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Not to crack specifically on Matrixgames - because this sort of idiocy
is near-universal - but can anyone explain to my why my newly-downloaded
FLASHPOINT GERMANY patch wants my serial number for the game before it
installs?
a) A patch - by definition - is utterly and completely worthless to
someone who doesn't have the game installed *already*.
b) If you already have the game installed, you must have a serial
number - whether purchased, stolen, or cracked.
(c) Ergo, it's not possible for someone to have the game installed
without prior possession of a serial number, and asking for it *again*
offers no security advantage whatsoever.
I mean, can anyone show me a reasonable scenario - however Byzantine -
where a script-kiddie-type would be stymied in his enjoyment of his
purloined copy of FPG by the patch bawling for a serial number?
I mention this because my serial number is at home. My laptop, game,
and patch are here. Thus honest, Matrix-liking, FPG-fan Giftzwerg is
going to have to wait until he's back at his house to try out the
patched game.
Annoying.
--
Giftzwerg
***
"The treachery is that Doug Wead waited until after
the election [...] Another round of explosive front-
page revelations from secretly recorded phone
conversations like today's and Bush's approval will
hit 70 percent."
- Mickey Kaus
Not to crack specifically on Matrixgames - because this sort of idiocy
is near-universal - but can anyone explain to my why my newly-downloaded
FLASHPOINT GERMANY patch wants my serial number for the game before it
installs?
a) A patch - by definition - is utterly and completely worthless to
someone who doesn't have the game installed *already*.
b) If you already have the game installed, you must have a serial
number - whether purchased, stolen, or cracked.
(c) Ergo, it's not possible for someone to have the game installed
without prior possession of a serial number, and asking for it *again*
offers no security advantage whatsoever.
I mean, can anyone show me a reasonable scenario - however Byzantine -
where a script-kiddie-type would be stymied in his enjoyment of his
purloined copy of FPG by the patch bawling for a serial number?
I mention this because my serial number is at home. My laptop, game,
and patch are here. Thus honest, Matrix-liking, FPG-fan Giftzwerg is
going to have to wait until he's back at his house to try out the
patched game.
Annoying.
--
Giftzwerg
***
"The treachery is that Doug Wead waited until after
the election [...] Another round of explosive front-
page revelations from secretly recorded phone
conversations like today's and Bush's approval will
hit 70 percent."
- Mickey Kaus