Given the circumstances -- the recent attack on the Cole and the generally higher level of threat throughout that region, we thought it was simply the prudent thing to do.

We should do it because they condoned the attack on the USS Cole.

Given recent activity, McAfee AVERT Labs forecasts that attackers may attempt to test the viability of exploiting this vulnerability en masse, by producing a reconnaissance Trojan to identify a vulnerable user base. Exploit source code with a payload has been published. Now, the message is 'welcome to zero-day vulnerability land for many Mac OS X users' Only, Mac OS X users are less prepared, less aware and mitigation tools are less evolved.

I've heard that you should stand whatever your height is away from your ball, but I generally stand 6-10 feet behind the ball.

Generally, until this recent spat, we've had collegiality. Now we're like everyone else. It's a political game.

The irritation level is just a lot higher.