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Comment Re:DRM by any other name still smells of stale egg (Score 4, Informative) 232

I've used Stardock's Impulse a little bit and while I can't comment on all games on it, the 3 I have it works quite well. You can tie a license key to an account, however I have installed and played 2 of the 3 offline never connecting to the internet to play or install, simply by entering the license key in the normal installation. Then I can then tie it to Stardock Impulse which will automatically tell me about updates and help me install them. To register it with Impulse I simply entered the license key again with the online component. In fact Impulse recognized that I had the game installed and asked me if I wanted to add it into the system.

Also, I can then log into stardock impulse on any other computer and it will allows me to re-download and install the game on that one as well. Well I've only done it for one so far, Sins of a Solar Empire, so again I can't comment for all games.

In fact, I play offline all the time and only fire up Impulse (I haven't needed to run it to play the games) when I check for updates.

Comment Re:Cash for freedom (Score 2, Insightful) 88

I don't think so.

Even if fined or charged by a federal/state/provincial body I think the victims are still allowed to attempt civil charges against the company (please correct me if I am wrong).

Although that $50 million fine will probably "wipe out" all their assets so they have nothing left to pay the victims.

Comment Re:*sigh* (Score 1) 674

Personally I hope you never succeed or at least not with the way general smoking laws are now. I wish they would ban all smoking in public places, including sidewalks. You want to smoke in your house, fine, I don't care, but when you're smoking on the street and the wind blows into me I get a massive migraine and my throat starts closing up, almost immediately. Pot smoke is even worse, I get violently ill and nauseous and pretty much upchuck or get dry heaves right there. Make self-contained smoking bubbles for around your head or whatnot, I don't care, just don't let it get to me.

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