tad2020
join:2007-07-17
Orange, CA | reply to KrK
Re: wrong
I'm surprised no one else had pointed that out yet. You'd be totally screwed if it wasn't for the hackers making game cracks. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | I've always said, and continue to believe that one day hackers will be one of last protectors of freedom--- even if what they do is/will be illegal. |
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tad2020
join:2007-07-17
Orange, CA | Yeah, it keeps seeming more likely that those cyberpunk movies may have gotten the future right after all. |
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI
| reply to BF69
said by BF69  :said by tc1uscg :just like I refused to buy ANYTHING with Sony's name on after the rootkit fiasco. Oh god please. So you don't go to movies or watch TV shows made by Sony Studios? Hardly get over it. Anyways back to topic at hand. it's dumb. won't work. they'll give it up. problem solved. I have gotten over it  , and 1clickitdvd + dvd43 was the cure  . Sony hardware. over rated  . Think I have 1 pair of sony headphones left.  Unless you had to deal with their rootkit crap.. you wouldn't be so submissive.  |
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MASantangelo
Premium
join:2004-07-19
Pittstown, NJ
| reply to danawhitaker
said by danawhitaker :But I digress. I'm afraid, sadly, that this crap won't fail. Why? Look at Steam. Plenty of people said Steam would fail, Half Life 2 would fail because of it, and Steam is still going strong. The average user is probably just going to let it attempt to connect to the internet as often as it wants and not pay attention to what it's doing. The difference being that after the initial registration and activation of Half-Life 2 you can switch to Offline-Mode and never need to bother with activations and phone-home. Steam will NOT update the game or call home (from personal experience).
Spore and Mass Effect require an initial registration/activation, then a 10 day phone-home verification. EVERY 10 days. And if you're a day late BLAM your software becomes unusable. So... See the difference?
A single activation versus 10 days is a very different matter. I _wanted_ Mass Effect. It won't be seeing my desktop... legitimately at least. |
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tempnexus
Premium
join:1999-08-11
Boston, MA
| reply to jc100
if the game fails to meet expectations they will blame it on the pirates and not the new copyright system.. Which will foster the new for better more intrusive copyright system. This story has been done over and over. Whenever failure occurs just blame it on the pirates and bittorents...hey it's an easy cheap scapegoat. |
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