Sorry if this sounds flamebait, but it really sickens me to find ego-bloated/. users who thinks they outsmarted billion-dollar corporations with some blanket statement "simple workaround, all you have to do is...", BEFORE the the system is out!
I don't think this is a case of "ego-bloated/. users".. as it has been proven time and time again, there is no foolproof way to copyright-protect software. And as you complicate the copyright protection it makes it easier for the pirates to pirate and harder for the paying user to legitimately use the software. Dongles will be readily available to trick the PSX2 into running burned CDs and DVDs. But the paying user won't be able to rent any PSX2 games or even play their game at a friend's home. And how long will Sony maintain their authentication servers? And who wants to tie up their telco line every time they start a game? This isn't going to work, regardless of how you present it to the consumer market. And therefore this "billion-dollar corporation" won't implement this kind of system because they will lose revenue.
P.S. Its annoying to read about kharma whoring; please stop.
Oh, those delightful 19" x 1" blue boxes. Cobalt Linux would *always* crash under heavy load. During a freeze you had to re-configure them with their tiny LCD screen and 4 directional arrow buttons (that didn't always respond).
Good idea, bad implementation. A stable kernel will now render these once-ghetto boxen useful/efficient for web hosting providers.
(read: only moderate this if you know what a BBS is)
Ah, finally an old school story..
The BBS scene is not totally dead. Darktech.org and dyndns.com host many 2-node telnet BBSes running PCBoard, WWIV, SearchLight, etc. And don't forget the other games -- Studs, BRE and Lord -- people are still playing them; and the more popular MajorMUD for WorldGroup/MBBS. FidoNET and other private messy nets are still alive and rolling.
Can you remember your Fidonet node? Do you wish you could still code with PCBoard Programming Language? Ever miss playing with the volume slide on your USR Courier during connects? Miss using TheDRAW or DuhDRAW? Wish you could still dial out with QMPro?
If any of your answers were "yes" then you might be a washed-up old school BBSer. Related links: http://www.oldskool.org/ http://archives.thebbs.org/ http://bbscentral.kracked.com/ http://thuglife.org/
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Sorry if this sounds flamebait, but it really sickens me to find ego-bloated /. users who thinks they outsmarted billion-dollar corporations with some blanket statement "simple workaround, all you have to do is...", BEFORE the the system is out!
/. users".. as it has been proven time and time again, there is no foolproof way to copyright-protect software. And as you complicate the copyright protection it makes it easier for the pirates to pirate and harder for the paying user to legitimately use the software. Dongles will be readily available to trick the PSX2 into running burned CDs and DVDs. But the paying user won't be able to rent any PSX2 games or even play their game at a friend's home. And how long will Sony maintain their authentication servers? And who wants to tie up their telco line every time they start a game? This isn't going to work, regardless of how you present it to the consumer market. And therefore this "billion-dollar corporation" won't implement this kind of system because they will lose revenue.
I don't think this is a case of "ego-bloated
P.S. Its annoying to read about kharma whoring; please stop.
Oh, those delightful 19" x 1" blue boxes. Cobalt Linux would *always* crash under heavy load. During a freeze you had to re-configure them with their tiny LCD screen and 4 directional arrow buttons (that didn't always respond).
Good idea, bad implementation. A stable kernel will now render these once-ghetto boxen useful/efficient for web hosting providers.
(read: only moderate this if you know what a BBS is)
..
Ah, finally an old school story
The BBS scene is not totally dead. Darktech.org and dyndns.com host many 2-node telnet BBSes running PCBoard, WWIV, SearchLight, etc. And don't forget the other games -- Studs, BRE and Lord -- people are still playing them; and the more popular MajorMUD for WorldGroup/MBBS. FidoNET and other private messy nets are still alive and rolling.
Can you remember your Fidonet node?
Do you wish you could still code with PCBoard Programming Language?
Ever miss playing with the volume slide on your USR Courier during connects?
Miss using TheDRAW or DuhDRAW?
Wish you could still dial out with QMPro?
If any of your answers were "yes" then you might be a washed-up old school BBSer. Related links:
http://www.oldskool.org/
http://archives.thebbs.org/
http://bbscentral.kracked.com/
http://thuglife.org/
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