kapkao

kapkao

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Reply to When PC terms start becoming regular terms of daily speech. in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="RobAK801" reply="25" id="1894753"] Quoting kapkao, reply 18 I recognize the term from another msgboard, along with CMOS flasher- aka a piece of malware that will give you a computer that can't be booted. I have no idea what "Flash" is, though. Unless it's from Macromedia/Adobe. I this case "flash" actually refers to a much older form of CMOS chip, you used to delete the data on it by "flashing" it with a UV light pulse through a clear plate on the c

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Reply to What would be viable copy protection? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="21" id="1894136"] I simply think that obnoxious copy protection results in more lost sales than it gains from people who buy games but casually pirate. [/quote] ..and it doesn't work. Period. [e classic];)[/e]

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Reply to When PC terms start becoming regular terms of daily speech. in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Mumblefratz" reply="5" id="1893836"] Of course nowadays all your boot settings are kept in Flash and there's no need for battery backed CMOS so people under 30 might not even recognize the term but I assume there are a few codgers out there that know what I'm talking about.[/quote] I recognize the term from another msgboard, along with CMOS flasher - aka a piece of malware that will give you a computer tha

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Reply to What would be viable copy protection? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

"Viable"? Synonymous with impervious? If that's the case, I don't think there is any. It's one of the reasons I applaud SD- Frogboy and Co. seem to have realized that no copy protection works as designed; they can all be circumvented (iirc). Starforce *COUGH* is only a bigger pain in the ass in how it is circumvented. It's driving publishers nuts, too. The major media trade groups (MPAA, RIAA, ESA) are doing backflips in midair trying to stop not only piracy, but legitimate di

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Reply to Why Starcraft II will not live up to the greatest RTS of the past decade. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

The only thing I ever liked about RTS (Total Annihilation being the one exception) is on it's single-player merit; the story . This wasn't just the case with Starcraft. Everything else (at least regarding Blizz's games) perfectly sums up what is royally fucked up about multiplayer over the internet these days- the 'win at all costs' (gaming the game) mentality of competitive play that battle.net became a spinning image of after Brood War. Counterstrike, Warcra

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