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Subject: Re: Idea for painless copy protection
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Date: 29 Jan 91 16:46:12 GMT
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From article <0B010004.cuc5yi@outpost.UUCP>, by peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce):
> One problem with this idea is the amazing number of people who don't
> use their name in the chooser.  I've looked around a number of nets
> and you see people called "beach bunny", "superman", and the ever
> popular "Mac II".

Nor in some cases do I want to see a *person's* name, e.g., on a public
machine, I want to see the *machine's* name, not who is using it.

But anyway, isn't there some utility that locks the chooser name so it
doesn't matter what the user types in the box?

--
Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu