![]() ![]() Snap! - Doctor Who Death Rates, Coal Microelectronics, Three Laws of Robotics Spiceworks Originalsįlashback: January 5, 1984: Hitachi announces it has developed the first memory chip capable of holding 1MB (Read more HERE.). ![]() I think that's what Onlive Is for now lol. I remember when all games have demos, now it's like uhhhhhhhh. I think that movies should offer the first 10 minutes before you go and blow $20 and 59.99 on a friggin game only to find out that there are complications. If believe that you should be able to test games before you buy. I like to reformat pretty often so i was out. I uninstalled it and said forget it.Ĭouple of Weeks later the horror stories for getting extra installs to play a game you paid for started popping up. Absolutely no warning on the box that days anything about an install limit. A drm that says you can only install it 3 times. it finally came out, i was ready to buy the game and. Last story, i admit to playing spore a week before it came out. ![]() This is a bit old but i find it pretty applicable. Http:/ Opens a new window / forums/ showthread.php/ 18021-starforce-cd-protection-can-physically-damage-cd-drives-plus-list-of-games I remember a couple of cases that the drm actually damaged users computers Like certain drm in games have actually damaged pcs. I definitely say it has legal uses and illegal uses. But when the BSA spreads misinformation it hurts its constituents (software developers) and undermines its own legitimacy. With regard to their publicity schticks, they are either mentally deficient or just dishonest, and neither option is very heartening. It's also worth noting that although the BSA Opens a new window theoretically provides some useful functions, they have a longstanding problem with bending the truth Opens a new window completely out of shape. There is also a FAQ about Reverse Engineering Opens a new window at Chilling Effects. The EFF has an excellent Reverse Engineering FAQ Opens a new window which includes case summaries and legal precedents influencing the legality of reverse engineering. This is not to say that all reverse engineering is legal. Older IT professionals remember the days when vendors didn't offer APIs or documented data structures, and we relied on reverse engineering to achieve levels of interoperability that are taken for granted today! For example, if you have ever used a non-Windows device that connects to CIFS, you most likely have Samba (and reverse engineering) to thank. Keep in mind that all of us benefit from some level of reverse engineering. It is a disservice to state otherwise! There are many legal cases upholding the basic right to reverse engineer. Please email the signed agreement together with a short description of your organization to our academics team and we will contact you as soon as possible.Reverse engineering is not inherently illegal or in violation of copyright law. It has to be signed by a senior person that can bind your organization to the terms of the agreement, e.g., an IT director, dean or professor. If you want to apply for this program, please download our Software License Agreement for Academic/Nonprofit Use and review it. Please be informed that this is a vital part of this licensing program and that we will only issue a free license key after such a link has been created. We ask academic and nonprofit organizations to link to our corporate homepage from the webpages of their organization to provide their users, e.g., students and research staff, with the most reliable information on how to work with our product and about the general availability of the software. Administrative work with the software, e.g., at university hospitals, is not allowed under this program. We offer our software for free to academic and nonprofit organizations, given that they only use the software for education, public research or their direct nonprofit core operations. ![]()
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