The answer to this---IIRC-- from what I read is that a universal garage door opener rolls through the codes until it gets to one that works. It can do that if it knows where to start, and it does know where to start because the user sent it a seed signal from the OEM opener.

It's like modulo arithmetic, I think: go far enough and you loop around to the same answer, or at least an answer. In this case, the answer is a code that works.

I'd post a link to the Wikipedia article that I read sometime ago explaining this, but I'm too lazy. More importantly, the link to rolling codes is already in the Slashdot summary so I'm sure you can get to the page explaining universal garage door openers and rolling codes from there easily (and the ensuing lawsuits from garage door manufacturers against the universal remote manufacturers).

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This might be relevant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chamberlain_Group,_Inc._v._Skylink_Technologies,_Inc.

Bennett, Can Cynaogen run on your phone? Have you considered it? Market forces have created a ROM that beats standard ROMs in many ways, and its name is Cyanogen.

Why did you get voted to +4 with a scathing ad hominem attack on me?

Why did the polite replies that enlightened me about the multiple inheritance get voted so low?

What are the clickable buttons along the top of thee new Gmail if not tabs? What would you call them?

Google seems to have an aversion to them. First, Google substituted LABELS for folders. Now they're substituting TABS for folders.

This is one area where Outlook Client (desktop client) wins: FOLDERS. In OUTLOOK, I can easily set up rules to put emails into folders to reduce clutter and increase organization. AND IT WORKS.

A-la the Granby bulldozer, it needs metal-concrete-metal composite armor and tank treads. Also, protect the cameras with acrylic cases to prevent damage to them and fit compressed air guns onto them to clear off debris. Imagine how much more protected it would be then!

At first I thought: "Well, they should have bought UStream's Pro service in order to whitelist their broadcast, but an update to the founder's apology says that Ustream will whitelist free streams as well:

Users of our paid, ad-free Pro Broadcasting service NOTE: UPDATED CLARIFICATION and those free broadcasters who notify Ustream in advance they have copyrights permissions (Ustream's messaging to our broadcaster community how this process works is inadequate. We are resolving this now) are automatically white listed to avoid situations like this and receive hands-on client support.

http://www.ustream.tv/blog/2012/09/03/hugo-awards-an-apology-and-explanation//

PS: How are free streams supported? Do they have ads inserted into them, or what?

Read the rest of the article.They found that pinning is popular.

Good. It should be obvious by now, but that is what I do. I've pinned 23 items to my Start Menu: Assorted Libraries, Calculator, Command Prompt, Firefox, IE, Chrome, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

If they don't have pinning or something like it ... (O-o)

You what else?!? Somethings don't have a context menu option to "Pin"them. Only LATER did I find I could still drag and drop something and Windows would pin it instead of of moving the link/program/etc. Yay for inconsistency!
/rant

Gah! Pinning to the taskbar! Horrible!

They took away* Quick launch, so I tried using the taskbar as my "go to place" for shortcuts, but pinning it to it sucked.

I therefore switched to pinning things to the Start Menu (even though there is no Right click - > "Sort my pinned items by name" option). Now they want to take it away?!? Not cool.

I've put a few hours of testing in with the Windows 8 Developers preview, and let me tell you, if users don't know how to use shit now, wait till they see tiles. Can you click and drag to swipe? Noooo. You have to use the scroll wheel. Can you ever reach the edge of the tiles by scrolling? Nooooo.


*Hid it/buried it/made it generally inaccessible

Judge went above and beyond in the scope of his/her ruling so far that he/she is blindly favoring the MPAA:

http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html