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So, yesterday I went to the Highland Wildlife Sanctuary near Aviemore. I saw Mercedes the Polar Bear, but as it turns out it wasn't the most interesting thing on the trip. I have some awesome video of Amur tigers (fka Siberian Tigers) I still need to edit and format to smaller size, but for now, have this video of a horse that decided to get grumpy with my car for no apparent reason. (I'm just pleased I had my video camera on it at the time.)
Current Location: Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Current Music: Radio 4
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You know, if I'd realised Bioshock had such unbelievably bad copy protection on it, I would have pirated it instead of buying it.
(And that, right there, is why copy protection on software is stupid.)
Not only did it require an internet connection to finish installing, so it could check for a patch, which: what the fuck, 2KGames, if your game needs to check for a patch to INSTALL, then it is clearly NOT READY TO SHIP - but it also required online activation AND THEN wanted the DISK TO BE IN THE DRIVE in order to run.
Naturally, I went to GameCopyWorld and got a fixed exe so it will run without the damn disk in the drive, because I HATE THAT LIKE POISON, but seriously, I wish I'd just pirated it and then I wouldn't have to deal with the copy protection. (GameCopyWorld is awesome, but a site that specialises in breaking copy protection for legal copies of games should not have to exist. The fix I got doesn't let you run it without activating it - you HAVE to have a legal copy. It just runs the game without the CD.)
Recently I heard a program start on the radio which involved speaking to reps from the music industry about music copyright and piracy and ooh, RAGE, I had to turn it off immediately.
Because the thing is this:
mp3 downloads are good for the music industry. It is thriving. And I am infuriated by their complaints.
Ultimately, the result of this will probably be that musicians will make more money from their talent and the companies that exploit them will make less. So I can see why they're screaming... it just annoys me anyway.
And anti-piracy measures only EVER cause problems for legitimate users - for pirating purposes, you just break the anti-piracy stuff, and you're fine.
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