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EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM
An anonymous reader writes "In response to recent criticism, EA has decided to eliminate the periodic validation of Mass Effect and Spore. 'Specifically, EA's plan to dial in to game owner's computers every ten days to check whether they were running a legitimate version of their software has been scrapped, ShackNews reports. EA had planned to use the validation method for upcoming titles Mass Effect and Spore. EA now says that validation will now only occur when a user attempts to download new content for either game. Chief among the voices in opposition to this measure were members of the armed forces, who pointed out that they could not rely on having an internet connection every ten days.'"
Chief among the voices in opposition to this measure were members of the armed forces, who pointed out that they could not rely on having an internet connection every ten days.'"
I call BS. There is no reason why anyone would want to not check in. If you are not guilty you have nothing to hide. We dont need to military to be able to relax anyway...
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Fuck You, fuck Jesus,fuck EA, and fuck the White Mule You Rode In On!
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Nothing in your reply has anything to do with the subject.
The mention of soldiers in Iraq is nothing but a smoke screen for your own flamebait ideals.
The US soldiers are only dealing with the shit job they were assigned, nothing more, nothing less. Most would rather be home with their families, not sent into a hostile environment to further our Gov't.'s goals.
It is a fact that they are there, and if you would talk to some of them, you would understand that most do not want to be there, but they are doing their job, and some of it is appreciated by the Iraq people. (not all, but some)
BTW, what do YOU do for a living? Is your job totally without fault or negative repercussions for the whole world? Do you live in a glass house without fear of thrown rocks?
Seriously, WTF do YOU do for a living? WTF do you do except flame on
I assume from the 'jesus' and 'god' references that you are one of those fundamental christian nut-jobs. Forgive me if I am wrong. (you asshats DO believe in forgiveness don't you?)
*disclaimer- I have just went from Kubuntu gutsty to hardy, and have not got my set up where I want it, so please excuse the puncuation and grammatical errors---but the content aand meaning still stands)
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
Insightful? give me a break. you are just whining whilst making no attempt to explain how content creators get paid without the ability to prevent piracy. I'll restate your complaint:
"Tax has no right to exist, and anyone who implements it should be severely punished. Tax should be resisted by any and all means necessary. We deserve a Tax free future, but we will have to fight for it. Do everything you can to end Tax today."
An ignorant and one-sided, silly position, but no different to your post.
Unless you want no entertainment or digital content to be produced? (or only produced by hobbyists). personally I LIKE professionally made entertainment content, and don't mind paying for it.
DRM-free indie games for the PC and Mac: Positech Games
Pardon my lack of eloquence, but fsck you, and the white mule you rode in on.
Unless you've been there, you cannot understand.
No other reply is needed here.
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
You may be a mathematician, but you need to go back and learn some spelling and grammar if you want to get whatever it is you are trying to say out.
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WTF is 'hir'?
Also, it is only YOUR judgment that something unethical or illegal is happening with ALL of our soldiers.
Some...maybe, blanket accusation of 'all', uhm, no.
That's the price you pay by using HUMAN BEINGS for soldiers. It has been a known factor that people will be people for many centuries.
Nice move to try and take human nature out of your mathematician's equation, though!
And as FWIW, ahh...nothing actually except in your own little narrow world.
Have a nice day!
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
wtf?
what monopoly platform is that?
If someone wants to sell a game for Windows, they rightfully want to make sure they are selling ONE copy, because if you want the distribution rights to bioshock, rather than the playing rights, that's maybe $4million vs $30.
So quite rightly they take steps to force the product to be non distributable.
that's not an invasion of your privacy or your flipping human rights. If you want to get upset about human rights, go to Burma right now, or campaign against North Korea or Iran. Whining that you cant copy your games from your mates is pretty low and pathetic on the "look I'm being repressed!" scale...
DRM-free indie games for the PC and Mac: Positech Games