Firestorm

Firestorm

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I just tried to install my old copyof OB (my ObjectDesktop sub expired and I haven't renewed it yet. I know, shame on me I just need to pay off my credit card first ) Anyway, when my sub expired, ObjectBar was up to version 1.21, which is what I just tried to install. It refuses to work, saying "this beta has expired". Th

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I use visual styles from time to time (but I DO NOT use StylesXP.) They've got nothing on WB in terms of features and the extent to which it can skin the system. The only "edge" visual style sstill havew is that they can skin the special XP menu in the folders. The quality of the skins seems to be much higher in the WB camp, as well

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Do you think maintaining a site that uses up so much bandwidth is cheap? Well, it isn't. While downloading doesn't cost YOU anything, it costs Stardock A LOT of money per month. This has to be paid for somehow. Offering unlimited downloads for a fee is one way of doing it.

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(sorry for not posting this in the newsgroups, but I've NEVER been able to post anything there. I've gone through three iterations of Windows and I have never gottem them to work for me) Anyway... I can't get IP to replace my CD drive icons on XP. Drives A and C get replaced, but D, E, and F (CD-ROM, DVD, CD-RW) do not. Has this happened to anyone else? I don't know if it's a case of disc drives not being recognized, or if it has to do with the drive letter they have assigned.

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Now THAT would be a good idea... But it makes sense, so it won't happen Corporations rarely make sense, you see. As for selling out to AOL... Frogster, don't even JOKE about that What would it be like if AOL owned Stardock? - Windowblinds would revert to the standard Windows GUI every h

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"one last thing, you do know that some artist actually support file-sharing services don't you? well, how do you explain that one?" If they own the rights to the music, they can do whatever they want with it. But that doesn't mean all artists feel the same way about THEIR work. If I take a program I wrote and make it freeware, that doesn't mean you can go and download Jafo's program, for example. Every author has the right to do with their work as they see fit.

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"well i can either not have the program and give them no money or i can have it and give them no money, so either way they aren't losing, but if i have it then i've gained someting so it's not a hard choice..." The product is offered in the hopes that it will sell. Basic economy. If you don't want to buy it, it is hoped that wanting the program will eventually lead to you changing your mind about buying it. That's how developers make a living, know what I mean? That's why copying it is

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I think he means the little WB splash "ad" that used to appear sometimes when you switched skins in the trial version (at least, it happened to me a few times.) If that's what you're talking about, HulkaMania, you CAN'T turn those off, unless you register.

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ok, so if you didn't intend to BUY the game, it's ok to copy it and still enjoy the work of the people who made the game, and who rely on its sales to make a living? Nice logic there, champ. Just because you don't physically take a copy of the game from a store shelf doesn't make it any less of a crime. I know it's hard for warez kids to wrap their ant-sized brains around this one, but: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS JUST AS PROTECTED BY LAW AS MATERIAL PROPERTY. Copying a software

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I get stuff like that every other day or so. Nowadays I just deleted any and all emails that are between 120-130k in size, no questions asked. If it comes from someone I know, I ask them if they sent me an attachment of that size. If it ever comes from one of the online lotto games I play, I guess the wise thing would be to email them to ask if I won something

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Sure, MAX is AWESOME, but it's way too expensive, especially if you're a college student and your dad isn't George Bush Sr. I've never used OpenFX, but it does look pretty dang good. Check it out here: http://openfx.org/news/index.php Dig around share/freeware sites. There's some pretty nice renderers there. They may lack the polish and advanced features of MAX, but they're a great starting

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