On 6/7/2011 7:08, Invisible wrote:
> OK. So it's called a file allocation table rather than a directory listing.
> Same difference.

Um, no. These are two entirely different things.

> Why would a security update break a program that only reads and writes text
> files and accesses the serial port?

Because the serial port is hardware that many programs accessed without 
going through the operating system to do so.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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    driving without turn signals."

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