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But you can't really pirate an online service. (In one sense anyways.)-Renegade (March 12, 2011, 05:05 AM)
True, but in this case I don't think Dragon Age 2 is an online game. AFAIK it just uses the internet for DRM purposes.-Deozaan (March 12, 2011, 01:38 PM)
Very cute~!Arise, thread, arise! (Necro thread revival!)
Another example of why it's better to pirate when DRM is concerned:When it comes to EA games, you really should watch what you say.
That's what one BioWare forum-goer learned after possibly being banned by asking BioWare, an EA studio, "Have you sold your souls to the EA devil?" The comment resulted in a temporary 72 hour ban, but more importantly meant that the user couldn't play a brand-new copy of Dragon Age II during that time.-Deozaan (March 12, 2011, 03:59 AM)
Update: We just received word from EA's Andrew Wong that the situation was actually an error. "Unfortunately, there was an error in the system that accidentally suspended a user's entire account," he told Ars. "Immediately upon learning of the glitch, EA took steps to restore the user's macro account and apologized for the inconvenience."
That folder is a system-specific folder, so it's ok that it is still there.
Ref: http://technet.micro...6489%28WS.10%29.aspx-wraith808 (March 11, 2011, 10:02 PM)
This is a great example (and a nice snappy review, Chris!) of something that I never would have dreamed would exist.
This is one of the reasons that I have recently got into the habit of checking Bits du Jour and so on regularly: not so much to find the bargains, more to just see what's out there, in case it's something I never knew I needed, but now need really urgently-timns (March 11, 2011, 05:15 PM)
PrematureExitMessage : wyUpdate ended before the current update step could be completed.
public void CheckDMCA()
{
if (Google.Results.Contains("DMCA takedown"))
{
SendMail.To("Google");
CheckDMCA();
}
}-fenixproductions (March 11, 2011, 12:34 PM)
Something like this ?-mahesh2k (March 11, 2011, 08:23 AM)
Confusing isn't it? This is because Fox's lawyers are in a perpetual legal loop trying to use the DMCA to shut up Chilling Effects and have not worked out that they are simply creating more Chilling Effects posts.
Regarding the actual topic on wyupdate... its webpage looks nice, but since the file specification page is actually quite empty I cannot form an opinion about its technical suitability and usability from a programmers perspective. Does anyone have experience with it so far, or can enlighten me a bit about the details? I am curious how it compares to dcuhelper/dcupdater and such. (I am a bit of a sucker for free as in BSD free.)
-worstje (March 10, 2011, 08:56 PM)
Usually things are much messier.Hot damn, this is so offtopic but I cannot help myself... 300 posts!-worstje (March 10, 2011, 08:56 PM)
Shut up then!
I am not going to go down this path with you, Renegade. You seem to be annoyed at anything and anyone that does not think like or hold the same views as you do.
Your initial post was (intentionally, maybe) vague. I think you were hoping to get the kind of response that would give you a chance at another rant. Well than, I feel blessed for being part of a process that helped you release. Anyways, 'Automatic Updater' and 'Automatic Version Check' is not the same thing (both not welcome,IMO).
It should be a user's choice whether a software connects to the Internet every run.
(I do not have a funny video to attach here, sorry.)
Bye.-PhilB66 (March 10, 2011, 06:35 PM)
You seem to be annoyed at anything and anyone that does not think like or hold the same views as you do.
I think you were hoping to get the kind of response that would give you a chance at another rant.
It should be a user's choice whether a software connects to the Internet every run.
Shut up then!
SMELLY fellow travellers have been rated among the top pet hates of commuters, along with talking too loudly on mobile phones, service interruptions and poor airconditioning.
The international study of more than 10,000 commuters by workplace solutions provider Regus looked at the major stresses of daily peak-hour travel in six different countries.
In Australia, bad or dangerous drivers topped the list of the "seven deadly sins" of commuting, followed by delays or service interruptions, road rage and loud talkers.
Other commuters' body odour, bad breath or smelly food came in seventh behind overheating and lack of information from service providers.
Although most other countries included in the study had similar pet hates, in Japan rude behaviour was rated the worst commuting offence along with "overweight people taking up too much space".
Commuters' pet hates
* Bad or dangerous drivers
* Delays
* Road rage
* Loud talkers
* Smelly commuters
* Overheating
* Lack of service information
But I do think they are every bit as 'evil' as OC, I just don't consider that to be really evil at all.-Eóin (March 10, 2011, 05:40 AM)
Plain and simple, OpenCandy doesn't bother me. I think it is a good medium between being invasive and generating revenue for software developers. I honestly send no identifiable information then recommends a software, nothing is downloaded, installed, no changes made to your system unless you choose to install it.
MSE detects it and pops up this dialog meant to scare people who have no idea what they are looking at, yet Bing is a partner with OpenCandy and is one of the things offered. I hate adware, I despise software that installs on my system with other software, but this is not like that at all.-y0himba (March 10, 2011, 04:59 AM)
)If I had a choice, it would not be there, but since developers need revenue, this is the way to go. IMHO.-y0himba (March 10, 2011, 04:59 AM)
I'm not sure the cost we are paying in the UK isnt closer to the real cost of fuel - human, environmental etc.-iphigenie (March 10, 2011, 03:15 AM)
