Posts by malax

Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee    True.  11 guesses gives an attacker fairly good odds of guessing it though.     Where I work we have numbered locks on the doors and when I...

This is likely only a basic risk-mitigation strategy.  Samsung is 100% dependent on Android, so it makes sense to invest in a fall-back.  But I expect this will be as relevant as all the talk about BeOS back in the day. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee  Or, you could just look over someone's shoulder.  About the same level of accuracy/security.     Seriously though, if anyone is using the passcode lock...

Quote: Originally Posted by ClemyNX  Again? After the similar bug in 2010, they could test a little bit more the unlocking screen! Those lazy must have skipped the standard 1. Lock device 2. Slide to unlock 3....

Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram  Creating synergies -- when you know what you're doing, as an acquirer -- is all about buying companies with the kind of weaknesses that you point out, since it makes them...

Quote: Originally Posted by ecs  Now this is brilliant: The same day Obama announces the new Mac plant as a help for the economy, arrives Tim Cook and talks about the Mac being an obsoleted product in the "post PC" era....

Quote: Originally Posted by frankie  I love Apple but they need to pay their taxes like the rest of us, along with the other corporate welfare recipients! That's right.  If you aren't paying money to the federal...

Quote: Originally Posted by Frac  Read this... http://www.directorship.com/stout-shareholders-as-owners/   Terrific contribution to this discussion.  I encourage everyone to read this short essay...

If shareholders want to force management to change AAPLs cash-management approach, they have two direct ways of doing so: through a vote to that effect or by replacing the BOD.  Going to court is a stupid, counter-productive way...

Quote: Originally Posted by brulltyme    Well, 40 may not 'be' old in terms of our lives these days (ask anyone over 40, we don't 'feel' old, mostly!)...but the human body's limitations begin to encroach...