Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!stanford.edu!unix!mxmora From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: All Commercial Software Developers or Companies (pls read) Message-ID: <25833@unix.SRI.COM> Date: 27 Jun 91 17:24:15 GMT Article-I.D.: unix.25833 References: <56971@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <14728@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Reply-To: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora) Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA Lines: 38 In article <14728@dog.ee.lbl.gov> mspolin@george.lbl.gov (Mathew Spolin [summer intern]) writes: >If I publish a newspaper, do I need to register it with Mr. Mora? If my >software is "unregistered," will his facist program delete it? Actualy the "facist" program does three things: 1) Once it finds the the "unregistered" program not only does it delete it, it also marks the blocks as bad blocks so you lose use of that much of your hard disk until you reformat the drive. 2) It also installs a init code resource in to the system file that prevents you from trying to re-copy the "unregistered" program back on to your hard disk. 3) This is the one that took the most time to implement but I am very proud of. The program installs a VBL task that when triggered from the code in the system file detecting you trying to copy on to your hard disk a "unregistered" program, the VBL task diverts the output from the flyback transformer down the ADB bus and gives you a High Voltage shock if you are holding the mouse. This of course comes with some compatability problems, but I felt the benefits of zapping that determined user far outway the cost. I can't do much about your newspaper except try to introduce a virus into your computer system. If this article needs smilely's then we are in BIG trouble. Disclaimer: I do not speak for SRI International or SPA in any way shape or form. -- ___________________________________________________________ Matthew Mora | my Mac Matt_Mora@sri.com SRI International | my unix mxmora@unix.sri.com ___________________________________________________________