Guy doing waterproof test on iPhone 7 is wearing some sort of gloves that seem to work on both the home button and the touch screen (he unlocks the phone at the very start of the video) :
https://youtu.be/3-DtMyn7jfo
So, it's not only skin that can operate the home button.
The SHAtter exploit was used on an iPod touch to decrypt the AppleTV firmware.
The AppleTV device has not yet been exploited - although it is likely susceptible to the same exploit. Once hackers get their hands on the device, they can try to use the exploit, then try to run jailbroken firmware on it.
At this point, without knowing details of the SHAtter exploit, it's unclear to me whether/not that particular piece of code comes into play during a normal firmware update (since we don't know how the mini-USB port can be used yet - presumably "normal" code updates are done via wifi/Ethernet).
Seems to me they were locked to AT&T contracts from the get-go.
Yes, you were supposed to get a contract with AT&T (the only way to avoid this was to use 'shady' jailbreak/unlock solutions). But, there was nothing that actually forced you to get a contract (you purchased the phone without contract, and could do with it what you want (either get a contract (via at-home 'activation' on AT&T), or jailbreak/unlock)).
I recall reading somewhere that between the release of the iphone and ipod touch, apple stopped selling uncontracted iphones altogether and would only sell them from apple stores on a credit card with a contract. I can't seem to locate the reference for this right now though.
That reference doesn't exist. Apple started limiting the total # of iPhones you could purchase, and required a credit card, but did not require that you purchase a contract before receiving your iPhone. You still had the option of jailbreaking/unlocking. (I purchased my second (16GB) iPhone at an Apple store after their new policy - and I'm still on T-Mobile).
So, to clarify: Apple has always tried to require you to get an AT&T contract, but it was enforcement via their software (which was bypassed with the jailbreak process). You could purchase the phone without ever seeing an AT&T contract - and do with it what you want. Their attempt to lock you into an AT&T contract was disputed by some, hence the class-action lawsuit mentioned above.
Now, it seems you must sign an AT&T contract before you ever get your hands on the iPhone. This is what is different. This is what the original article is referring to. If you want to 'jailbreak/unlock' your new iPhone 3G, you must first get locked-into a 2-year AT&T contract - making the jailbreak/unlock option less appealing than it was in the past.
Um, this has always been the case, since the first round of the first models started being resold without contracts Apple instigated this. Old news, non-story, and hasn't actually stopped anyone from doing this.
What are you talking about? Up until this point (in the US, at least), it's been possible to purchase the iPhone hardware without a contract (purchase direct from Apple). Using 'jailbreak' software, you could bypass the software requirement that the phone be activated with an AT&T contract.
It now appears that you need to sign an AT&T contract before you can get your hands on the iPhone 3G. This is different from before.
I believe that a trademark holder must vigorously defend their trademark from infringement, otherwise they can lose it.
It's still possible that Apple/Cisco are in final talks over details of the trademark "iPhone" (both "playing nice"/with the assumption that a final deal will be reached), but the Cisco lawyers are just doing what they are supposed to do - even though they have no intention of suing Apple over it.
My reply was meant to be (somewhat) humorous... if it wasn't, please ignore it:)
But, to get back on the subject: although it would be 'nice' to be able to go to a PC manufacturer and choose 'a la carte' software, why do people seem to expect this from a manufacturer?
It is possible to purchase a PC without bundled software. It may not be available from Dell, but that's a decision that Dell has apparently made (for business reasons). So be it. If you don't want the bundled software, go somewhere else.
Before I get everyone jumping all over me: I'm responding to the post that's asking why you can't get a refund for 'other' bundled software. If Microsoft/Dell say that you can get a 'refund' for Windows, then you're entitled to it (based on whatever their terms/conditions are). If other bundled software doesn't give the consumer that option, then that's the way it goes. You chose to purchase a PC with that 'bundle'. You could have chosen another PC that doesn't include 'bundled' software.
If you're not bitching about Microsoft wanting to get paid their license fees (like all the other bundled software vendors receive), then your comments aren't helpful.
not sure exactly what you're saying, but I'll take a stab at answering...
Media with built-in wear-levelling (CF Flash, for example) use whatever methods/structures/etc that they want to keep track of flash blocks, how often they've been written/erased/etc (the 'media' is actually storage media (like NAND flash) plus some sort of microcontroller to implement the wear levelling). This underlying physical structure is hidden from the application/filesystem code. Instead, a 'virtual disk drive' of "N" 512-byte logical sectors is presented to the application/FS code (for example, to the FAT filesystem).
When FAT wants to update (example) 'sector 2' of the 'drive', it asks the CF drive to do this. The CF drive may end up moving a bunch of data around, erasing/rewriting physical blocks, discarding bad blocks, etc, and may actually write the updated data to 'block 500' on the flash array. The underlying CF structures keep track of where 'logical sector 2' exists in the physical media - even after things are rearranged.
So, the app/FS code doesn't need to worry about wear levelling - it's taken care of.
On the other hand, if the app/FS code is written with the underlying media type in mind (example: NAND flash), and does its own wear levelling/bad block management, it's possible that this would be more efficient/do a better job than the 'virtual layer' created by media like CF Flash.
I believe all CF flash cards do wear-levelling, so you can just drop a FAT (or whatever) filesystem on top of it without worrying about over-using certain sectors (like the FAT/root dir on a FAT filesystem).
It sounds like the OP requires journalling - so I'd suggest just choosing any journalling FS that you're comfortable with (and don't worry about whether/not it re-writes sectors a lot, as the CF card will take care of that for you).
>> People like to say "I've never seen my XP box lock up". Thing is, unless you're right there when it happens... you won't. XP automatically reboots after most crashes.
As you state in your next sentence, you *will* notice it when it happens (by the fact that you're back at the login prompt when you don't expect it).
So, anyone who states "I've never seen my XP box lock up" is either correct (it didn't lock-up/reboot/etc), or they are lying (of course, there's no way to know if someone is lying).
Manufacturing scenarios ("unless you're right there when it happens...") to help your side if the argument *is* flamebait.
Seriously: Do a block image copy of every floppy disk.
How would you suggest they go about doing that 'block image copy'? Should they use the 1541 drive? Do they understand enough about the drive to make it do the copy?
I don't believe a standard PC drive will read Commodore disks. The Commodore used "GCR" encoding, where PC drives have always used "FM/MFM". These encodings are incompatible with each other.
Also, I know that some Commodore drives would adjust the spindle speed to get more bits packed into outer tracks - I don't know if the 1541 drive did this, though.
I assume there must be a machine that'll do a true bit-by-bit copy of a disk (and, presumably one that would copy to a medium compatible with a PC).
Disclaimer: I haven't looked at PC disk controllers in years - maybe recent controllers have changed in a way that they can understand "GCR" (but I don't see why the design would have changed to support this, as it's not needed on a PC).
- Services have been reduced. No more free meals, for one - often no hot meals at all. But, hey, airplane food was never good,
In the past, you've always had the option of bringing your own food/drink onboard, avoiding the 'bad/expensive' airline food. But now, drinks are banned, and certain 'liquidy' foods (yogurt, for example) are also banned.
and at least you don't have to pay for headphones anymore.
Although I've never purchased headphones, I'm pretty sure I saw them being offered for sale within the past few months. They are free on more and more airlines - but I don't believe all airlines give them out for free.
And, if it lowers my fares more, I'm all for cutting the frils.
I agree. But, do we know that "reduced frills == reduced prices for the consumer", or does "reduced frills == increased profits for the airlines"??
- Security takes longer. It's always been a joke, it still is, and I suspect that it always will be. Guess what, though? It's standardized now, so you know what to expect,
How often do you travel? Security is far from 'standardized'. Do you need to take your shoes off, or don't you? Do you need to remove your belt, or don't you? Each airport seems to have its own set of rules. Even within the same security line at the same airport, one person will tell you it's "OK" to leave your shoes on, only to have the next person tell you that you must remove them.
Microsoft's John Porcaro commented at the time: 'The core security system has not been broken. However, on some Xbox 360 consoles the authentication protocol between the optical disc drive and the console may be attacked.'"
Since breaking the 'authentication protocol' seems to have enabled piracy, MS's 'core security system' only prevents homebrew apps now. I would have thought that 'core security system' == 'stop pirates', since that's where all the money is. Go figure...
The demo disc was meant to run in retail kiosks - not as a general demo for advertising.
Because the demo disk contained unsigned, unencrypted code, which means that arbitrary code could potentially be run. Locking out the demo disk means that crackers can't find out how to run unsigned code on the machine, preventing softmodding
All code on the demo disc is signed/encrypted - but some of the data files used by the code are not signed (raising the possibility of a buffer overflow exploit).
Most Xbox code requires that the application/files be on a Microsoft-"pressed" DVD. The Retail kiosk disc code didn't have that extra check - so it was possible to burn your own copy (and replace datafiles looking for an exploit).
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Guy doing waterproof test on iPhone 7 is wearing some sort of gloves that seem to work on both the home button and the touch screen (he unlocks the phone at the very start of the video) : https://youtu.be/3-DtMyn7jfo So, it's not only skin that can operate the home button.
BYE - CP/M BBS host software
... a Plantronics solution?
The SHAtter exploit was used on an iPod touch to decrypt the AppleTV firmware. The AppleTV device has not yet been exploited - although it is likely susceptible to the same exploit. Once hackers get their hands on the device, they can try to use the exploit, then try to run jailbroken firmware on it. At this point, without knowing details of the SHAtter exploit, it's unclear to me whether/not that particular piece of code comes into play during a normal firmware update (since we don't know how the mini-USB port can be used yet - presumably "normal" code updates are done via wifi/Ethernet).
losing
While "WTF" is in fact a Left-Side-of-Keyboard word, it isn't anywhere near long enough to qualify as a winning word.
Seems to me they were locked to AT&T contracts from the get-go.
Yes, you were supposed to get a contract with AT&T (the only way to avoid this was to use 'shady' jailbreak/unlock solutions). But, there was nothing that actually forced you to get a contract (you purchased the phone without contract, and could do with it what you want (either get a contract (via at-home 'activation' on AT&T), or jailbreak/unlock)).
I recall reading somewhere that between the release of the iphone and ipod touch, apple stopped selling uncontracted iphones altogether and would only sell them from apple stores on a credit card with a contract. I can't seem to locate the reference for this right now though.
That reference doesn't exist. Apple started limiting the total # of iPhones you could purchase, and required a credit card, but did not require that you purchase a contract before receiving your iPhone. You still had the option of jailbreaking/unlocking. (I purchased my second (16GB) iPhone at an Apple store after their new policy - and I'm still on T-Mobile).
So, to clarify: Apple has always tried to require you to get an AT&T contract, but it was enforcement via their software (which was bypassed with the jailbreak process). You could purchase the phone without ever seeing an AT&T contract - and do with it what you want. Their attempt to lock you into an AT&T contract was disputed by some, hence the class-action lawsuit mentioned above.
Now, it seems you must sign an AT&T contract before you ever get your hands on the iPhone. This is what is different. This is what the original article is referring to. If you want to 'jailbreak/unlock' your new iPhone 3G, you must first get locked-into a 2-year AT&T contract - making the jailbreak/unlock option less appealing than it was in the past.
Um, this has always been the case, since the first round of the first models started being resold without contracts Apple instigated this. Old news, non-story, and hasn't actually stopped anyone from doing this.
What are you talking about? Up until this point (in the US, at least), it's been possible to purchase the iPhone hardware without a contract (purchase direct from Apple). Using 'jailbreak' software, you could bypass the software requirement that the phone be activated with an AT&T contract.
It now appears that you need to sign an AT&T contract before you can get your hands on the iPhone 3G. This is different from before.
I have to agree.
I updated to SP3 yesterday, and now my microwave stopped working.
Coincidence? I think not!
even though they have no intention of suing Apple over it
I meant to say: even if they have no intention of following this suit all the way through to the end. (because 'deal' will have been finished by then)
I believe that a trademark holder must vigorously defend their trademark from infringement, otherwise they can lose it.
It's still possible that Apple/Cisco are in final talks over details of the trademark "iPhone" (both "playing nice"/with the assumption that a final deal will be reached), but the Cisco lawyers are just doing what they are supposed to do - even though they have no intention of suing Apple over it.
Just a thought.
My reply was meant to be (somewhat) humorous... if it wasn't, please ignore it :)
But, to get back on the subject: although it would be 'nice' to be able to go to a PC manufacturer and choose 'a la carte' software, why do people seem to expect this from a manufacturer?
It is possible to purchase a PC without bundled software. It may not be available from Dell, but that's a decision that Dell has apparently made (for business reasons). So be it. If you don't want the bundled software, go somewhere else.
Before I get everyone jumping all over me: I'm responding to the post that's asking why you can't get a refund for 'other' bundled software. If Microsoft/Dell say that you can get a 'refund' for Windows, then you're entitled to it (based on whatever their terms/conditions are). If other bundled software doesn't give the consumer that option, then that's the way it goes. You chose to purchase a PC with that 'bundle'. You could have chosen another PC that doesn't include 'bundled' software.
The OS was the only thing that you couldn't remove.
Could you get it without the BIOS? How much does that reduce the overall price by?
Um, isn't that off-topic?
If you're not bitching about Microsoft wanting to get paid their license fees (like all the other bundled software vendors receive), then your comments aren't helpful.
not sure exactly what you're saying, but I'll take a stab at answering...
Media with built-in wear-levelling (CF Flash, for example) use whatever methods/structures/etc that they want to keep track of flash blocks, how often they've been written/erased/etc (the 'media' is actually storage media (like NAND flash) plus some sort of microcontroller to implement the wear levelling). This underlying physical structure is hidden from the application/filesystem code. Instead, a 'virtual disk drive' of "N" 512-byte logical sectors is presented to the application/FS code (for example, to the FAT filesystem).
When FAT wants to update (example) 'sector 2' of the 'drive', it asks the CF drive to do this. The CF drive may end up moving a bunch of data around, erasing/rewriting physical blocks, discarding bad blocks, etc, and may actually write the updated data to 'block 500' on the flash array. The underlying CF structures keep track of where 'logical sector 2' exists in the physical media - even after things are rearranged.
So, the app/FS code doesn't need to worry about wear levelling - it's taken care of.
On the other hand, if the app/FS code is written with the underlying media type in mind (example: NAND flash), and does its own wear levelling/bad block management, it's possible that this would be more efficient/do a better job than the 'virtual layer' created by media like CF Flash.
I believe all CF flash cards do wear-levelling, so you can just drop a FAT (or whatever) filesystem on top of it without worrying about over-using certain sectors (like the FAT/root dir on a FAT filesystem).
It sounds like the OP requires journalling - so I'd suggest just choosing any journalling FS that you're comfortable with (and don't worry about whether/not it re-writes sectors a lot, as the CF card will take care of that for you).
>> People like to say "I've never seen my XP box lock up". Thing is, unless you're right there when it happens... you won't. XP automatically reboots after most crashes.
As you state in your next sentence, you *will* notice it when it happens (by the fact that you're back at the login prompt when you don't expect it).
So, anyone who states "I've never seen my XP box lock up" is either correct (it didn't lock-up/reboot/etc), or they are lying (of course, there's no way to know if someone is lying).
Manufacturing scenarios ("unless you're right there when it happens...") to help your side if the argument *is* flamebait.
Is Linux somehow 'magic' in its ability to defend against bad drivers, or would it suffer the same problems as WinXP does?
A bad driver is a bad driver: it can bring down the OS (no matter what the OS is).
Why is this 'issue' considered to be XP-specific?
... they had an accurate count of the laptops.
Seriously: Do a block image copy of every floppy disk.
How would you suggest they go about doing that 'block image copy'? Should they use the 1541 drive? Do they understand enough about the drive to make it do the copy?
I don't believe a standard PC drive will read Commodore disks. The Commodore used "GCR" encoding, where PC drives have always used "FM/MFM". These encodings are incompatible with each other.
Also, I know that some Commodore drives would adjust the spindle speed to get more bits packed into outer tracks - I don't know if the 1541 drive did this, though.
I assume there must be a machine that'll do a true bit-by-bit copy of a disk (and, presumably one that would copy to a medium compatible with a PC).
Disclaimer: I haven't looked at PC disk controllers in years - maybe recent controllers have changed in a way that they can understand "GCR" (but I don't see why the design would have changed to support this, as it's not needed on a PC).
- Paulb
They don't realize it yet, but their "free" energy is actually draining the Earth's gravity.
If they keep this up, we'll all end up floating away into space!
In the past, you've always had the option of bringing your own food/drink onboard, avoiding the 'bad/expensive' airline food. But now, drinks are banned, and certain 'liquidy' foods (yogurt, for example) are also banned.
Although I've never purchased headphones, I'm pretty sure I saw them being offered for sale within the past few months. They are free on more and more airlines - but I don't believe all airlines give them out for free.
I agree. But, do we know that "reduced frills == reduced prices for the consumer", or does "reduced frills == increased profits for the airlines"??
How often do you travel? Security is far from 'standardized'. Do you need to take your shoes off, or don't you? Do you need to remove your belt, or don't you? Each airport seems to have its own set of rules. Even within the same security line at the same airport, one person will tell you it's "OK" to leave your shoes on, only to have the next person tell you that you must remove them.
Since breaking the 'authentication protocol' seems to have enabled piracy, MS's 'core security system' only prevents homebrew apps now. I would have thought that 'core security system' == 'stop pirates', since that's where all the money is. Go figure...
The demo disc was meant to run in retail kiosks - not as a general demo for advertising.
Because the demo disk contained unsigned, unencrypted code, which means that arbitrary code could potentially be run. Locking out the demo disk means that crackers can't find out how to run unsigned code on the machine, preventing softmodding
All code on the demo disc is signed/encrypted - but some of the data files used by the code are not signed (raising the possibility of a buffer overflow exploit).
Most Xbox code requires that the application/files be on a Microsoft-"pressed" DVD. The Retail kiosk disc code didn't have that extra check - so it was possible to burn your own copy (and replace datafiles looking for an exploit).
- Paulb