Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:59:15 10/22/05
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On October 21, 2005 at 04:15:23, Henrik Dinesen wrote: >On October 19, 2005 at 23:24:20, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 19, 2005 at 17:09:37, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On October 19, 2005 at 16:27:14, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On October 19, 2005 at 15:10:33, Chessfun wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 19, 2005 at 01:29:41, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Hi Sarah >>>>>>Thanks for your update. Am I right that >>>>>>you don't own Fruit 2.2? >>>>>>Regards >>>>>>Kurt [http://www.utzingerk.com] >>>>> >>>>>Correct mostly due to not yet having my AMD X2 4400. I also don't like the whole >>>>>process of installation per PC. I would have no problem were a version available >>>>>that didn't require such a complicated scheme. >>>>> >>>>>Sarah. >>>> >>>>Sarah, >>>>If you do not plan to use it in more than 3 PC in the next year there should be >>>>no problem for you because you can get 3 keys with no problem from the fruit >>>>team. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>I have also two 1200'S that are similar to those run by the SSDF. Bertil and I >>>have exchanged email in the past about overclocking them. My dual will that be >>>two numbers? that at minimum is 4 when I occasionally run my two 1200's that >>>would be six. So for me if they sold it on CD or a version without this key >>>business then I would get it. >>> >>>Sarah. >> >>overclocking is no problem so 2 A1200 that may be overclocked are 2 hardwares. >> >>http://www.fruitchess.com/support.htm >>Question: Do I need to request a new key every time I change my hardware? >> >>Answer: No. Usually additions and changes to your hardware as well as >>reinstalling the computer does not invalidate the key. However after many >>changes or if you bought a complete new computer you may need to request a new >>key. >> >> >>I guess also that a dual is probably one hardware but you could ask the fruit >>team. >> >>Uri > Depends. Some use the MAC address from the network card to identify a specific machine. Others use the CPUID X86 assembly instruction. The latter will give each CPU its own unique ID and the program might run intermittently since it will randomly hop on to one of the processors, and not always the same one... CPUID is pretty ugly as a way of doing this... Of course _any_ kind of "copy protection" can be defeated, so it is all pretty well pointless anyway, and if it drives away potential customers, it can even be worse than no copy protection. BTW "copy protection" is _definitely_ an oxymoron... > >A point being, Sarah, that the Fruit team isn't interested in spoiling the fun >of using multible machines, just in reducing/eliminating abuse. >They "had" to choose a copy-protecting method fast, since they wanted to release >Fruit 2.2, and this was the best they found in such short time. >It works, and it's not unreasonable. I'm pretty sure, that if you have request >for them, they're are not a Stonewall :-) > >Regards >Henrik
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