[RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.

[geneb]

On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:

> On 06/23/2015 03:13 PM, geneb wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2015-06-23 18:41, Alexandre Souza wrote:
>>>>> But unless I misunderstood things, the software merely does a check if
>>>>> the hardware looks sane, and if not it displays a message saying that
>>>>> this is the wrong hardware, and it refuses to continue running.
>>>>
>>>>     No Johnny. As I said, it bricks (renders inoperable) your hardware
>>>> if it isn't original.
>>> 
>>> Yes. The software refuses to run, and just displays a message that you
>>> are running on fake hardware.
>>> Does that prevent you from loading some other software on said device?
>>> How did you get the "broken" software on the device?
>>> 
>>> There is a difference between refusing to run, and trying to destroy
>>> the hardware.
>> 
>> He's mentioned more than once that this software BRICKS the device.
>> When something is bricked, that means you might as well treat it like
>> the stone kind for all the use you're going to get out of it from then on.
>> 
>> It's dead, pushing up daisies, it's run down the curtain to the Choir
>> Invisible.  IT'S BRICKED.
>> 
>> g.
>>
> 	Should he stick a fork in it?

Only after unplugging it first.

g.

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