I tried to use restore points to fix things like were described at the top of the page... And not only did the restore point not fix the problem, often times the problem was the same, or worse.
Me too. What I have done for some of my older games is download cracks to crack the game I officially own. I burn that crack onto a disk and keep that disk with the install disk for the game.
In EA's case if I want to play Assisin's Creed 2 10 years from now... And they have taken their DRM servers offline, I am screwed! And if they decide in 15 years to re-release it as a "Vintage Special" then they will probably make be purchase this "new" version all over again, with all NEW DRM!
So far the only game that has been re-released, that I have re-purchased is "Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition". This is because they totally updated the game, but kept the classic feel of it. However I have games in my archives that I like re-playing, but I doubt I would purchase a "Spiffied up" version of.
Plus if I already paid for the PC version... Why should I purchase it AGAIN!
I have games in my "Archives" that were not that popular, but I really enjoy them. No gaming company is going to buy the rites to many of the games I like to replay.
"we used to think 1.44 Megabytes of storage was extremely generous"
Ummm in the 1990's I was using 100mb Zip Disks and cursing how small 1.44mb was. I also purchased one of the early 2x CD Burners available for over $600 for data archiving.
I do have a couple of USB Floppy Drives for when I need to access something that I have archived on 3.5" disks. However I am going to start backing those up to CD/DVD soon for 2 reasons. Floppies will not last forever, and they take up lots of space.
And that sort of "Streaming" of a game will totally eliminate the re-playability of the game.
I have games that are 5, 10, 15, 20+ years old that I STILL go back and play. Some of the companies that made the games I have do not even exist anymore! No game company is going to pay to keep servers running so customers can continue to play the game that long after it was released.
I will NEVER EVER buy a game that is not totally contained on the media I am purchasing. I like to go back and re-play games for DECADES to come.
OK the government stated it was their decision, and that they told airlines to not fly. The End...
But the airlines are bitching anyway. There is no "The End", There never is a "The End" unless the government in question is a dictatorship. THEN there is a "The End".
If the government did not regulate air traffic, and the airlines flew through the ash, and there was a problem (like a crash) then there would be a massive outcry for the government to do something.
This is one of those "You are screwed no matter what you do" situations.
If the government had allowed flights to continue, and there was damage to plains, then airlines would be going after the government for the repair costs. If a plane were to crash because of either the debris going through the engine, OR the windshield being "sand blasted" eliminating viability, then the government would be blamed for the deaths.
However they chose to error on the side of caution, because they felt it was better than taking a chance with lives and expensive equipment.
I have to agree. I have a DVR computer that has had no AV or firewall software at all on it. It's only task is to record TV shows, and play them on my HDTV. It has had no AV or firewall software for 2 years. My router does have a firewall tho, to protect my whole lan from intrusions via the internet.
So I would welcome digital versions of instructions that will work on my e-reader. Maybe include.PDF and.EPUB versions of the manual. That way those of us with e-book readers can have easy access to the manuals.
Take pictures of him when he is outside the home. When he is going into any place that has open, or closed WiFi. Take a picture of him using a cordless of cell phone. Take a picture of him with a bluetooth headset. Take a screen cap of all the WiFi networks in the area. Find out where the cell towers are in your area.
Which is why I will not be purchasing this game. I like to go back and play games over and over again. I have some games that are 15+ years old that I still go back and play.
(Thanks to ScummVM I am in the middle of LOOM on my Palm Pre)
All some enterprising hacker needs to do is rig up a local server app instead. Hack the game to talk to the 127.0.0.1 instead of the "official" server.
If "private" World of Warcraft servers can exist, then so can a private save server.
I hope that if you refuse the software update, that Toyota makes note of that. That way if you get into an accident because of the problem the software is supposed to fix, YOU are held responsible because you refused to get the problem with your car fixed!
When end users do their own firmware updates, bricking happens because of many configuration variations out in the real world. I have never heard of any device you had to send in for a firmware update from the maker being returned to the customer bricked. If you take your car in to get fixed, and the reapir place (any repair place) breaks a window, the repair place must fix the window for free. They can't return it to you with a broken window and expect you to pay for damage they caused.
I know that if you refuse the update, and you kill one of my friends of family... Either I will make SURE you are procuted to the FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW as if it was a murder. or I will be the one going to prison because you will be 6 feet under.
Wanting to kill IE6 makes sense.. However wanting to kill IE7 is just short sighted. There are several apps that are not compatable with IE8. Pro Tools for example will not function if IE8 is installed. But works fine when the system has IE7.
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I tried to use restore points to fix things like were described at the top of the page... And not only did the restore point not fix the problem, often times the problem was the same, or worse.
So I never relied on it anyway.
Tell that to the guy who talked about "back in the 1990's, we used to think 1.44 Megabytes of storage was extremely generous".
Me too. What I have done for some of my older games is download cracks to crack the game I officially own. I burn that crack onto a disk and keep that disk with the install disk for the game.
But in this day and age, people want to have choices, but they also have no problem complaining about how they were not protected.
People want the illusion of a choice, but want to be totally protected by someone else.
True, however I was reffering to 91, 92... The early 90's. That is when I got a Zip drive, the mid 90's is when I got a CD Burner.
Why should I pay again for a game I already own?
In EA's case if I want to play Assisin's Creed 2 10 years from now... And they have taken their DRM servers offline, I am screwed! And if they decide in 15 years to re-release it as a "Vintage Special" then they will probably make be purchase this "new" version all over again, with all NEW DRM!
So far the only game that has been re-released, that I have re-purchased is "Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition". This is because they totally updated the game, but kept the classic feel of it. However I have games in my archives that I like re-playing, but I doubt I would purchase a "Spiffied up" version of.
I miss read the "Vintage Special" as beeing free, not for a fee... But the rest of my statement still stands.
That hardly solves the "Vintage Special" concept.
Plus if I already paid for the PC version... Why should I purchase it AGAIN!
I have games in my "Archives" that were not that popular, but I really enjoy them. No gaming company is going to buy the rites to many of the games I like to replay.
"we used to think 1.44 Megabytes of storage was extremely generous"
Ummm in the 1990's I was using 100mb Zip Disks and cursing how small 1.44mb was. I also purchased one of the early 2x CD Burners available for over $600 for data archiving.
I do have a couple of USB Floppy Drives for when I need to access something that I have archived on 3.5" disks. However I am going to start backing those up to CD/DVD soon for 2 reasons. Floppies will not last forever, and they take up lots of space.
And that sort of "Streaming" of a game will totally eliminate the re-playability of the game.
I have games that are 5, 10, 15, 20+ years old that I STILL go back and play. Some of the companies that made the games I have do not even exist anymore! No game company is going to pay to keep servers running so customers can continue to play the game that long after it was released.
I will NEVER EVER buy a game that is not totally contained on the media I am purchasing. I like to go back and re-play games for DECADES to come.
OK the government stated it was their decision, and that they told airlines to not fly. The End...
But the airlines are bitching anyway. There is no "The End", There never is a "The End" unless the government in question is a dictatorship. THEN there is a "The End".
If the government did not regulate air traffic, and the airlines flew through the ash, and there was a problem (like a crash) then there would be a massive outcry for the government to do something.
This is one of those "You are screwed no matter what you do" situations.
If the government had allowed flights to continue, and there was damage to plains, then airlines would be going after the government for the repair costs.
If a plane were to crash because of either the debris going through the engine, OR the windshield being "sand blasted" eliminating viability, then the government would be blamed for the deaths.
However they chose to error on the side of caution, because they felt it was better than taking a chance with lives and expensive equipment.
I have to agree. I have a DVR computer that has had no AV or firewall software at all on it. It's only task is to record TV shows, and play them on my HDTV. It has had no AV or firewall software for 2 years.
My router does have a firewall tho, to protect my whole lan from intrusions via the internet.
So I would welcome digital versions of instructions that will work on my e-reader. Maybe include .PDF and .EPUB versions of the manual. That way those of us with e-book readers can have easy access to the manuals.
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True. I guess she is luckey she fell off of the Wii Fit, instead of one of those exersize steps or something else...
A foot stool, would she claim it was the footstool's fault?
A step, high heels... There are soo many other ways she could have fallen and gotten hurt the same way.
So I am unimpressed that it was the WiiFit board is the problem.
Take pictures of him when he is outside the home. When he is going into any place that has open, or closed WiFi.
Take a picture of him using a cordless of cell phone.
Take a picture of him with a bluetooth headset.
Take a screen cap of all the WiFi networks in the area.
Find out where the cell towers are in your area.
Which is why I will not be purchasing this game. I like to go back and play games over and over again. I have some games that are 15+ years old that I still go back and play.
(Thanks to ScummVM I am in the middle of LOOM on my Palm Pre)
All some enterprising hacker needs to do is rig up a local server app instead. Hack the game to talk to the 127.0.0.1 instead of the "official" server.
If "private" World of Warcraft servers can exist, then so can a private save server.
I hope that if you refuse the software update, that Toyota makes note of that. That way if you get into an accident because of the problem the software is supposed to fix, YOU are held responsible because you refused to get the problem with your car fixed!
When end users do their own firmware updates, bricking happens because of many configuration variations out in the real world. I have never heard of any device you had to send in for a firmware update from the maker being returned to the customer bricked.
If you take your car in to get fixed, and the reapir place (any repair place) breaks a window, the repair place must fix the window for free. They can't return it to you with a broken window and expect you to pay for damage they caused.
I know that if you refuse the update, and you kill one of my friends of family...
Either I will make SURE you are procuted to the FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW as if it was a murder.
or
I will be the one going to prison because you will be 6 feet under.
And when that "Magic" wears off you will be stuck with an oversized iPod Touch.
It is a ProTools issue, they are not as fast at updating as they should be. ProTools does not work well on Vista, and does not work on Windows 7.
However that does not make my comment any less valid.
Wanting to kill IE6 makes sense.. However wanting to kill IE7 is just short sighted. There are several apps that are not compatable with IE8. Pro Tools for example will not function if IE8 is installed. But works fine when the system has IE7.
You sir have not been paying attention. There are MANY people who have stuck with IE6. It is sad, but true.