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- From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon WΣtte)
- Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying a Mac? How?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.145247.20493@kth.se>
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- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- References: <9235010.4295@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Dec15.121756.23075@kth.se> <1gm3ioINN9uh@calvin.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec17.162820.12863@waikato.ac.nz> <1992Dec17.105813.18407@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:52:47 GMT
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- In <1992Dec17.105813.18407@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ematias@dgp.toronto.edu (Edgar Matias) writes:
-
- >> > I personally think it was a major mistake for Apple
- >> > to not have put some sort of machine-readable serial number in each machine.
- >> The trouble with providing a feature like that is that people will start to
- >> use it.
-
- >I'd think that would be the best type. Least amount of hassle for the
- >user, yet still protects the software industry's interests. Of course,
-
- Copy protection sucks. ALWAYS.
-
- What if you have to have a logic board replacement? Or a copy
- for your PowerBook (which you DON┤T use at the same time as
- the Quadra)? Or just plain upgraded your machine?
-
- There┤s no copy protection that can┤t be circumvented, and
- there┤s no protection that┤s hassle-free,
-
- Cheers,
-
- / h+
-
- --
- -- Jon W{tte, h+@nada.kth.se, Mac Hacker Deluxe --
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- NetHack 3.1: Any Year Now.
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