The machine does not allow modifications to its ROM (because it has an O in the middle), but the team was able to use a technique called return-oriented programming to modify how the machine executes existing code, taking the bits they want and, ultimately, devising a way to re-program its behavior by simply inserting a cartridge into a slot -- presumably after blowing on it for good luck.

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If the past is any guide, it should o lower unless political uprisings in the Middle East cause speculation to intensify on the fear of supply constraints.

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And he has nothing but praise for the new management team of Chris Hutchings and Martin O'Connor, who arrived at Walsall in the middle of January.

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The Queen will even go to Bourke, a dusty town which is a byword in Australia for the remote outback - "Back o' Bourke" means the back of beyond or middle of nowhere in Aussie-speak.

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Steyn then ended the Test in the most emphatic fashion, flattening Iain O'Brien's middle stump.

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At 8 o'clock this morning a familiar Jaguar was parked in the middle of Whitehall opposite the entrance to the Wales Office.

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Midfielders Alexander Hleb and Cesc Fabregas were busy in the middle but their energy was matched by Boro's midfield, with George Boateng and Gary O'Neil particularly outstanding.

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