Is this product tying, or merely product bundling? Why should Microsoft be liable for antitrust complaints if they merely bundle products together for sale, but give you the choice of which components you actually want to install? This is in stark contrast to Windows/IE...
You are overlooking a key difference; Compaq was distributing a functional equivalent to the IBM BIOS that was obtained through reverse engineering. They thus had to demonstrate that their reverse engineering amounted to more than simply decompiling and reusing the IBM code, and the clearest way to demonstrate that this was done is by documenting the two-team approach. This fellow is NOT distributing a functional equivalent to OS X, and thus the clean-room doctrine is totally irrelevant. It would only apply if he had decompiled parts of the OS, twiddled whatever bits are necessary to make it work, and then distributed the patched components - as opposed to distributing only the patch itself.
I suggest you take a "remedial" copyright law class, and then try to identify the copyright or DMCA violation that has taken place. It can't be a copyright violation because the guy is not copying or distributing OS X. It can't be a DMCA violation because he is not breaking any encryption or access control measures. (Apple's choice not to implement code allowing OS X to run on non-Apple hardware is NOT an access control measure.) At worst he is liable for contributory infringement if it can be shown that the only use of the patches is for piracy and that he knew piracy was taking place while distributing the patches.
Just about anything that works on Ext2, should also work on Ext3. They are 100% compatible.
Yup, just about anything. Except undeleting. The ext3 FS driver zeroes metadata when a file is deleted, making automatic recovery impossible; the ext2 driver does not do this.
But believing in freedom doesn't mean I have to give up my ideas of what is beneficial or harmful to others...the decision is still his (or hers) of course.
Thank you, that was the answer I was hoping for - that you believe taking your advice on the matter is optional, and not the job of government or any other authority to enforce.
By the way, given the physically benign nature of cannabis, and if you don't have a philosophical issue with mind-altering substances, it is a rational decision to experiment with it - in secrecy due to the current political stigma - in order to determine whether its effects on your individual psyche bring you a net benefit.
Without firsthand experience, to paraphrase a more eloquent fellow, telling someone else that marijuana use is a handicap is "like a nun preaching about the evils of sex". And your credibility is demolished when your argument accidentally incorporates elements that are either slanted by propaganda or just plain false - a situation that is difficult to avoid when you are relying on third parties for such information.
But that's just my opinion/rant. Nothing personal and I'm not claiming you do any of the above.
Your reply says nothing leading me to believe that employers are forced to allow employees to smoke during that break, or at any other time while on the clock.
Even better, you can recover deleted files on ext2 with automated tools. This is impossible with ext3 and one must resort to disk editing, which is impractical for the type of data the AP is storing.
Nike, a highly profitable corporation which can charge $150 for a single shoe because of overhype, can continue to force children to work long hours for little pay
I think you're confused on the definition of the word "force". Is WalMart forcing seniors to work long hours for little pay, just because they need money and have few other options? Why don't these children work for a Chinese company, of whose profits 70% are ploughed back into the corporate state machine? Surely the state uses some of that money to improve their quality of life?
And if not, it sounds like a good reason for them to be lobbying for more social welfare locally, rather than depending on US companies to come in and "rescue" them from their plight, meanwhile enjoying all of the regulatory and liability protections of the US government (which come at taxpayer cost), and leaving US workers (the aforementioned taxpayers) to fight over a shrinking job market.
If you have an XZ, you are in luck, since NetBSD reverse engineered the XZ support, so it should eventually be supported on Indy and Indigo2 (except for the hardware 3D features, which aren't really anything special anyway).
The TLB is nothing more than a page table cache. On IA-32, a program has no control or ability to view the contents of the TLB besides to flush it via CR3. Saying you can look into it is like claiming you can look into L1 or L2 cache via your program (notwithstanding exceptions such as cache-as-RAM during firmware initialization). The only way you can know the contents of such caches is to know what memory accesses are performed in what order, so if you have that knowledge, then yes you could "look" into the cache using it. But I don't see how that is useful for a mechanism such as you claimed the Windows VMM implements.
As a bonus, it doesn't require any stupid binary-only firmwares or HAL layers. Too bad it doesn't work on my Toshiba laptop (complete system freeze within 30 seconds of inserting the card)
Excuse me, but what the fuck are you talking about? Exactly how would the warranty be voided by doing that? A BIOS chip is a removable component of the motherboard, and that is for a reason. Do you void your warranty by replacing failed chipset fans? Changing the CPU retaining mechanism for a different one?
Older Thinkpad BIOS passwords are stored on the hard drive and can be retrieved by putting the hard drive in another machine.
Another problem is that the serial EEPROM in newer models can be corrupted simply by power cycling the machine at the wrong time. This is a shameful design flaw.
You are wrong about defeating the ATA password by swapping circuit boards. It is stored in the firmware area on the disk. Obviously you have never actually tried this, or you would know that it doesn't work. The only approaches that can generally work is either brute-forcing the password (requiring external hardware to rapidly power cycle the drive), or glitching the drive board at precisely the right moment to evade the password check. Neither is feasible to do at home.
Yeah, chill out for now. If you want to do it again, you'll know. In the meantime, a store-brand multivitamin is around $12 for a year's supply, so see if that helps any. When my diet is crappy, I perform crappy. Used to get by on junk food, but as I get older that just doesn't work anymore (25 now) - junk food including fast food and frozen/processed stuff. Whether it's the placebo effect or not, I seem to function much better/more consistently if I take a multivitamin every day.
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Is this product tying, or merely product bundling? Why should Microsoft be liable for antitrust complaints if they merely bundle products together for sale, but give you the choice of which components you actually want to install? This is in stark contrast to Windows/IE...
Please mod parent up. This is a very important point!
You are overlooking a key difference; Compaq was distributing a functional equivalent to the IBM BIOS that was obtained through reverse engineering. They thus had to demonstrate that their reverse engineering amounted to more than simply decompiling and reusing the IBM code, and the clearest way to demonstrate that this was done is by documenting the two-team approach. This fellow is NOT distributing a functional equivalent to OS X, and thus the clean-room doctrine is totally irrelevant. It would only apply if he had decompiled parts of the OS, twiddled whatever bits are necessary to make it work, and then distributed the patched components - as opposed to distributing only the patch itself.
I suggest you take a "remedial" copyright law class, and then try to identify the copyright or DMCA violation that has taken place. It can't be a copyright violation because the guy is not copying or distributing OS X. It can't be a DMCA violation because he is not breaking any encryption or access control measures. (Apple's choice not to implement code allowing OS X to run on non-Apple hardware is NOT an access control measure.) At worst he is liable for contributory infringement if it can be shown that the only use of the patches is for piracy and that he knew piracy was taking place while distributing the patches.
By the way, given the physically benign nature of cannabis, and if you don't have a philosophical issue with mind-altering substances, it is a rational decision to experiment with it - in secrecy due to the current political stigma - in order to determine whether its effects on your individual psyche bring you a net benefit.
Without firsthand experience, to paraphrase a more eloquent fellow, telling someone else that marijuana use is a handicap is "like a nun preaching about the evils of sex". And your credibility is demolished when your argument accidentally incorporates elements that are either slanted by propaganda or just plain false - a situation that is difficult to avoid when you are relying on third parties for such information.
But that's just my opinion/rant. Nothing personal and I'm not claiming you do any of the above.
Your reply says nothing leading me to believe that employers are forced to allow employees to smoke during that break, or at any other time while on the clock.
Even better, you can recover deleted files on ext2 with automated tools. This is impossible with ext3 and one must resort to disk editing, which is impractical for the type of data the AP is storing.
And if not, it sounds like a good reason for them to be lobbying for more social welfare locally, rather than depending on US companies to come in and "rescue" them from their plight, meanwhile enjoying all of the regulatory and liability protections of the US government (which come at taxpayer cost), and leaving US workers (the aforementioned taxpayers) to fight over a shrinking job market.
What state forces employers to accomodate non-medical drug use on the job? Give me a break, you haven't a clue what you are talking about.
You misspelled "I would never use the stuff". Or do you really claim to know what is best for others?
If you have an XZ, you are in luck, since NetBSD reverse engineered the XZ support, so it should eventually be supported on Indy and Indigo2 (except for the hardware 3D features, which aren't really anything special anyway).
Bolemia? Isn't that a country?
The TLB is nothing more than a page table cache. On IA-32, a program has no control or ability to view the contents of the TLB besides to flush it via CR3. Saying you can look into it is like claiming you can look into L1 or L2 cache via your program (notwithstanding exceptions such as cache-as-RAM during firmware initialization). The only way you can know the contents of such caches is to know what memory accesses are performed in what order, so if you have that knowledge, then yes you could "look" into the cache using it. But I don't see how that is useful for a mechanism such as you claimed the Windows VMM implements.
And from there, we arrive at the first rule of commercial software development, which is "Whenever possible, sue".
Nonprofit copyright infringement should be a civil violation, not a criminal violation. Next!
As a bonus, it doesn't require any stupid binary-only firmwares or HAL layers. Too bad it doesn't work on my Toshiba laptop (complete system freeze within 30 seconds of inserting the card)
Yes, and there is no other reason besides that, which was obviously the reason he was referring to while speculating that GW was a herbmonger.
Excuse me, but what the fuck are you talking about? Exactly how would the warranty be voided by doing that? A BIOS chip is a removable component of the motherboard, and that is for a reason. Do you void your warranty by replacing failed chipset fans? Changing the CPU retaining mechanism for a different one?
"System BIOS Cacheable" in any recent Award BIOS. And yes, it's on by default.
Another problem is that the serial EEPROM in newer models can be corrupted simply by power cycling the machine at the wrong time. This is a shameful design flaw.
You are wrong about defeating the ATA password by swapping circuit boards. It is stored in the firmware area on the disk. Obviously you have never actually tried this, or you would know that it doesn't work. The only approaches that can generally work is either brute-forcing the password (requiring external hardware to rapidly power cycle the drive), or glitching the drive board at precisely the right moment to evade the password check. Neither is feasible to do at home.
Just remember to make sure the BIOS shadowing is enabled in the setup, otherwise you will be pulling a hot chip and anything could happen.
You should get a MCE if the processor flakes out on you.
I wonder if this would help treat victims of bad acid trips. Supposedly PTSD is the root cause of the psychological problems that can persist.
Yeah, chill out for now. If you want to do it again, you'll know. In the meantime, a store-brand multivitamin is around $12 for a year's supply, so see if that helps any. When my diet is crappy, I perform crappy. Used to get by on junk food, but as I get older that just doesn't work anymore (25 now) - junk food including fast food and frozen/processed stuff. Whether it's the placebo effect or not, I seem to function much better/more consistently if I take a multivitamin every day.