When Valve croaks, they will not release a no-cd crack. If bankrupt they will be obligated by their creditors not to devalue assets by giving them away for free. If bought out, same thing.
What makes you so sure they won't? Its not like they haven't already done this before, The last update for Half Life one released in around 03' striped the CD check.
And pray you never buy a new computer? Good plan.
I suggest you read the last sentence.
So your solution to failed copyprotection is use utilitilies that violate the DMCA and expose creators and users to liability? I'd think a real solution would protect the owners of software from defunct companies, not criminalize them.
Step one does protect the rights of software owners. Step two is just a back-up.
If, and when Steam goes down that would not mean that you are unable to play your games. There are at least two present day work-a-rounds, not even counting the possibility that Valve releases a no-cd.exe before they croak.
1. When the Steam servers go down and your client fails to connect just throw it into offline mode. Then burn a back-up DVD of your game collect for future use.
2. Head over to TPB and grab a no-steam cracked copy of the game.
Thats just silly! Everyone with any byte of knowledge in this area would know that this is clearly a case of the lazy bit as first discovered by Sir Simon, Innocence, BOFH during his ground breaking work on lazy atoms.
Thats what happens when you have to bring a new product to the market place a number of times over the course of a financial period. If they were to cut R&D right now they'd shadow of their former self long before those stock options matured.
The thing is far from foolproof. When I was bored one day I decided to start clicking on just about all the Google Adwords adverts I could find. Most of them were for those scam sites, you know the kind "click here to buy Firefox, Buy supsciption to Bittorent now!" Over half the sites were green according to Site Advisor. Really I'm sure that their numbers here at least give an idea as the how "dangrous" these TDLs are, put really they are liekly far off from the truth.
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I quick Google search comes up with Zip.ca: http://www.zip.ca/dvd/index.aspx
Don't feel bad, you're not a slob just exercise challenged.
PS: Blame it on your genes.
When Valve croaks, they will not release a no-cd crack. If bankrupt they will be obligated by their creditors not to devalue assets by giving them away for free. If bought out, same thing.
What makes you so sure they won't? Its not like they haven't already done this before, The last update for Half Life one released in around 03' striped the CD check.
And pray you never buy a new computer? Good plan.
I suggest you read the last sentence.
So your solution to failed copyprotection is use utilitilies that violate the DMCA and expose creators and users to liability? I'd think a real solution would protect the owners of software from defunct companies, not criminalize them.
Step one does protect the rights of software owners. Step two is just a back-up.
If, and when Steam goes down that would not mean that you are unable to play your games. There are at least two present day work-a-rounds, not even counting the possibility that Valve releases a no-cd.exe before they croak.
1. When the Steam servers go down and your client fails to connect just throw it into offline mode. Then burn a back-up DVD of your game collect for future use.
2. Head over to TPB and grab a no-steam cracked copy of the game.
Well I'm free on friday, hows that work with you?
Sweet! I want to get me some of those 84 minute hours like they have in Australia!
You think that's nice? Wait till you try metric time!
So what you're saying is that 6.40mbps should be enough throughput for anyone?
The challenge will be to APPLY this to a SYSTEM that will CAPITALIZE on the TECHNOLOGY.
Well your keyboard looks like it will be a good place to start.
[1] Just confese to your wife, I'm sure whe'll understand. Worst case she makes you see a shrink.
Except that Nvidia is having, or at least helping get PhysX on ATi cards as well. http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/physx-on-ati-effort-gets-helping-hand-from-nvidia/
Everybody knows they have the hots for one another.
Kids these days. When will they learn that its not worth the risk. Safe encryption should be practised all the time, not just when you feel like it.
Then someone else comes along, picks up the source and adds what they want. Rinse and repeat.
Thats just silly! Everyone with any byte of knowledge in this area would know that this is clearly a case of the lazy bit as first discovered by Sir Simon, Innocence, BOFH during his ground breaking work on lazy atoms.
its a culture shock for a lot of freshman college students to not use calculators.
Wait, no calculators!?
So I take it I'm going to need to learn a bit more of my times tables?
There are only 'consequences' of actions if you do something wrong
Like say, driving drunk? Or for that matter what are you doing drinking enough to get you drunk in the first place?
One is never too young to smarten up and act responsible.
But we didn't do that, we gave them animation which turned into Anime,
Oh yes leave to a geek to list anime first when making a list regarding the great things about Japan.
Thats what happens when you have to bring a new product to the market place a number of times over the course of a financial period. If they were to cut R&D right now they'd shadow of their former self long before those stock options matured.
You do realize that its only called Canadian Bacon in the states right? Same goes for Texas gates and Hawaiian pizza. PS: We call it backbacon.
Mah I'm a PC gamer myself, haven't used a handheld in years.
Ditto for my HP Compaq.
Yeah although now that I think about it I was thinking about Wired's awards, from which Duke got a life time achievement award.
You do realize that its been on the list for years right?
Funny, but Windows has not been DOS based since 98 if I remember right.
The thing is far from foolproof. When I was bored one day I decided to start clicking on just about all the Google Adwords adverts I could find. Most of them were for those scam sites, you know the kind "click here to buy Firefox, Buy supsciption to Bittorent now!" Over half the sites were green according to Site Advisor. Really I'm sure that their numbers here at least give an idea as the how "dangrous" these TDLs are, put really they are liekly far off from the truth.