSA. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:18:14 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:04:36 2015. Nope. That formula is for energy. KNOS=privacy on the internet. Pisses off governments that they can't grab a hook into your browser. :)Here's a list of common entities with hooks into what you're running now. None of these fuckers have ever even asked us to put in spies, not that we would. You MIGHT recognize some of these spies: --> myOCAPApps giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.1 = STRING: "ARRIS OCAP" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.2 = STRING: "002D_0580_ADB_COUDER_APP_01" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.3 = STRING: "0034_6173_TWC_ALOADER_7_3_1_3" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.4 = STRING: "0034_6346_TWC_ODN_7_3_1_6" -->running giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.5 = STRING: "0034_637a_TWC_ODN_7_4_0_32" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.6 = STRING: "0034_6446_TWC_ODNEXT_7_3_1_6" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.7 = STRING: "0034_647a_TWC_ODNEXT_7_4_0_32" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.8 = STRING: "0034_66c2_TWC_ODN_7_4_0NAH" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.9 = STRING: "XAITLoaderApp" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.10 = STRING: "DiagnosticOSDXlet" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.11 = STRING: "UIServiceDiagSerialXlet" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.12 = STRING: "BaseMotoUIXlet" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.13 = STRING: "UIDeviceSettingsXlet" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.14 = STRING: "UIServiceXlet" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.15 = STRING: "JunitXlet" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.16 = STRING: "OcapTesterXLet" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.17 = STRING: "TelnetTestHarness" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.18 = STRING: "SystemTimeTest" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.19 = STRING: "CALEABackDoor" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.20 = STRING: "NSABackDoor" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.21 = STRING: "BlechleyBackDoor" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.22 = STRING: "MarcusBackDoor" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.23 = STRING: "NASABackDoor" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.24 = STRING: "MossadFrontDoor" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.25 = STRING: "CSISBackDoor" giproducts.300.12.12.6.1.2.26 = STRING: "BNDNoAccessDoor" None of those in KNOS. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:22:53 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:18:14 2015. And for the "proff or shens" crowd, discussion here. KNOS provides encryption, VPN and other protections which kinda leaves your modem fat, dumb and stupid as to what's going on. That's why most of our customers are governments and spooks ...http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30031310-On-BackDoors |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:25:48 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:12:54 2015. Ok. Of course you worship that punk. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:30:50 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:25:48 2015. Oh, take a pill. I come here for fun, and I can find it in the most unusual places. Stop being such a gloomy Gus. No WONDER you're not getting any.C'mon, man ... smile. Even if it breaks your face. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:35:19 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:30:50 2015. You are entertaining. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:41:28 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by chicagomotorman on Sun May 3 04:35:19 2015. Simple rule, yo ... NEVER take life too seriously and BEWARE of people who do. Moo. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:42:24 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:41:28 2015. Life is a mitzvah. Treat it like one. Enjoy it. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 04:47:47 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:18:14 2015. And that stuff is...? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:57:58 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 04:47:47 2015. What's in the EEPROM's of your cable modem, your dialup modem, your LTE and pretty much everything else you go intertubing down the river in. That particular sequence came from a TimeWarnerCable modem, one of their Arris models. Others are similar with different addresses and different locations.Ever since noun, verb, 9/11; the authorities want to make sure that you're on your best behavior. And most commercial operating systems also have similar inside. If it's a brand name, "intel" inside. Same for hardware. We came up with KNOS back in 2007 because I got tired of fighting malware on ALL operating systems that there just wasn't any chance of winning because backdoors were built in and the Russkies, the Chinese and even the fucking Turks found and USED. So I went with FreeBSD, found the few spooks inside there, and ripped them the fuck out. That's why all sorts of governments, including the ones who PUT the backdoors in there use KNOS to keep the OTHER guys out. :) Example:  I just don't let other governments that aren't our friends have any. :) |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 05:10:58 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 04:57:58 2015. FreeBSD has backdoors? I find that a bit hard to believe. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 05:15:24 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 05:10:58 2015. Yeah, there have been a few. All it takes is some badly written code like the "heartbleed" bug or the "nntp bug" where nobody noticed old code that didn't check things properly that the spooks found and used."zero day" ... there's plenty of those left and if you can exploit them to leverage because some dumbass decades ago coded up "strcpy (source, destination)" without checking for buffer overflows, bastards were IN there by stuffing it with too much and then writing to the overflow space. strncpy(source, destination, ONLY SO MANY EXPECTED CHARACTERS AND NOT ONE MORE); saves the day. SO many badly written lines of codes back when nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition. That's why it's taken us so many years to make it work properly. Time to google, son. :) |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 05:16:33 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 05:15:24 2015. There's a difference between zero-day exploits and intentional backdoors. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 05:21:15 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 05:16:33 2015. Actually, there isn't. Backdoors are the result of "unexpected results." BAD code. And yeah, there are still a few that got put in there by modifying the code on places like github and the rest where credentials of the open source coders haven't been properly checked and anyone can modify it.THIS is why Linux ain't safe with "too many chefs." Oh ... you want to help maintain the code? Well here's the keys to the kingdom. Upload the changes and we'll push it out. At least with "proprietary code", the maintainers of that at least have some security guards to make sure that only EMPLOYEES can fuck with it. :) And as far as "open source" goes, Apple open sources most of the code in all they do. But who actually UNDERSTANDS the code that they're looking at, even if they can actually figure out what it means? Therein lies how governments whip in those back doors. In KNOS, I am the final reviewer and arbiter of what is IN KNOS, and I'm a mutha about really checking out each line of code in everything. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun May 3 05:41:53 2015, in response to Re: Elections Have Begun!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 3 05:21:15 2015. Actually, there isn't. Backdoors are the result of "unexpected results." BAD code.What you posted looked like intentional backdoors, not unexpected results. THIS is why Linux ain't safe with "too many chefs." Oh ... you want to help maintain the code? Well here's the keys to the kingdom. Upload the changes and we'll push it out. There's a bit more to it than that— there are other people who review the code, because that's sort of the point of open source. And as far as "open source" goes, Apple open sources most of the code in all they do. That's not what I heard. MacOS is based on BSD, and they publish the source code to the slightly-modified open source components they use, but I doubt the source code to Cocoa or Finder is available anywhere. I don't think they release any source code for iOS components. In KNOS, I am the final reviewer and arbiter of what is IN KNOS, and I'm a mutha about really checking out each line of code in everything. Except that since KNOS is proprietary, we have to take your word for that. |
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