Xref: utzoo rec.music.synth:17133 comp.sys.apple2:8490 comp.sys.amiga:71695 comp.sys.mac.misc:5753 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:3669 misc.legal:22612 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!gatech!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper clip trick) Message-ID: Date: 15 Nov 90 03:23:53 GMT References: <2716@polari.UUCP> <11071@milton.u.washington.edu> <1990Nov14.225343.4867@isis.cs.du.edu> <1990Nov15.000626.25016@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 24 Is this Thread getting into "Beating a dead horse?" One can argue over this concept for ever. Is the Problem that we SHOULDEN't discuss Copy Programs? I for one lost a $30 Game when the Disk went bad. and Then I found out a way to back it up, (After the disk was bad, it diden't help) So i for one Feel that "unobtrusive" methods of protection should be "Requested" (is that the right word) by people. and any review of a Game should go into The type of Protection. I know several games ARE major DISK Grinders, and i diden't buy them because they made the Amiga drive sound like a .... (YA all Know the noise) PS: why don't CBM "enforce" a NO custom Bootblock Rule? It'd save a Lot of trouble. (Viruses and all) Just my .03$ -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.