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Skype 5-way Calling Limit Cracked
BobPaul writes "It turns out when Skype limited 10 way calling to Intel Processors only it really was arbitrary! Maxxus has a patched version of Skype that allows 10-way calling regardless of the processor installed. There's also info about the patch: "The patch is the result of two phases: code analysis and design of the patch. The code analysis, or reverse engineering, reveals the relevant code block, which overrides Skype's limitation for Intel's dual-core CPUs. The patch design isolates the minimal set of instructions that need to be modified to cancel this limitation." Windows only so far."
Parent is a loser. Mod down.
In our republican nation you may get a visit courtesy DMCA/Patriot Act.
Land of the free no more.
Asterisk is open source, has a good community behind it, and can do *anything* you want it to.
Oh, really? Can Asterisk run its fingers through my hair while I rest my head in its lap, soothing me, calming me, letting me know that everything's going to be all right?
Can Asterisk make my butt rounder and firmer without me needing to exercise?
Will Asterisk tell me I'm pretty the next time I get a bad haircut?
*Anything* I want it to my foot!
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
Any idiot with a disassembler can locate a CPUID instruction with minimal effort... I have written many NOCD patches myself in the past and it often takes 30 minutes to an hour to find the conditional jump(s) that branch the execution when a CD is not present. Unless Skype checks the checksum of the binary, this is hardly news worthy.
Look, that's the definition of the word, jackass. Just because you don't like it, don't point it at me. Go look it up in the fucking dictionary before you start raving at others because you're pissed off. Just because we use bribe as a way of saying "gaining influence" in nefarious context doesn't mean that's the only way it can be used.