We are Microsoft...........We......Must.....Have.....Control.....Resistance is futile.....
If this holds true, then the only way it will become "practical" for home builders/modders is for them to put it on a machine that has today's state-of-the-art hardware on it (future-proofed in other words)....one that will not need upgrades for quite a while. 

Originally Posted by
liam858
.....and you wonder why there is piracy.
Good point...I do not advocate piracy, but I can see why this kind of foolish stringency just encourages it.
Last edited by bistro; October 13th, 2006 at 02:55 PM.
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