Now let's see who has the reading comprehension problem. Now if you're Bill Clinton or a democRAT, I'll forgive you on this one as to them it all depends on what the meaning of the word "Is" is.
Ready?
Now watch this closely as I don't want to confuse you too much.
You said...
The challenge is out there... write your virus.
Now in the circles I run around we would take that to mean the challenge currently exists and can be won. Now unless you've mastered time travel, how IS the challenge out there?
You're right... it is about definitions. It may surprise you to learn that the definition of "Challenge" does not equal the definition of "Contest". Also "have been" is not the equivalent of "are".
The challenge still exists... and you even enunciated it in your previous post:
"But keep on spouting off...eventually some hacker will say hell just to shut you up I'll do it."
Let's look at the entire section that I posted instead of just cherry picking one sentence. Context matters.
Swordmaker wrote:
"A(n) expert programmer in both the Windows invironment and in various forms of Unix as well as a security expert, stated that on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is the difficulty of writing a Windows virus, the Mac comes in at a 9. Crackers write viruses for the accolade of their peers... and the greatest accolade would be for writing a virus that brings down the "arrogant, condescending, and smug" Mac users! Where is it, For-q?There have been several substantial CASH prizes for writing a viable, transmittable and self propagating virus for the Mac (the last offering had to be withdrawn because of legal reasons) but all of them have gone unclaimed.
"The US Army and the FBI have selected Macintosh OSX computers because of their inherent security...
The challenge is out there... write your virus. We are not worried."
In response For-q posted:
"As far as the challenge, give me a link to the current challenge and the payout so I can determine if it's worth the money. Since there's a good chance I'll go to jail and have to pay restitution I'll need to see what the rules are before proceeding."
Now, exactly what part of "(the last offering had to be withdrawn because of legal reasons)" did you fail to understand... or can you point out where I stated or implied that there are current contests?
It is not my concern that you got your panties in a wad because you were disappointed you could not win a cash prize anymore... I never said you could. The previous unclaimed contests were held in a legal vacuum... no laws had yet been passed criminalizing malware.