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  1. No DRM in OS X? on The Hackintosh Guide · · Score: 1
    What is this, then?

    Understanding Apple's Binary Protection in Mac OS X

    With the advent of Intel-based Macintosh computers, Apple was faced with a new requirement: to make it non-trivial to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware. The "solution" to this "problem" is multifaceted. One important aspect of the solution involves the use of encrypted executables for a few key applications like the Finder and the Dock. Apple calls such executables apple-protected binaries.

  2. Re:Sad day on Google To Shut Down 411 Service · · Score: 1

    It wasn't specifically blocking this service. I don't think any shortcodes worked.

  3. Welcome to FARK on New York To Spend $27.5 Million Uncapitalizing Street Signs · · Score: 1

    where people write and approve troll articles to increase page views. Next up: "THE GUBMINT IS COMIN TO TAKE UR GUNS AWAY!!"

  4. No shit on Torrent-Only Movie Denied IMDb Listing · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it doesn't come out in theaters, it's a home movie, not a real motion picture.

  5. Re:All well and good, until... on CD Sales Continue To Plummet, Vinyl Records Soar · · Score: 1

    What was that software that could extract music from a high-quality photo of a record?

  6. Re:Fair Use and Safe Harbor, Perhaps? on Review: Civilization V · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just FYI: Wikimedia Commons doesn't accept fair use images. Wikipedia itself does.

  7. Re: Facebook Is Down on Facebook Is Down · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah. You might as well be peeking through her bedroom window. It's just as bad.

  8. Re:Randomness on Two-Photon Walk a Giant Leap For Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    The probability of a result being incorrect is always nonzero, quantum computing or not.

  9. Re:Not polished For phone apps either on Why Google Isn't Pushing Android For Tablets · · Score: 1

    Which app? How do you know it's not a problem with the app?

  10. Re:Anyone Read It? on Court Says First Sale Doctrine Doesn't Apply To Licensed Software · · Score: 1

    There's no law against selling physical objects. Autodesk might use technical means to restrict them from using what they purchased, but selling an original set of discs isn't copying, so copyright is not involved.

  11. Re:What were you expecting? on Court Says First Sale Doctrine Doesn't Apply To Licensed Software · · Score: 1

    We're not talking about copying software, though. We're talking about selling the originally-purchased disc(s). There's no law against selling a physical item that you've purchased.

  12. Just don't sign a license agreement on Court Says First Sale Doctrine Doesn't Apply To Licensed Software · · Score: 1

    So if I don't have to sign a license agreement when I purchase the software, I'm good as far as resale goes.

  13. Re:Praise? on Apple's Developer Tools Turnaround 'Great News' For Adobe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course that's not true about the book burning.

  14. Re:A shame it was such a contentious issue. on Wikipedia Entry Turned Into Actual Encyclopedia · · Score: 1

    If it's a civil rights issue, they should have just fucking said that, not lied to people with the "mushroom cloud" nonsense.

  15. Re:What other option? on WikiLeaks Set To Release Unpublished Iraq War Docs · · Score: 0

    It's not whistleblowing when you release every document you have, not just those related to perceived wrongdoing.

  16. Re:one step closer to drive thru degrees on Harvard Ditching Final Exams? · · Score: 1

    There are always a class of families who make too much to qualify for financial aid but not enough to afford tuition + expenses. Not that that's necessarily such a bad thing, it's just the way it is.

  17. Re:one step closer to drive thru degrees on Harvard Ditching Final Exams? · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are teaching assistants and smaller "discussion" sections in which to interact and grade papers.

  18. Re:one step closer to drive thru degrees on Harvard Ditching Final Exams? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "it's only feasible on reasonably-sized classes. I can't do this when I'm teaching a 30-student class of freshman calculus."

    30 students is a lot? I guess it wouldn't work with 200 then..

  19. Re:Fewer exams doesn't necessarily mean fewer fina on Harvard Ditching Final Exams? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Don't professors generally assume that you took all the time available to you and didn't procrastinate?

  20. Re:Decision made by AAFES, not GameStop Corp. on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that makes more sense.

  21. Re:Don't worry... on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 1

    http://kotaku.com/5628741/gamestop-pulls-video-game-from-military-stores-over-taliban-inclusion

    "The ban, an AAFES representative told Kotaku, also extends to all military PXs worldwide."

  22. Re:shockingly bad is an exaggeration on Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad' · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Better to have "bad" Flash than nothing at all.

  23. Re:GameStop thinks military can't handle this game on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 1

    I guess I take this back, since it actually wasn't GameStop's decision.

  24. Re:Decision made by AAFES, not GameStop Corp. on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Though technically the request was made and GameStop decided to honor it, but of course not doing so would mean bad press.

  25. Decision made by AAFES, not GameStop Corp. on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 5, Informative

    TFA doesn't make this clear. Here's a better one: Video Game Pulled Globally From Military Stores Over Taliban Inclusion

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Services has confirmed to Kotaku that they requested the game pulled from the 49 GameStop's located on bases in the continent U.S. The ban, an AAFES representative told Kotaku, also extends to all military PXs worldwide.

    "Out of respect to those we serve, we will not be stocking this game," the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's Commander Maj. Gen. Bruce Casella, told Kotaku. (emphasis added)