It's just a troll. They've obviously replaced some old windows version with "windows 7". Look at the system specs they're talking about. 300MHz machine with 64 MB of RAM.
in run->services.msc, stop and disable the securom service. In the Documents and Settings, in Application Data, delete the SecuROM folder. Delete UAService7.exe from windows\system32. Run "sc delete useraccess7" from the run command on the start menu, or from a command-line prompt. Delete the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SecuROM] from the registry.
Note: This will, of course, stop any SecuROM game from functioning until you reinstall it, and various games may put the actual files in different places....but this should give you a starting point. I haven't actually tried this...although I plan to when I get home tonight. But it looks sane enough to me.
It benefits *every* party to have more accurate voting. What is doesn't benefit is certain less-than-honest *individuals* or small organized groups. I find it ridiculous that all members of a whole political party could be evil in such a way as to desire falsifiable voting. You seem to be implying that the Republican party is such a party. I know other people that would just as completely believe that the Democrats have base, evil motives. The world isn't that simple.
This is essentially the post I was going to make. The value of preventive actions should be measured by what would happen if they weren't done. If someone isn't there doing your job, how quickly do things go to crap, and how much trouble does it cause when they do?
It seems like this is exactly the sort of place where AI could be useful...disassemble some binary data, figure out what it does, and use *that* as a sort of signature. The behavior of the program is the thing that causes a problem, anyhow.
But that's the beauty of a skin. Peoples' definitions of "simplicity" vary. What if I want iTunes to match my OS's color scheme? No way to do that. *You* may like the default iTunes UI, but some people like their choices not to be made for them.
It seems like that's always the way to do it with Apple products; their way, or not at all. Personally, I enjoy being to choose (and switch between) manual and automatic management of my music.
In my work environment, I occasionally have to jump onto machines running older Unixes, and they're often missing BASH, or even a sanely-configured SH. Anyhow, my point is that if I hit tab on those machines, it puts a tab into the output. In fact, on some of those machines, backspace produces something like ctrl-c, killing whatever line I was typing in.
I can see a positive possibility here. Find a work-around, and when you're caught visiting "illegal sites", claim that you thought your actions were legal since there's a "foolproof" filtering system that should've properly protected you.
OK. It's a game, not surgery. And as mistakes go, this is relatively benign. "Uh oh...I need to spend 5 minutes trying different numbers? All well" *gets to typing*.
More likely, you would demand a replacement copy, and they'd do the exchange. If that was also defective, you'd be SOL and they'd ask you to leave the store if you made a fuss.
If you wanted a serious answer, it's most likely related to the ties to the graphics and sound libraries, storing sounds as waveforms rather than parameters to tone-generation hardware, and probably packaging overhead.....those are just guesses. I'm no iPod software expert.
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It's just a troll. They've obviously replaced some old windows version with "windows 7". Look at the system specs they're talking about. 300MHz machine with 64 MB of RAM.
Oh! And they could have an evil artificial intelligence that caused the problems instead of sea slug goo!
...What? We're talking about unethical software, not the actions of nations. Don't blow it out of proportion.
in run->services.msc, stop and disable the securom service. In the Documents and Settings, in Application Data, delete the SecuROM folder. Delete UAService7.exe from windows\system32. Run "sc delete useraccess7" from the run command on the start menu, or from a command-line prompt. Delete the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SecuROM] from the registry.
Note: This will, of course, stop any SecuROM game from functioning until you reinstall it, and various games may put the actual files in different places....but this should give you a starting point. I haven't actually tried this...although I plan to when I get home tonight. But it looks sane enough to me.
It benefits *every* party to have more accurate voting. What is doesn't benefit is certain less-than-honest *individuals* or small organized groups. I find it ridiculous that all members of a whole political party could be evil in such a way as to desire falsifiable voting. You seem to be implying that the Republican party is such a party. I know other people that would just as completely believe that the Democrats have base, evil motives. The world isn't that simple.
This idea invented by Shampoo.
This is essentially the post I was going to make. The value of preventive actions should be measured by what would happen if they weren't done. If someone isn't there doing your job, how quickly do things go to crap, and how much trouble does it cause when they do?
It seems like this is exactly the sort of place where AI could be useful...disassemble some binary data, figure out what it does, and use *that* as a sort of signature. The behavior of the program is the thing that causes a problem, anyhow.
But that's the beauty of a skin. Peoples' definitions of "simplicity" vary. What if I want iTunes to match my OS's color scheme? No way to do that. *You* may like the default iTunes UI, but some people like their choices not to be made for them.
It seems like that's always the way to do it with Apple products; their way, or not at all. Personally, I enjoy being to choose (and switch between) manual and automatic management of my music.
Hey, who are we to try and protect someone that will try a command without understanding it first?
Odd, that has never happened to me...
In my work environment, I occasionally have to jump onto machines running older Unixes, and they're often missing BASH, or even a sanely-configured SH. Anyhow, my point is that if I hit tab on those machines, it puts a tab into the output. In fact, on some of those machines, backspace produces something like ctrl-c, killing whatever line I was typing in.
So, is the double troll next?
I can see a positive possibility here. Find a work-around, and when you're caught visiting "illegal sites", claim that you thought your actions were legal since there's a "foolproof" filtering system that should've properly protected you.
OK. It's a game, not surgery. And as mistakes go, this is relatively benign. "Uh oh...I need to spend 5 minutes trying different numbers? All well" *gets to typing*.
More likely, you would demand a replacement copy, and they'd do the exchange. If that was also defective, you'd be SOL and they'd ask you to leave the store if you made a fuss.
I don't see why you would give up the opportunity to play online if you already legitimately bought the game anyhow...
Well, of couse you don't need to try any other characters when you've nailed the right one...
That's what she said!
I believe that the DMCA allows circumvention, provided that you have the permission of the true owner of the product.
You can market it as "Mice Cream".
And brainfuck does everything C++ does, being Turing-complete. ;-)
Or static linking of libraries, of course...
If you wanted a serious answer, it's most likely related to the ties to the graphics and sound libraries, storing sounds as waveforms rather than parameters to tone-generation hardware, and probably packaging overhead.....those are just guesses. I'm no iPod software expert.
For instance, Silverlight? ;-)