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How do you tell if gates reference descriptors in the GDT or LDT?

The segment selector format is the same as when it's loaded into a segment register. One of the bits specifies whether the selector references the GDT or LDT.
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- Post #3
- Dec 22, 2016
- Forum: Programming
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Why do call, interrupt, and trap gates have two offset fields?

They're combined to create a single 32 bit offset value. The descriptor was designed when x86 CPUs were 16 bits, so it had a 16 bit segment selector and 16 bit offset. 32 bit protected mode requires a 32 bit offset, so a second 16 bit field was added. The original offset field contains the low...
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- Post #3
- Dec 18, 2016
- Forum: Programming
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Development on Clinton Email Probe?

I agree. A prosecution here would have been a waste of time and money. Administrative sanctions like loss of security clearance or loss of job would be appropriate penalties, but the reality is that Clinton is unlikely to receive any punishment. I imagine that she's also not likely to reoffend...
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- Post #463
- Jul 6, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Development on Clinton Email Probe?

You said: "He didn't say crimes. He said potential violations of the statutes that he refused to call criminal." But Comey explicitly said that violating the statutes is a felony/misdemeanor. His statement about "potential violations" is noting that the FBI has discovered evidence suggesting...
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- Post #460
- Jul 6, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Development on Clinton Email Probe?

He said, "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case." A prosecutor "bringing a case" means criminal charges. He also described the statutes in...
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- Post #456
- Jul 6, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Gun Ownership declining

That's household gun ownership rate, not personal gun ownership rate. The household growth rate has been nearly twice the population growth rate over the last 40 years, as the composition of the average household has radically changed. Most of these new households are woman-led, and women...
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- Post #19
- Jul 5, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Democrats literally holding the government hostage to take your rights away

You said, "Every one of those democrats' names should be written down and remembered for thier heinous intentions and outright sleezeball tactics." Flake isn't a Democrat. Most of the cosponsors aren't Democrats. Some Republicans may be "leftist shitbags," but they're still not Democrats...
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- Post #300
- Jun 26, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Democrats literally holding the government hostage to take your rights away

But Flake is a Republican. Most of the other sponsors of the "Flake Amendment" are also Republicans. Also, the "Flake Amendment" wasn't the bill that was rejected in the Senate, or that prompted the House sit-in. The original bill didn't contain any of the appeals process or...
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- Post #293
- Jun 26, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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The Democrats Folly with Gun Control

I suppose you can choose to use "loophole" to mean "any inadequacy in a law," but it typically connotes a situation in which a small or hidden technicality or ambiguity allows a rule to be avoided. Most would call an intentional, obvious, and enormous gap a hole, not a loophole. In this case...
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- Post #131
- Jun 26, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Democrats literally holding the government hostage to take your rights away

It's pretty standard jurisdiction stripping text. It defines an appeals process and denies federal courts jurisdiction to hear challenges to the law outside of that process. It also limits the available remedies; if an appeal is successful, the blocked firearm purchase will be allowed, but the...
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- Post #272
- Jun 25, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Bill O'Reilly its time for gun control

Good show. I'm usually better at realizing that I'm being trolled. I suppose you're right, though. I really enjoy trading insults and arguing over irrelevant shit, but on a single-threaded forum like this it can easily derail the thread.
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- Post #374
- Jun 22, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Bill O'Reilly its time for gun control

Incorrect. "Regulated" can be an adjective. "Well-regulated" is also an adjective (a compound adjective, specifically).
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- Post #367
- Jun 22, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Bill O'Reilly its time for gun control

I'm having difficulty believing that someone is seriously this stupid. Regulated can be either a verb or an adjective. In "well regulated militia," it is an adjective. There is no verb in "a well regulated militia." Open a dictionary: Adj. 1. regulated - controlled or governed according to...
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- Post #364
- Jun 22, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Bill O'Reilly its time for gun control

lol, you don't know what verbs are, either. "regulated" is an adjective. Do you know what an adjective is, or do I need to explain that, too?
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- Post #358
- Jun 22, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News
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Bill O'Reilly its time for gun control

lol, you don't even know what a clause is. A noun clause is a clause. A clause minimally consists of a noun and a verb. "A well regulated militia" does not contain a verb. It is not a clause. It is not a noun clause. Is that simple enough for you to understand, or do I also need to...
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- Post #302
- Jun 22, 2016
- Forum: Politics and News

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