Newer flash memory (which uses NOR gates rather than NAND, or possibly the other way round) doesn't support random access reads either. I think the reason for taking this apparent step back is that it reduces power consumption.
All the original patent applications were made on 1st April 1993 or earlier (see the text about continuations at the bottom of the header information). Also the patents talk about (ab)using directory entries rather than storing the details in normal files.
The applications that resulted in the '517, '352 and '013 patents are continuations of applications made on 1st April 1993, so you would need to find prior art predating that.
NT supported VFAT from version 3.5 or possibly earlier so a beta of that might predate the applications, but I doubt it.
There are many dual-name schems that predate the '902 patent and so limit its scope, so I think that it should not be too hard to work around, as you say.
The '352 patent is much more comprehensive than the '517 patent. The latter only covers the basic methods of hiding long filenames from DOS and verifying that they have not been overwritten, whereas the former covers most of the operations of a VFAT implementation.
I'm afraid it looks quite bad to me for VFAT implementors. However, Microsoft's current targets mostly aren't using VFAT so I don't know quite what they're playing at.
Please could some mods with functional brains actually recognise this for the bullshit it is? "Host the phone interface on a central Solaris cluster," my arse!
If I remember correctly, the region restrictions are applied on a per-sector basis. I don't know whether there are region flags on each sector or whether there's a single flag on each sector indicating whether it's restricted. Either way, the sectors not containing the video files will normally be readable in any region and only an attempt to read the video will fail.
That's Transport for London, not the "London Council" (I think you mean Greater London Authority). The mayor of London was involved in the protests, so I don't see any conspiracy here.
"The standard tools"? DOM may be easier to use for many applications, but it's not the only option. I think SAX would work just fine for parsing Jabber.
Not if they looked over your shoulder, or pointed a camera at the keypad. Hidden cameras can be very small these days and this attack is commonly used to get the PINs for ATM cards (usually combined with the "Lebanese loop" to read a magstripe rather than physical theft of the card).
You seem to have misunderstood. I was suggesting that one could use Javascript to detect whether the browser has an HTML control and then substitute one of those for an ordinary text input field. The browser would provide the editing interface. Something like this would be necessary even if an HTML input field was standardised, since older browsers would not support it.
Moz and IE already have proprietary HTML input controls. You can use browser-sniffing or Javascript to substitute these for plain-text input fields where available.
It seems to me that Apple could have saved a whole lot of trouble by shipping an HFS+ IFS (installable file-system) for Windows. It might be tough to support Windows 9x that way, though.
Don't forget that mp3.com was 0wned by Vivendi, which bought large numbers of diverse companies and is now trying to reduce that diversity by selling off the "new media" companies. CNet offered them good money, and the existing mp3.com services unfortunately probably don't make enough money for either company to be interested in keeping them going. This way, Vivendi gets a lump sum and CNet gets a name that fits in with what they already do.
Look at the longer message that the article links to. It says the current mp3.com web site, all its accounts and all its services are being terminated. This is a big "fuck off" to the independent bands that are there now, and strongly indicates to me that they're only interested in doing business with major labels.
Apparently "certain assets" means the domain name and trademark, i.e. CNet is trashing the site in order to get yet another generic name through which to serve generic crap.
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Newer flash memory (which uses NOR gates rather than NAND, or possibly the other way round) doesn't support random access reads either. I think the reason for taking this apparent step back is that it reduces power consumption.
All the original patent applications were made on 1st April 1993 or earlier (see the text about continuations at the bottom of the header information). Also the patents talk about (ab)using directory entries rather than storing the details in normal files.
The applications that resulted in the '517, '352 and '013 patents are continuations of applications made on 1st April 1993, so you would need to find prior art predating that.
NT supported VFAT from version 3.5 or possibly earlier so a beta of that might predate the applications, but I doubt it.
There are many dual-name schems that predate the '902 patent and so limit its scope, so I think that it should not be too hard to work around, as you say.
The '352 patent is much more comprehensive than the '517 patent. The latter only covers the basic methods of hiding long filenames from DOS and verifying that they have not been overwritten, whereas the former covers most of the operations of a VFAT implementation.
I'm afraid it looks quite bad to me for VFAT implementors. However, Microsoft's current targets mostly aren't using VFAT so I don't know quite what they're playing at.
So, like the gold rushes, it will be a huge waste of time and money for almost everyone involved?
Cell hand-off is also a problem, as it can take a relatively long time to negotiate a transfer between cells.
Please could some mods with functional brains actually recognise this for the bullshit it is? "Host the phone interface on a central Solaris cluster," my arse!
If I remember correctly, the region restrictions are applied on a per-sector basis. I don't know whether there are region flags on each sector or whether there's a single flag on each sector indicating whether it's restricted. Either way, the sectors not containing the video files will normally be readable in any region and only an attempt to read the video will fail.
That's Transport for London, not the "London Council" (I think you mean Greater London Authority). The mayor of London was involved in the protests, so I don't see any conspiracy here.
You need to set the region before you can play any DVD-video. Having done that, you might want to upgrade to region-free firmware.
"The standard tools"? DOM may be easier to use for many applications, but it's not the only option. I think SAX would work just fine for parsing Jabber.
The BBC micro had a 2 MHz 6502, making it faster than most of its competitors.
I would have thought most of the levy got spent on administrative costs, i.e. paying nice large salaries to some carefully selected people.
Probably a single bit in the pre-recorded header.
Not if they looked over your shoulder, or pointed a camera at the keypad. Hidden cameras can be very small these days and this attack is commonly used to get the PINs for ATM cards (usually combined with the "Lebanese loop" to read a magstripe rather than physical theft of the card).
You seem to have misunderstood. I was suggesting that one could use Javascript to detect whether the browser has an HTML control and then substitute one of those for an ordinary text input field. The browser would provide the editing interface. Something like this would be necessary even if an HTML input field was standardised, since older browsers would not support it.
Moz and IE already have proprietary HTML input controls. You can use browser-sniffing or Javascript to substitute these for plain-text input fields where available.
aptitude is a pretty good replacement for dselect and is much more user-friendly.
Emergency contraceptive pills may prevent fertilisation or may prevent a fertilised egg implanting. Some consider the latter to be abortion. However, given that most fertilised eggs fail to implant anyway, I don't think that's reasonable. (By the way, ECPs may be effective as long as 5 days after intercourse. You got the success rate about right though.)
Detritus is a troll.
You can undo moderation on a thread by posting to it. You don't get your points back, though.
It seems to me that Apple could have saved a whole lot of trouble by shipping an HFS+ IFS (installable file-system) for Windows. It might be tough to support Windows 9x that way, though.
Don't forget that mp3.com was 0wned by Vivendi, which bought large numbers of diverse companies and is now trying to reduce that diversity by selling off the "new media" companies. CNet offered them good money, and the existing mp3.com services unfortunately probably don't make enough money for either company to be interested in keeping them going. This way, Vivendi gets a lump sum and CNet gets a name that fits in with what they already do.
Look at the longer message that the article links to. It says the current mp3.com web site, all its accounts and all its services are being terminated. This is a big "fuck off" to the independent bands that are there now, and strongly indicates to me that they're only interested in doing business with major labels.
Apparently "certain assets" means the domain name and trademark, i.e. CNet is trashing the site in order to get yet another generic name through which to serve generic crap.
How about if all the people wrongly disqualified as felons had been allowed to vote?