Am Samstag, 20. September 2014, 22:42:52 schrieb Bret Busby: > On 20/09/2014, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 20 September 2014 08:00:16 Bret Busby wrote: > >> On 20/09/2014, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > On Saturday 20 September 2014 07:32:54 Bret Busby wrote: > >> >> It has just occurred to me - I believe that the appropriuate term for > >> >> the Microsucks action, is crippleware. Microsucks has crippled > >> >> versions of Skype, that have version numbers earlier than 4.3. > >> > > >> > I don't use Skype so can't test, but why not try just changing the > >> > number > >> > as > >> > > >> > has been suggested, and as has apparently worked for some other people? > >> > > >> > Lisi > >> > >> I had already tried one method of doing that - using the suggested > >> method which involved using sed - which was offered as an alternative > >> to using a hexeditor (which option scared me) > > > > Ah! That answers my question. Perhaps the time has come to grasp the > > bull > > by > > the horns? The lesser evil? And it may turn out a good deal less > > fearsome > > > > than you expect. > > > > Lisi > > Unfortunately, as indicated by subsequent posts in this and a later, > related, thread, Microshite's ongoing campaign of sabotage of > technology, has apparently overcome the particular fix. > > Hopefully, sometime, someone will successfully destroy the > deathstar-like entity that is Microshite. > > And, hopefully, the original Skype developers will create a new Skype > facility, free of Microshite.
As in the other thread again, it still works here. With version patched 4.2. At least I can see online state of buddies after login in and it does log in. Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1941548.afTNvefbaf@merkaba
