It is in fact every 10 days, not just once.
From the mod/dev person that was posting on the forums:
"For clarity, though, an internet connection is not required to install, just to activate the first time, and every 10 days after. You can be completely connectionless for 9 days and encounter no problems playing Mass Effect. And you don't need the disk in the drive to play."
Yes, but the difference is Linux isn't made with intentional security holes that the maker obscures and then peddles to law enforcement agencies. It's no doubt in the works that Microsoft will charge for these services at some point down the line. Who'd have thought, shoddy security is just another revenue stream!
This is just another addition to the mounting list of reasons I block most banner ads. Why should I download something that could be dangerous, and adds no value to my browsing experience? I manually un-block certain sites I know to have decent levels of quality assurance in their ads (Penny Arcade, Slashdot, for example). I'd much rather directly micropay for content than be served completely worthless ads anyhow.
Blizzard has long been a 'Release it when its done' company--and the resulting products have almost always been very polished. Activision(at least in the past 15 years), has been willing to push crap out to market. With Activision's CEO taking over the merged company, can we expect anything -but- a quality drop in Blizzard's future products?
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Quoted from the forum mod / dev person: "Yes, EA is ready for us and getting ready for Spore, which will use the same system." (on the second page)
It is in fact every 10 days, not just once. From the mod/dev person that was posting on the forums: "For clarity, though, an internet connection is not required to install, just to activate the first time, and every 10 days after. You can be completely connectionless for 9 days and encounter no problems playing Mass Effect. And you don't need the disk in the drive to play."
Yes, but the difference is Linux isn't made with intentional security holes that the maker obscures and then peddles to law enforcement agencies. It's no doubt in the works that Microsoft will charge for these services at some point down the line. Who'd have thought, shoddy security is just another revenue stream!
There's no way this could fall into the hands of someone unsavory. Newp.
This is just another addition to the mounting list of reasons I block most banner ads. Why should I download something that could be dangerous, and adds no value to my browsing experience? I manually un-block certain sites I know to have decent levels of quality assurance in their ads (Penny Arcade, Slashdot, for example). I'd much rather directly micropay for content than be served completely worthless ads anyhow.
One point Five meeeeeeeeeeeeeelion dollars! *pinky*
Those developers are certainly not Activision.
Blizzard has long been a 'Release it when its done' company--and the resulting products have almost always been very polished. Activision(at least in the past 15 years), has been willing to push crap out to market. With Activision's CEO taking over the merged company, can we expect anything -but- a quality drop in Blizzard's future products?