Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability 177
macs4all writes "Apple has finally addressed the Java vulnerability that nearly everyone else patched months ago. Available now for OS X 10.4 and 10.5, and through Apple's Software Update service, this update patches a flaw in the Java Virtual Machine that could potentially allow a malicious Java applet to execute arbitrary code on the machine. Apple had previously advised users to turn off Java temporarily in their Web browsers."
Re:SAD :( (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, they believe their own press.
Re:Slashdot Bias (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Old versions. (Score:5, Funny)
Really? You couldn't read the next line in my post? The one where I say that Apple sucks? You sat there, in the basement, veins straining in your forehead, lips moving dumbly, willing your way to the end of that first sentence and just ran out of steam?
Well, good work on writing a reply, anyway.
--saint
Re:Slashdot Bias (Score:5, Funny)
Had this been a post about Microsoft instead of Apple, I'd imagine there'd be a lot of "ha ha micro$0ft sucks" posts now.
Instead, there's a lot of "ha ha Apple sucks" posts, as one would expect since the story's about Apple and not MS.
Re:maybe (Score:3, Funny)
Re:SAD :( (Score:4, Funny)
Joke 1: That, and some non-Apple/Adobe applications eh?
Joke 2: Yeah, so are the Amiga users.
The Black Haxor (Score:5, Funny)
Black Haxor "It is I the black haxor, I seek the finest computer coders to join me in my quest"
Apple Guy " You shall not pass"
Black Haxor "What ?"
Apple Guy "Non shall pass"
Black Haxor "I have no quarrel with you, good sir, but I must move on"
Apple Guy "Then you shall first install photoshop and make an offering at the alter of Steve and promise to buy hardware at twice the price from the lords of apple".
Black Haxor "I command you to stand aside! for I am the Black Haxor"
Apple Guy "I move for no man for I am impervious to all your tricks for I run OSX"
Black Haxor "So be it"
[Black Haxor pulls out his laptop and starts to type]
[HAH]
Apple Guy "What have you done ?"
Black Haxor "I have exploited a java script bug on your system and signed you up as the local leader for the "Pedo's Rights" association and then passed the details on to the the local parents and teachers group"
Apple Guy "what is this trickery, for such is impossible, you lie"
[a rabble of middle aged parents turn up]
Crowd "THERE HE IS, GET HIM!!"
Apple Guy "BAH! Tis but a lie"
Black Haxor "run man, they weld clubs and carry petrol containers and mean harm upon you"
Apple Guy "They do not wish me harm as my laptop colour matches my shoes, thus they come to tell me how great my karma is"
[15 minutes later the Black Haxor is staring at a smoldering pile on the ground]
Black Haxor "Sigh"
[Crosses bridge]
Re:Apple: It Just Works (TM)* (Score:1, Funny)
I don't know about others but this Java vulnerability update makes my Mac feel a lot faster.
Re:158MB update!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
What's "dial-up"?
Yeah -FINALLY- (Score:2, Funny)
But anyways us Mac fan bois are back! WOO HOO!!!! "finally"
Re:Apple is not a fan of Java (Score:1, Funny)
Not having any idea what anything in that post means I presume it is all part of a delicious sandwich (Sproutcore, BitBurger...) ... sounds yummy...
Re:Apple is not a fan of Java (Score:3, Funny)
Dooooddd... there's like this totally new thing called Bing! that lets you look stuff like that up! (I hear some pikers down in Cali called googol or something stupid like that are trying to horn in on the action though).