I gotta agree. I am a former pirate (thief... whatever). And my recent screw-fest was Mass-Effect. I didn't have the issues that others had with the DRM. I found that if you just waited about 5 seconds on the launch screen, it would take you right in. If I clicked on "Play Game" any soonedr than that, I'd get the ambigious error 6000. BUT - sorry for the side track... I think that DRM is the way to go. IMHO Steam has the best model. If you look at the reasons people say they pirate:
1 - I don't want to use the CD - DRM fixes that.
2 - I don't want to pay for a crap game. Don't buy anything you have not played as a demo.
3 - I want to install on multiple PC's in my house. Again, DRM could help you here.
4 - The games are too expensive... this one requires faith. If the price is that high due to piracy, then we should see the price of pirate free games come down. Portal and TF2 are excellent examples of great, pirate free games for $19.00. It is one of the few occations you don't wish you had some vasoline before purchasing.
Re:Drool over Drobo
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Yea - I LOVE my Drobo. I know there are cool, hackable, low power, Linux/unix/mac/x-box, low cost, 64 TB, non-corporate-establishment options out there... but this is my data. My family pictures, movies, 1200 CD's blahblahblah...
It was well worth it to buy something that I COULD NOT SCREW UP, and took longer to get out of the box than it did to get up and running. Movies stream from it just fine - why would I need anything faster than that? Is it REALLY imperative that when I copy my data it happens at six million gig a sec? To take it a step further, I back up my Drobo to an online service. Talk about your slow speed! But again - this is my precious data and well worth it. You need to figure out what you are really using it for and how much you want to manage it. There is no managing with the Drobo.
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I gotta agree. I am a former pirate (thief... whatever). And my recent screw-fest was Mass-Effect. I didn't have the issues that others had with the DRM. I found that if you just waited about 5 seconds on the launch screen, it would take you right in. If I clicked on "Play Game" any soonedr than that, I'd get the ambigious error 6000. BUT - sorry for the side track... I think that DRM is the way to go. IMHO Steam has the best model. If you look at the reasons people say they pirate: 1 - I don't want to use the CD - DRM fixes that. 2 - I don't want to pay for a crap game. Don't buy anything you have not played as a demo. 3 - I want to install on multiple PC's in my house. Again, DRM could help you here. 4 - The games are too expensive... this one requires faith. If the price is that high due to piracy, then we should see the price of pirate free games come down. Portal and TF2 are excellent examples of great, pirate free games for $19.00. It is one of the few occations you don't wish you had some vasoline before purchasing.
Yea - I LOVE my Drobo. I know there are cool, hackable, low power, Linux/unix/mac/x-box, low cost, 64 TB, non-corporate-establishment options out there... but this is my data. My family pictures, movies, 1200 CD's blahblahblah... It was well worth it to buy something that I COULD NOT SCREW UP, and took longer to get out of the box than it did to get up and running. Movies stream from it just fine - why would I need anything faster than that? Is it REALLY imperative that when I copy my data it happens at six million gig a sec? To take it a step further, I back up my Drobo to an online service. Talk about your slow speed! But again - this is my precious data and well worth it. You need to figure out what you are really using it for and how much you want to manage it. There is no managing with the Drobo.