[Peter Creasey]

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[splinky]

Maybe a surprise to Apple/Jobs fans...

As Google wages an all-out war with China over Internet censorship, Apple is stepping out in defense of the People’s Republic.

Apple dictator CEO Steve Jobs released a statement on Friday expressing his support of China’s actions and condemning Google for its opposition of the nation’s “minion-protecting” policies.

“Clearly, China is looking out for its citizens’ best interests by preventing them from accessing material the leaders don’t feel is appropriate,” Jobs’ statement says. “Sometimes, the wise men at the top know what’s best for everyone else and need to take a strong-handed approach.”

Apple: We're with China

the quote is from
learn to fucking read

[OTB]

It's not really far off from what he DID say, though. He said Google's "Don't be Evil" mission statement is "Bullshit".

[Orik]

That seems pretty darn far.

Let's see:

"OTB supports torture of liberals in secret prisons, and using their remains to make greasy finger food."

"OTB says Democratic pledge to stop all torture of terrorists is bullshit."

Not quite the same, is it?

[OTB]

That seems pretty darn far.

Let's see:

"OTB supports torture of liberals in secret prisons, and using their remains to make greasy finger food."

"OTB says Democratic pledge to stop all torture of terrorists is bullshit."

Not quite the same, is it?

Actually, I support both statements, but I don't think that Liberals would necessarily taste very good since most of them are vegans and their body fat content is relatively low to most Conservatives.

[Ron Johnson]

That seems pretty darn far.

Let's see:

"OTB supports torture of liberals in secret prisons, and using their remains to make greasy finger food."

"OTB says Democratic pledge to stop all torture of terrorists is bullshit."

Not quite the same, is it?

Actually, I support both statements, but I don't think that Liberals would necessarily taste very good since most of them are vegans and their body fat content is relatively low to most Conservatives.

gosh, if I had something like that on eGullet I would've been banned . . .

[cstuart]

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Are you for real? Sometimes I think Peter was sent here by esarcasm just to fuck with us.

[GordonCooks]

I like Pete.

I like his culinary enthusiasm and appreciate the time he takes sharing his food and wine adventures.

[Miguel Gierbolini]

are cows vegan and do they taste good? are cows liberals?

[OTB]

are cows vegan and do they taste good? are cows liberals?

If you believe the Chik-fil-A commercials, they have a major problem with Chickens.

[rancho_gordo]

I like Pete.

I like his culinary enthusiasm and appreciate the time he takes sharing his food and wine adventures.

I agree.

[Ron Johnson]

you're so agreeable.

[rancho_gordo]

I agree!

[TaliesinNYC]

are cows vegan and do they taste good? are cows liberals?

If you believe the Chik-fil-A commercials, they have a major problem with Chickens.

well I do know the McDonald's version of chik-fil-a sandwiches are damn tasty...

[Chambolle]

He said Google's "Don't be Evil" mission statement is "Bullshit".

So I'm scanning headlines and I notice this FT article titled "Google ditches Windows on security concerns".

Hmmm, let's click it.

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.

Hmmm, what Windows security concerns? I'm curious. Let's keep reading.

“Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly towards Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks,” said another ... In addition to being a semi-formal policy, employees themselves have grown more concerned about security since the China attacks. “Particularly since the China scare, a lot of people here are using Macs for security,” said one employee.

Hey guys, what security problems!

Employees said it was also an effort to run the company on Google’s own products, including its forthcoming Chrome OS, which will compete with Windows. “A lot of it is an effort to run things on Google product,” the employee said. “They want to run things on Chrome.”

Ohhhhhhhhh! Ohhhhhhh! Those security problems. Got it!

The reason I'm so curious about this is because you previously gave the world a different story about this Chinese hacking incident.

In your official response to this crisis you said:

These accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers." You also previously implied that the Chinese hackers may have received inside help from Google employees in China.

So let me summarize. Because your employees were incompetent and possibly treasonous, it's Microsoft's fault? Everything is MSFT's fault right?

Hey Google, is that responsible? Is that communicating truthfully? Is that competing on the merits? Is that evil?

I don't know. Until I hear otherwise, it's surely distasteful to me.



Disclaimer. I did not follow this incident extremely closely. I admit that upfront. I would be happy to see proof that Google's security breeches were not due to their employees' fooled-by-phishing foolishness and were due to Windows-specific security issues. Any corporation must have sound anti-virus policies and procedures in place, independent of whether they are running Windows or Mac OS. I'm not asking for theoretical imaginings but proof. It very well may exist. Or at least reputable journalistic sources implying that this was a Windows issue and that somehow being on Mac would have avoided this. And let's remember that we are talking about Chinese hackers explicitly attempting to breach Google's castle walls here.