Agreed. I was going to buy spore for my wife as she was jused about it but after examining the DRM I decided not to buy it. I figured it would be installed on at least 2 machines and I upgrade machines regularly. The problem I see is next year when I get a new machine and I can't install the game or I have to call them to install it. The thought of that hassle frightens me enough to forget about it. There are so many choices in gaming now it is nothing to look elsewhere.
I saw this guy at CES last year and apparently they are buying another booth. Where is the money coming from?
Personally it looked liek he took CF cards and glued on stickers with big numbers.
They were trying to lease laptops with the tech for $6000 where you return it later.
We haven't even beed measureing the ozone layer for 30 years. all of a sudden everyone is a expert on this small window of time. Get a grip.
100 years ago we were spewing out tons more gasses and all of a suden the "hole" is growing crazy is the last few years.
What to do about nothing.
Here is why it isn't dead.
1. Unlike CD's it is easier to use and you can write to it with no large OS installed.
2. EVERY computer works with one. If you have any old computers like we have at work who know's what they support. Some don't have CD's, some don't support USB drives and some have 2 USB1.1 ports in the back. The floppy is always in the front.
3. There are several programs in XP that ask you to insert a floppy. Backups for one. My new Maxtor 300gb 1 touch 2 drive asked me to put in a recoverable floppy.
4. my last job ran 2000 and most USB drives didn't work. They had the machines locked down so you wern't alowed to install drivers. We would routenly use floppy's to transfer CAD files and wor documents. 1.44 is fine for a few files. Drag-and-drop takes a few seconds; the CD usually requires opening a sealed package, launching some program, selecting the files(sometimes they HAVE to be on your computer, not on the network), then writing. 20 clicks later you have 1 meg on a CD that can't be used for anything alse.
4. Just transfered a new BIOS to burn to one of the units we sell to a Linux machine with a floppy! My USB drive doesn't work on that machine and I don't have the time to make it. The floppy just works.
I HATE FLOPPYS!
Seriously, there is something simple that will easity add and cost less than $500.
See http://www.promptus.com/Promptus_HotLink-IP.html
The unit works great for protecting no longer supported Microsoft products like 2000 or NT server.
The security appliance has a function called stealth mode which saves any IP setup to the machine and provides hardware IPSEC.
Although more than $100, it only takes 5 min to install and you don't need to change or add hardware.
They might be open to an education discount.
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright... is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses," Justice David Souter wrote in the ruling.
Someone should sue the RIAA for "distributing" CD's and DVD's because they are "devices" also used by computers. Because they are used by computers too it makes them very easy to copy and "infringe copyright." Because it is so easy to copy they might as well be "promoting" its illegal use.
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Agreed. I was going to buy spore for my wife as she was jused about it but after examining the DRM I decided not to buy it. I figured it would be installed on at least 2 machines and I upgrade machines regularly. The problem I see is next year when I get a new machine and I can't install the game or I have to call them to install it. The thought of that hassle frightens me enough to forget about it. There are so many choices in gaming now it is nothing to look elsewhere.
I saw this guy at CES last year and apparently they are buying another booth. Where is the money coming from? Personally it looked liek he took CF cards and glued on stickers with big numbers. They were trying to lease laptops with the tech for $6000 where you return it later.
We haven't even beed measureing the ozone layer for 30 years. all of a sudden everyone is a expert on this small window of time. Get a grip. 100 years ago we were spewing out tons more gasses and all of a suden the "hole" is growing crazy is the last few years. What to do about nothing.
Here is why it isn't dead. 1. Unlike CD's it is easier to use and you can write to it with no large OS installed. 2. EVERY computer works with one. If you have any old computers like we have at work who know's what they support. Some don't have CD's, some don't support USB drives and some have 2 USB1.1 ports in the back. The floppy is always in the front. 3. There are several programs in XP that ask you to insert a floppy. Backups for one. My new Maxtor 300gb 1 touch 2 drive asked me to put in a recoverable floppy. 4. my last job ran 2000 and most USB drives didn't work. They had the machines locked down so you wern't alowed to install drivers. We would routenly use floppy's to transfer CAD files and wor documents. 1.44 is fine for a few files. Drag-and-drop takes a few seconds; the CD usually requires opening a sealed package, launching some program, selecting the files(sometimes they HAVE to be on your computer, not on the network), then writing. 20 clicks later you have 1 meg on a CD that can't be used for anything alse. 4. Just transfered a new BIOS to burn to one of the units we sell to a Linux machine with a floppy! My USB drive doesn't work on that machine and I don't have the time to make it. The floppy just works. I HATE FLOPPYS!
Seriously, there is something simple that will easity add and cost less than $500. See http://www.promptus.com/Promptus_HotLink-IP.html The unit works great for protecting no longer supported Microsoft products like 2000 or NT server. The security appliance has a function called stealth mode which saves any IP setup to the machine and provides hardware IPSEC. Although more than $100, it only takes 5 min to install and you don't need to change or add hardware. They might be open to an education discount.
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright ... is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses," Justice David Souter wrote in the ruling.
Someone should sue the RIAA for "distributing" CD's and DVD's because they are "devices" also used by computers. Because they are used by computers too it makes them very easy to copy and "infringe copyright." Because it is so easy to copy they might as well be "promoting" its illegal use.
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