Tom Piwowar >>And that is what I was trying to do - install the flight >>simulator... Except that it's not a "general" app, it's special.
> The idea of "general" app vs. "special" app is totally foreign > to me. All apps can do potentially harmful things to a computer > so I worry about all apps. If there are no safeguards about any > random app running I am concerned. I'm not sure how else to describe the application. The flight sim (X-plane) needs to read/write the prefs (different from Mac OSX prefs, this is the starting location, aircraft, etc.) Standard trouble shooting practice is to delete the prefs directory (file?). > A while back Flash was able to update itself without getting > intercepted by OS X. I was very unhappy about that and am > glad this is no longer the case. We really do need to have > the OS able to protect itself. I'd be uneasy with that. I have little snitch running in an attempt to prevent that kind of behavior. > One reason I like hardware applicances is because all their > code is in firmware. While it can be updated, it is a special > process. It sometimes even requires that hardware buttons get > pressed a certain way, so the hardware protects the firmware. Yes -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly Common sense ain't... ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
