Processor drivers force the use of non-standard chip specific functionality, such as AMD PowerNow! and (I'm guessing on this one) none-executable memory regions (on AMD 64-bit processors)
If you read Intel processor documentation (Zzzzzz...) you'll also discover that (I quote) "The processor driver is used to make actual state transitions on the kernel power policy manager's behalf. The driver does not initiate frequency/voltage state transitions independent of the kernel power policy manager."
Can somebody explain a question I have regarding Dreamcast "home-brews"? I was under the impression that the machine itself was physically unable to read normal CDs, except for something like the first 30MB or so. I thought real game disks used a special high-density format. If so, are all these home-brews severely limited in capacity, or was a hack found?
It's not just going to be harmful to perception of their products, how many fecking malware loving buffer overruns are they gonna introduce in yet more unwanted, unneeded and unremovable crap they're gonna introduce?
Bad stuff: 8 individual DRM regions not enough any more. These fuckers are gonna nail it down - not just to your street, or your house, but to a room in your home on a particular day of the week!
Good stuff: The proposed Sony extension: limiting the colour of pants you can wear whilst over-hearing somebodies brother talk about a work collegue who read an article in another country regarding the disc in question is not expected to make it to the final standard
A rough cut of the disk disappeared from a recording studio in Nice during a photo shoot. It's clear that a photo shoot in Nice has proved itself to be a device that could be used to illegaly copy music. I propose an immediate Senate bill to ban such technology.
The band was putting together the finishing touches. Most of the album had previously been recorded in Dublin. It's clear that being present in Dublin has proved itself to be a device that could be used to illegaly copy music. I propose an immediate Senate bill to ban such technology.
From the look of our British team this year, if the BBC stopped covering events after they lost I predict they'd be packing up and flying home by day 2.
BLINKX NEVER REMOVES, COPIES, FORWARDS, AMENDS OR OTHERWISE MOVES ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION from your COMPUTER (INCLUDING YOUR E-MAILS AND DOCUMENTS). YOUR INFORMATION STAYS ON YOUR COMPUTER.
How do they actually perform a search relevant to the user then? Through the power of ESP? Does it install a feckin' UGella.dll or something?
Software breakpoints are achieved by modifiying the code being executed, so on an x86 processor you insert (I think) the byte 0xCC (an INT 3 instrution) in the code and the INT 3 call is trapped by the debugger. Checking through the program for them or doing checksums is pretty lame, so they probably set some sort of decryption routine involving the actual byte values of the decryption code itself, so if you try stepping through (naively) it doesn't decrypt correctly. You could place specific bytes below the stack pointer that you've calculated won't get overwritten through iterations of your own code, but will if somebody is interupting it and (for instance) saving and restoring registers between calls. You could presumably search loaded system DLLs, process names, semaphores etcs... for well-known debugger items.
I'm sure the physical format most certainly will change, and it'll end up being credit card size so you can convieniently fit it in your wallet. Then we'll treat "media" just like anything else, I've already got credit cards, debit cards, business cards, train tickets, driving license, video rental cards and booklets of stamps in my pocket so why not film, games and music?
It can't be that hard to do, you can already get 1GB SmartMedia cards. Just need reductions in price due to mass production.
Odpost was pretty cool, a recap of its highlights... 1) not a lick of advertising - Not any more 2) accessible via POP & IMAP - Not any more 3) send & receive large attachments - Not any more 4) staggeringly effective spam filtering - Not any more 5) Insert your favourite feature here - Not any more
Please note, this is the first time I've ever posted to slashdot, hoping this will be a new thread, apols if I've fecked up...
I used to work for a UK interactive tv company "SmashedAtom", we ceased operation due to lack of funding in Novemeber 2001. During the 8 months I worked for them, we did a lot of work on the OpenTV platform (http://www.opentv.com), who are the basis of the Sky digital platform in the UK, and no doubt lots of others worldwide. Now, when you purchase (you certainly can't get anything for free) the OpenTV SDK one of the things they supply is a modified version of gcc to compile to what I believe is their own proprietry "java" like byte code, that is interpreted by their set-top boxes. We asked many times for the source code, believing we had a right to it under the GPL, but all requests were stalled or ignored. Either the person on the phone didn't understand what we were on about, or no replies were ever made to emails. Should their modified gcc be available? Pretty academic to me right now, but since they charge thousands of pounds sterling for what amounts to a version of gcc...
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*cough* Raw processing speed *cough*
ST = 8 Mhz
Amiga = 7.2 Mhzzzzzzz...
Subject says it all.
simulation of the entire universe
Ok, very impressive...
The whole universe was simulated by ten billion particles
Hmm? Less than that contained in a grain of sand?
each having a mass a billion times that of our sun
WTF?
the computer scientists devised a couple of tricks...
Hmm...
Processor drivers force the use of non-standard chip specific functionality, such as AMD PowerNow! and (I'm guessing on this one) none-executable memory regions (on AMD 64-bit processors)
If you read Intel processor documentation (Zzzzzz...) you'll also discover that (I quote) "The processor driver is used to make actual state transitions on the kernel power policy manager's behalf. The driver does not initiate frequency/voltage state transitions independent of the kernel power policy manager."
Ahem.
We've got Top men working on it right now. Who? Top Men
Can somebody explain a question I have regarding Dreamcast "home-brews"?
I was under the impression that the machine itself was physically unable to read normal CDs, except for something like the first 30MB or so. I thought real game disks used a special high-density format.
If so, are all these home-brews severely limited in capacity, or was a hack found?
At least it looks like somebody or something has got at his hair. Is that a toupee?
And java apps 'll still be shit slow, memory hogs ...with crap swing GUIs
It's not just going to be harmful to perception of their products, how many fecking malware loving buffer overruns are they gonna introduce in yet more unwanted, unneeded and unremovable crap they're gonna introduce?
Bad stuff:
8 individual DRM regions not enough any more.
These fuckers are gonna nail it down - not just to your street, or your house, but to a room in your home on a particular day of the week!
Good stuff:
The proposed Sony extension: limiting the colour of pants you can wear whilst over-hearing somebodies brother talk about a work collegue who read an article in another country regarding the disc in question is not expected to make it to the final standard
Phew!
A rough cut of the disk disappeared from a recording studio in Nice during a photo shoot .
It's clear that a photo shoot in Nice has proved itself to be a device that could be used to illegaly copy music. I propose an immediate Senate bill to ban such technology.
The band was putting together the finishing touches. Most of the album had previously been recorded in Dublin.
It's clear that being present in Dublin has proved itself to be a device that could be used to illegaly copy music. I propose an immediate Senate bill to ban such technology.
Just searched. Fair cop. I'm talking crap.
Bastard!
From the look of our British team this year, if the BBC stopped covering events after they lost I predict they'd be packing up and flying home by day 2.
BLINKX NEVER REMOVES, COPIES, FORWARDS, AMENDS OR OTHERWISE MOVES ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION from your COMPUTER (INCLUDING YOUR E-MAILS AND DOCUMENTS). YOUR INFORMATION STAYS ON YOUR COMPUTER.
How do they actually perform a search relevant to the user then? Through the power of ESP? Does it install a feckin' UGella.dll or something?
Americans...
Seems I'm not the only one.
Response to you: Man, you're one fucking retarded American twat
Software breakpoints are achieved by modifiying the code being executed, so on an x86 processor you insert (I think) the byte 0xCC (an INT 3 instrution) in the code and the INT 3 call is trapped by the debugger.
Checking through the program for them or doing checksums is pretty lame, so they probably set some sort of decryption routine involving the actual byte values of the decryption code itself, so if you try stepping through (naively) it doesn't decrypt correctly.
You could place specific bytes below the stack pointer that you've calculated won't get overwritten through iterations of your own code, but will if somebody is interupting it and (for instance) saving and restoring registers between calls.
You could presumably search loaded system DLLs, process names, semaphores etcs... for well-known debugger items.
I'm sure the physical format most certainly will change, and it'll end up being credit card size so you can convieniently fit it in your wallet. Then we'll treat "media" just like anything else, I've already got credit cards, debit cards, business cards, train tickets, driving license, video rental cards and booklets of stamps in my pocket so why not film, games and music?
It can't be that hard to do, you can already get 1GB SmartMedia cards. Just need reductions in price due to mass production.
Odpost was pretty cool, a recap of its highlights...
1) not a lick of advertising - Not any more
2) accessible via POP & IMAP - Not any more
3) send & receive large attachments - Not any more
4) staggeringly effective spam filtering - Not any more
5) Insert your favourite feature here - Not any more
Please note, this is the first time I've ever posted to slashdot, hoping this will be a new thread, apols if I've fecked up...
I used to work for a UK interactive tv company "SmashedAtom", we ceased operation due to lack of funding in Novemeber 2001.
During the 8 months I worked for them, we did a lot of work on the OpenTV platform (http://www.opentv.com), who are the basis of the Sky digital platform in the UK, and no doubt lots of others worldwide.
Now, when you purchase (you certainly can't get anything for free) the OpenTV SDK one of the things they supply is a modified version of gcc to compile to what I believe is their own proprietry "java" like byte code, that is interpreted by their set-top boxes.
We asked many times for the source code, believing we had a right to it under the GPL, but
all requests were stalled or ignored. Either the person on the phone didn't understand what we were on about, or no replies were ever made to emails.
Should their modified gcc be available? Pretty academic to me right now, but since they charge
thousands of pounds sterling for what amounts to
a version of gcc...
Regards,
Neil.
neil@neilpearce.com