strovink@sscafit-ab.arpa (Mark Strovink) (09/09/87)
I deleted a lot of lines about Silent Service and copy protection. This is the part I wanted to respond to: > >Sorry, I just don't see _any_ reason to remove "keyword from manual" >protection except piracy. > >Kent, the man from xanth. You never leave a manual at a friends house? Or spill drinks on things? Have you ever seen a manual win a confrontation with an 'adorable' teething 7-month old? None of my manuals have won yet (they must taste better than plain newspaper). I guess nothing ever 'disappears' at your house? When I have a few minutes I can kill on the Amiga, I don't want to spend them trying to find the manual. I tend to enjoy programs a lot more when I only need the manual as a reference (hopefully a dusty one). "keyword from manual" protection annoys me less than other methods. However, most software has enough bugs/features in it that I do NOT need more aggravation from copy/pirate protection. Marauder II does the honest user a favor (not to mention pirates, *please*). Try to imagine multi-tasking if all of your programs wanted you to have the manual handy! Oh heck. Marauder II is a tool. How anybody uses it is out of my control. Should we ban disassemblers, disk editors, and Xeroc machines? Mark Strovink arpanet address = strovink@afit-ab.arpa "I got a round toit, but it broke. Have you seen a part toit?"
cheeser@dasys1.UUCP (Les Kay) (09/13/87)
What a neet idea, keyword copy protection! Just think, everry program should be like that! Then, every time I go to compile, I type: LC <filename>..options... And it says: Please enter Word 16 on Line 74 of Page 842 of Book 6.... (And these %$#@$!'s always list things in the wrong order word/line/page rather than page/line/word) OR EDIT file.c please enter word.... How about: Insert workbench Enter word.... 8-( -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Bing, Master (cheeser) ...ihnp4!hoptoad!dasys1!cheeser Time flys like an Arrow, Fruit Flies like Bananas! ===============================================================================