Baha`i:Islam::Christianity:Judaism

[Popeyesays]

Leaving the metaphor stricftly aside, the reason that Mac and OS do not have the same kind of virus problems is because those who write viruses for fun have no interest in reaching a niche market when the real market is in Windows operating systems, why play for the Philly audience when Broadway is waiting.

Regards,
Scott

[bananabrain]

ok, ok, extended metaphors do not bear close examination. maybe we are linux "red yarmulke"?

hur hur hur

b'shalom

bananabrain

[Popeyesays]

The further you stretch a metaphor, the more likely it is to snap.

Of course, I feel the essential spiritual beliefs are repeated from Revelation to Revelation. The change is miniscule from one to the next. For instance, Islam directs the time of prayer and the form of prayer and requires that those prayers should be said in congregation. Baha`u'llah offers a choice of prayers with the ranges of time of the day which are appropriate to the prayer and says pray in private. Both require prayer, only the forms are changed.

Regards,
Scott

[dauer]

Scott,

Leaving the metaphor stricftly aside, the reason that Mac and OS do not have the same kind of virus problems is because those who write viruses for fun have no interest in reaching a niche market when the real market is in Windows operating systems, why play for the Philly audience when Broadway is waiting.

That's not the only reason. The Linus and OS X operating systems are also more stable, and harder to create viruses for. If we were talking about OS 9 on the mac, then your reason would pretty much sum it up. But now that the mac's operating system is unix-based, it introduced further difficulties to the would-be hacker. And yet another problem, for the mac, is that now we have powerpc and intel macs. They both function a little differently. The new programs being released that are universal to both, are essentially packets that contain the info each will need to be able to process. So if a virus-maker decides to create a mac virus, they have to decide whether to target the existing large user base, the powerpc community, or the newly developing intel. That is really just an extension of the point you made, but an important one. Another point, symantec tried to develop a virus for the mac os. They they put their top guns at it. The virus could not be communicated from computer to computer (not really a virus), and there was text in the code indicating that all the work was "not worth it."

Dauer

[bananabrain]

but judaism is not just about prayer. in fact, prayer is quite a small part of what we are supposed to be concerned with doing. it is about an approach to living and a way of doing our everyday tasks, even going to the toilet.

b'shalom

bananabrain

[Popeyesays]

Originally Posted by bananabrain

but judaism is not just about prayer. in fact, prayer is quite a small part of what we are supposed to be concerned with doing. it is about an approach to living and a way of doing our everyday tasks, even going to the toilet.

b'shalom

bananabrain

"Prayer" was just an example. Offer some others and let's see how they work out in the same manner.

Regards,
Scott