For protection, in Windows 7, if you attempt to open the MFT via an Administrator Command Prompt, the system will BSoD with an error code of 0x24 (NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM). In Windows 8, running the same command will bring up an Open File dialogue, but all programs will show Access Denied errors.
What does impasse mean in Urban Dictionary?: a spot of which any further development is made. by Adaline Report definition.
Impale \Im*pale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. [1913 Webster] Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.