If I had to guess I'd say the decision was made after the latest beta was released and that the final version will install. We'll have to wait and see though.
While this is currently true, according to the article the cdkeys won't be locked out when SP2 is actually released.
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I mistyped my Radeon doesn't support Vesa 3.0, which is why it needs the dos driver. Still my point is valid since many cards don't support vesa in bios these days.
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My biggest problem with DOS games (even when actually running in DOS) is that many old games don't work with my current hardware.
The main problem I've found is that I have a USB mouse. Well there are no USB DOS drivers so I can't use a mouse
A second problem I've had is that old games that use [url=http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/ent/free_ titles.html]Scitech's Display Doctor's univbe[/url] VESA TSR don't work because the modern graphic chips (like my ATI Radeon which supports Vesa 3.0) aren't supported. I found a hacked univbe.sys a few years ago that let's me run old games, but its not perfect (I can't locate it currently). Most modern graphic cards don't have their own Vesa drivers either.
Actually according to the coLinux installation page, it uses cygwin1.dll which is the CygWin api library that translates linux function calls to windows function calls.
It is a crazy world where currency in online games actually have more worth than the currency of some countries.
I've personally sold virtual items for real life cash and I think people are crazy for paying what they do for these things, but then again I also can't understand why people pay large amounts of money for junk on E-Bay. I guess what they say is true, "one man's trash is another man's treasure", whether the trash is virtual or real. The online market just makes it easier to get those two people together.
That just bans weapons of mass destruction in space. Non-nuclear, projectile weapons (and many beam weapons) are not considered weapons of mass destruction so they are not banned.
If the projectile is small enough it would burn up on re-entry. Slightly larger ones won't do any more damage than a small meteor.
Any bullet large enough to be considered a weapon of mass destruction (around 100 meters in diameter or larger) would be too large to be practical as a space weapon. It would be much easier to use a nuclear device (which is banned anyway).
There are patches that will prevent the CD checks. Not only do you not need the CD, it actually speeds up the loading of games and gets around problems that the copy protection schemes sometimes cause (like this one).
It is not illegal to make backup copies of a game for yourself or to force the game not to check for the CD (despite what the software companies say). Of course these programs can also be used to pirate games, but that's the software companies' problem not mine.
My father was laid of over a year ago. He told me recently he talked to his old manager who told him that he (the manager) basically manages an empty office with all the employees outsourced to India.
Recently the manager has been having problems with not getting back from India what he requested do to misunderstandings in communication. This is causing a lot of problems and ends up costing more money than it would have if the company hadn't outsourced.
There's a store near me that has an interesting idea. If you buy a game and return it within 10 days, they'll charge you a rental fee for how many days you kept it. So if you keep it 2 days you'd pay a few dollars.
You can't return it after that, but you can sell it back to the store as a used game.
I'm not sure what type of memory card he is talking about. If the bug exploits PS1 games than it would appear you need a PS1 memory card.
To read/write a PS1 memory card from a PC you need a Dex Drive. This plugs into the PC's serial port and let's it read/write PS1 memory cards. It is not sold anymore but one can be picked up on EBay.
To read/write PS2 memory cards, the X-Drive will work, but it will not read/write to PS1 memory cards.
Players should not even be able to cheat in games written today.
When the first MMORPG Ultima Online came out, programmers severely underestimated the resourcefulness of cheaters. All checks were done on the client side. Once the encryption scheme was broken there were hacks that pretty much allowed you to do anything you wanted from running superfast to instant teleportation to taking things that were never designed to be carried. Eventually all checks were moved to the server and the cheating subsided. Then people started Macroing with Bots to do the same thing mentioned in this article. Code was added to detect repetitive behavior and experience wasn't given unless you varied your game play (which Bots don't do well).
This was around 5 years ago. I can understand having problems with UO since it was one of the first of its kind, but if today's games still allow players to do this, then its the programmers fault since solutions for these problems have been around for about 3 years now.
Here is the federal law dealing with exemptions from overtime for Software engineers and programmers:
http://www.laborcounsel.com/FLSA.htm
(17) any employee who is a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other similarly skilled worker, whose primary duty is--
(A) the application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software, or system functional specifications;
(B) the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;
(C) the design, documentation, testing, creation, or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or
(D) a combination of duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) the performance of which requires the same level of skills, and who, in the case of an employee who is compensated on an hourly basis, is compensated at a rate of not less than $27.63 an hour.
D above is the stickler. If you are salaried then D will not apply since it is only for employees who are "compensated on an hourly basis". So any salaried employee who's job description fits A,B or C above is exempt from overtime.
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If I had to guess I'd say the decision was made after the latest beta was released and that the final version will install. We'll have to wait and see though.
While this is currently true, according to the article the cdkeys won't be locked out when SP2 is actually released.
I mistyped my Radeon doesn't support Vesa 3.0, which is why it needs the dos driver. Still my point is valid since many cards don't support vesa in bios these days.
My biggest problem with DOS games (even when actually running in DOS) is that many old games don't work with my current hardware.
_ titles.html]Scitech's Display Doctor's univbe[/url] VESA TSR don't work because the modern graphic chips (like my ATI Radeon which supports Vesa 3.0) aren't supported. I found a hacked univbe.sys a few years ago that let's me run old games, but its not perfect (I can't locate it currently). Most modern graphic cards don't have their own Vesa drivers either.
The main problem I've found is that I have a USB mouse. Well there are no USB DOS drivers so I can't use a mouse
A second problem I've had is that old games that use [url=http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/ent/free
Actually according to the coLinux installation page, it uses cygwin1.dll which is the CygWin api library that translates linux function calls to windows function calls.
It also uses the WinPCap kernel level packet library to directly access the network hardware layer in windows.
Online trading/selling of items has been occuring since the first account was sold on Ebay (Ultima Online) up to the formation of the Open Gaming Market (a currency exchange place for online game currency).
There have been people who have quit their normal jobs and took the "job" of play Diablo to make money. There's even been a court case for return of stolen in-game items.
It is a crazy world where currency in online games actually have more worth than the currency of some countries. I've personally sold virtual items for real life cash and I think people are crazy for paying what they do for these things, but then again I also can't understand why people pay large amounts of money for junk on E-Bay. I guess what they say is true, "one man's trash is another man's treasure", whether the trash is virtual or real. The online market just makes it easier to get those two people together.
That just bans weapons of mass destruction in space. Non-nuclear, projectile weapons (and many beam weapons) are not considered weapons of mass destruction so they are not banned.
If the projectile is small enough it would burn up on re-entry. Slightly larger ones won't do any more damage than a small meteor.
Any bullet large enough to be considered a weapon of mass destruction (around 100 meters in diameter or larger) would be too large to be practical as a space weapon. It would be much easier to use a nuclear device (which is banned anyway).
Like you said, in Black and White the advisors say Christmasy things on Christmas.
http://noctalis.com/dis/bw/eggs7.shtml
http://www.gamecopyworld.com is your friend.
There are patches that will prevent the CD checks. Not only do you not need the CD, it actually speeds up the loading of games and gets around problems that the copy protection schemes sometimes cause (like this one).
It is not illegal to make backup copies of a game for yourself or to force the game not to check for the CD (despite what the software companies say). Of course these programs can also be used to pirate games, but that's the software companies' problem not mine.
My father was laid of over a year ago. He told me recently he talked to his old manager who told him that he (the manager) basically manages an empty office with all the employees outsourced to India.
Recently the manager has been having problems with not getting back from India what he requested do to misunderstandings in communication. This is causing a lot of problems and ends up costing more money than it would have if the company hadn't outsourced.
There's a store near me that has an interesting idea. If you buy a game and return it within 10 days, they'll charge you a rental fee for how many days you kept it. So if you keep it 2 days you'd pay a few dollars.
You can't return it after that, but you can sell it back to the store as a used game.
Q818043 - Caused many computers to lose their internet connection.
Q811493 - Caused severe slow down on many computers.
I don't think I'd patches that completely screw up my system automatically installed.
I'm not sure what type of memory card he is talking about. If the bug exploits PS1 games than it would appear you need a PS1 memory card. To read/write a PS1 memory card from a PC you need a Dex Drive. This plugs into the PC's serial port and let's it read/write PS1 memory cards. It is not sold anymore but one can be picked up on EBay. To read/write PS2 memory cards, the X-Drive will work, but it will not read/write to PS1 memory cards.
The sites gone.
Players should not even be able to cheat in games written today.
When the first MMORPG Ultima Online came out, programmers severely underestimated the resourcefulness of cheaters. All checks were done on the client side. Once the encryption scheme was broken there were hacks that pretty much allowed you to do anything you wanted from running superfast to instant teleportation to taking things that were never designed to be carried. Eventually all checks were moved to the server and the cheating subsided.
Then people started Macroing with Bots to do the same thing mentioned in this article. Code was added to detect repetitive behavior and experience wasn't given unless you varied your game play (which Bots don't do well).
This was around 5 years ago. I can understand having problems with UO since it was one of the first of its kind, but if today's games still allow players to do this, then its the programmers fault since solutions for these problems have been around for about 3 years now.
http://www.laborcounsel.com/FLSA.htm
D above is the stickler. If you are salaried then D will not apply since it is only for employees who are "compensated on an hourly basis". So any salaried employee who's job description fits A,B or C above is exempt from overtime.
What if someone dupes the prizes? Do they have to reset and do the awards show over?
That doesn't stop people who bulk mail using the postal service, why would it stop spammers?
This will work until Comcast moves all their channels to digital in 2004. Then you'll need to get digital cable for every channel.
Microsoft would never allow one of their products to attack a file without the user knowing it.
. FON0 WOA.FON
; for 16-bit app support
[drivers]
wave=mmdrv.dll
timer=timer.drv
[mci]
[driver32]
[386enh]
woafont=dosapp.FON
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA4
FileSysChange=off