Is it really that common for the software to need such specific voltages and timing? How would you get to those values from software running on a PC?
I ask because I just got done implementing some very old vending hardware (some 1200 baud, some 9600 baud serial) and although they were ancient and badly documented, none really needed anything I'd call exotic.
I would say three to four years if you're lucky. I wouldn't expect most plastic garbage to have updates for more than a year after release, assuming there are any updates at all.
Is it really news that MS is requiring people to have a Gold account to use online features of an Xbox console? There's nothing going on here that wasn't already going on with the Xbox 360... except of course stirring up some more MS / Xbox One hate.
As I understand, this crack allows legacy x86 code to be recompiled and run on ARM devices. Such as un-crippled Office, other legacy apps by 3rd parties.
Why would MS want you to run an un-crippled Office on Windows RT when they could sell you a new version that's been "optimized" for RT? It might be great for end users but unfortunately, "good for end users" isn't necessarily profitable.
Note that when I say licensees, I don't mean end users. No one cares about those guys after the initial sale. When I say licensees, I mean system OEMs, who are much more valuable to MS.
No. I have seen MS for about decades now; they seen to think "If you're gonna pirate s/w; then pirate our s/w, or code that runs on Windows; don't take the trouble to learn other OSes or products".
Except that this isn't about piracy; it's about control. MS, and probably Windows RT licensees won't be happy with losing control over what can be run on that OS.
This may border on being pedantic, but I'd call this a crack instead of a jailbreak. It sounds like they're just patching a kernel value... not breaking out of a jailshell.
I expect MS will probably just find a way to patch it up in the near future.
I also use Redmine, both at home and work. I switched to it from Trac a few years ago when I needed time tracking features and have never felt the need to look for another alternative.
I'm actually not a fan of the Ruby / Rails platform as Redmine required specific versions of gems, etc. and it could be a pain to set up. However, the most recent versions use Bundler, it's MUCH easier to set up and maintain.
Has anyone considered this? Maybe this list of requirements is taken from a much larger list and different for every contract. Which requirements are chosen could basically be a generated signature so he could track if someone broke an NDA about his contract.
I mean, it seems logical enough, given who we're talking about here.
There may be a little checking going on but if you've ever tried to cram a 1080p/60 w/ multichannel LPCM soundtrack through a cheap cable (even a 6 foot one), you will realize that cable quality DOES matter when you get tired of the signal dropping out in your movies. Not necessarily price, but definitely quality.
It's digital in that it works or doesn't. The problem with bad / cheap cables isn't that they don't work entirely. It's that they sometimes don't work.
Bad summary. TFA says that the iOS 4.2 on the 3G is a far cry from iOS 4.2 on newer ones (and, hence, doesn't count) and that it sucks so bad he had to jump through all kinds of hoops to downgrade back to 3.
They it was suggested that Chrome OS is going to die, not Chrome the browser. Even then, it wasn't an announcement. It was a statement made by a former Google employee. Hardly anything official.
I just switched from Trac to Redmine. The last straw was when I wanted to start making tickets depend on each other, or at least relate to each other. In Trac, this can't be done. Users have been requesting it for years and there is at least one plugin that mostly implements it but the general attitude I discovered when reading up on this was that a.) the main developers have no intention of implementing this officially and b.) plugins are a bad idea because they tend to break over time.
The extended discussion of this one issue and its lack of implementation (info here), as well as posts like this, give me the impression that while Trac may work well for a "simple" tracking system (as intended), it may be quite near end-of-life and future support and enhancements will be limited. Based on that, I can't recommend anyone start on it. Instead, why not just start with something that does more and is still under active development (i.e., Redmine)?
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Is it really that common for the software to need such specific voltages and timing? How would you get to those values from software running on a PC?
I ask because I just got done implementing some very old vending hardware (some 1200 baud, some 9600 baud serial) and although they were ancient and badly documented, none really needed anything I'd call exotic.
It's also a potential DOS for the server if a bunch of people start submitting preposterously long "passwords" anywhere they have a password box.
I would say three to four years if you're lucky. I wouldn't expect most plastic garbage to have updates for more than a year after release, assuming there are any updates at all.
Awww ... I was going to make that joke about the CF source. If only I had mod points.
Is it really news that MS is requiring people to have a Gold account to use online features of an Xbox console? There's nothing going on here that wasn't already going on with the Xbox 360 ... except of course stirring up some more MS / Xbox One hate.
As I understand, this crack allows legacy x86 code to be recompiled and run on ARM devices. Such as un-crippled Office, other legacy apps by 3rd parties.
Why would MS want you to run an un-crippled Office on Windows RT when they could sell you a new version that's been "optimized" for RT? It might be great for end users but unfortunately, "good for end users" isn't necessarily profitable.
Note that when I say licensees, I don't mean end users. No one cares about those guys after the initial sale. When I say licensees, I mean system OEMs, who are much more valuable to MS.
No. I have seen MS for about decades now; they seen to think "If you're gonna pirate s/w; then pirate our s/w, or code that runs on Windows; don't take the trouble to learn other OSes or products".
Except that this isn't about piracy; it's about control. MS, and probably Windows RT licensees won't be happy with losing control over what can be run on that OS.
This may border on being pedantic, but I'd call this a crack instead of a jailbreak. It sounds like they're just patching a kernel value ... not breaking out of a jailshell.
I expect MS will probably just find a way to patch it up in the near future.
I also use Redmine, both at home and work. I switched to it from Trac a few years ago when I needed time tracking features and have never felt the need to look for another alternative.
I'm actually not a fan of the Ruby / Rails platform as Redmine required specific versions of gems, etc. and it could be a pain to set up. However, the most recent versions use Bundler, it's MUCH easier to set up and maintain.
Has anyone considered this? Maybe this list of requirements is taken from a much larger list and different for every contract. Which requirements are chosen could basically be a generated signature so he could track if someone broke an NDA about his contract. I mean, it seems logical enough, given who we're talking about here.
Pet supplies, too. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.
There may be a little checking going on but if you've ever tried to cram a 1080p/60 w/ multichannel LPCM soundtrack through a cheap cable (even a 6 foot one), you will realize that cable quality DOES matter when you get tired of the signal dropping out in your movies. Not necessarily price, but definitely quality.
It's digital in that it works or doesn't. The problem with bad / cheap cables isn't that they don't work entirely. It's that they sometimes don't work.
Bad summary. TFA says that the iOS 4.2 on the 3G is a far cry from iOS 4.2 on newer ones (and, hence, doesn't count) and that it sucks so bad he had to jump through all kinds of hoops to downgrade back to 3.
This is the first I've heard of it.
Seems to me that someone at Fox just decided Blu-Ray was failing and wanted to write an article about it.
... except that if it thinks a legit copy is a pirate and crashes with this message, they've already adversely affected a paying customer?
IMO, anyone that finds it interesting / odd / unusual that anonymous would do anything probably doesn't understand anonymous.
I wish I had points to mod that funny.
I think the original intent behind the crack was to get full access to the video hardware, which Sony had disabled in the original Other OS feature.
Wasn't there a big hubbub about the ICT several years ago when HD-DVD and Blu-Ray were first coming out? How is this news?
They it was suggested that Chrome OS is going to die, not Chrome the browser. Even then, it wasn't an announcement. It was a statement made by a former Google employee. Hardly anything official.
So basically what you're saying is "Haters gonna hate," then?
Even worse is that that's exactly what the DVD subtitles say. Makes no sense to me. "Merry," as in "happy," I get, but wtf "married."
TFA mentions that they actually make 30 of them. Still seems like there would be some waste, though.
Isn't that kind of like "You make me do this to you! Why do you keep making me hit you!?"
Not denying that they did / would say that. I just thought it was funny noticing the parallels there.
I just switched from Trac to Redmine. The last straw was when I wanted to start making tickets depend on each other, or at least relate to each other. In Trac, this can't be done. Users have been requesting it for years and there is at least one plugin that mostly implements it but the general attitude I discovered when reading up on this was that a.) the main developers have no intention of implementing this officially and b.) plugins are a bad idea because they tend to break over time.
The extended discussion of this one issue and its lack of implementation (info here), as well as posts like this, give me the impression that while Trac may work well for a "simple" tracking system (as intended), it may be quite near end-of-life and future support and enhancements will be limited. Based on that, I can't recommend anyone start on it. Instead, why not just start with something that does more and is still under active development (i.e., Redmine)?