Comments for Let There Be Light http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog Minas Gjoka's Blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:33:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 Comment on Vmware by Ripperjt http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=9#comment-24826 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:22:28 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=9#comment-24826 Hi, I am a former die-hard windows admin... What sucks is that if I want to test or temporarily use a workstation as a VM; I'll get some kind of dumb activation or WGA problems (Dell OEM). Basically hackers will find ways around paying and will use a hacked version of windows that won't give them WGA and activation problems, and paying customers will have all the grief of dealing with VM's that won't activate, different hardware being seen and so on... This reminds me of the software that I used a few years back... it had several layers of protection against piracy, you would have to call them and give them some ID (unique and based on datetime), then they would provide you with a special code that you could register the software with.... however if you would defrag or make the wrong system change then you would get de-activated and would have to do this all over again on each system (>60). So as a tech I'd have to deal with this bullsh*t. But if you did a Google search, you could find a link that would you get you a patch file that would turn any demo version of the product into the full version and disable the de-activation process... So what does this mean? This means that paying customers get the activation shaft and hackers get the product free without any of the hassle that paying customers are put thru. I don't agree with any type of software activation that causes a paying consumer more grief than a non-paying consumer.... I think open source is the answer here, the focus is more targeted toward how the software will work and less about forcing the consumer into dealing with closed source piracy issues. IMHO...this is why paying for support is much more intelligent than paying for the product. Hi,

I am a former die-hard windows admin…

What sucks is that if I want to test or temporarily use a workstation as a VM; I’ll get some kind of dumb activation or WGA problems (Dell OEM).

Basically hackers will find ways around paying and will use a hacked version of windows that won’t give them WGA and activation problems, and paying customers will have all the grief of dealing with VM’s that won’t activate, different hardware being seen and so on…

This reminds me of the software that I used a few years back… it had several layers of protection against piracy, you would have to call them and give them some ID (unique and based on datetime), then they would provide you with a special code that you could register the software with…. however if you would defrag or make the wrong system change then you would get de-activated and would have to do this all over again on each system (>60).

So as a tech I’d have to deal with this bullsh*t. But if you did a Google search, you could find a link that would you get you a patch file that would turn any demo version of the product into the full version and disable the de-activation process…

So what does this mean?

This means that paying customers get the activation shaft and hackers get the product free without any of the hassle that paying customers are put thru.

I don’t agree with any type of software activation that causes a paying consumer more grief than a non-paying consumer….

I think open source is the answer here, the focus is more targeted toward how the software will work and less about forcing the consumer into dealing with closed source piracy issues.

IMHO…this is why paying for support is much more intelligent than paying for the product.

]]> Comment on by Minas http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=16#comment-24365 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:29:54 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=16#comment-24365 @Alex: I changed the code to refresh when the focus is lost. New version is available at http://www.minasgjoka.com/modeling/Topgen-TopAnalysis-Release.rar @Alex: I changed the code to refresh when the focus is lost. New version is available at http://www.minasgjoka.com/modeling/Topgen-TopAnalysis-Release.rar

]]> Comment on by Anonymous http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=16#comment-24333 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:21 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=16#comment-24333 @Alex: Press 'Enter' while the focus is in the textbox that you are changing. I was not very experienced in Java UI coding when I wrote the software.. @Alex: Press ‘Enter’ while the focus is in the textbox that you are changing. I was not very experienced in Java UI coding when I wrote the software..

]]> Comment on by Alex Poylisher http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=16#comment-24326 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:08:46 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=16#comment-24326 Any reason why TopGen always generates graphs of 400 nodes, no matter what is entered in the GraphParams box? Any reason why TopGen always generates graphs of 400 nodes, no matter what is entered in the GraphParams box?

]]> Comment on Vmware by Doug http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=9#comment-12999 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:01:50 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=9#comment-12999 I sucked/converted the original OS partition into VMware and it wanted activating until I set the following in the vmx file. This supposedly replicates what the hardware BIOS says to the virtual machine so it looks like it is mostly the same computer, which it really is. Maybe it'll help with going from real partition to vm and back again. SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE" I sucked/converted the original OS partition into VMware and it wanted activating until I set the following in the vmx file. This supposedly replicates what the hardware BIOS says to the virtual machine so it looks like it is mostly the same computer, which it really is.

Maybe it’ll help with going from real partition to vm and back again.

SMBIOS.reflectHost = “TRUE”

]]> Comment on Welcome by pika http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=3#comment-35 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:10:26 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=3#comment-35 hi Tweety, I'm bored even though I'm busy. I don't know why. Let's go out and have fun this weekend. hi Tweety,

I’m bored even though I’m busy.
I don’t know why.
Let’s go out and have fun this weekend.

]]> Comment on Welcome by pika http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=3#comment-3 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:50:17 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=3#comment-3 hi Tweety, It is a nice blog. I hope you have a lots of visitors and neighbors of this blog. -- pika hi Tweety,

It is a nice blog.

I hope you have a lots of visitors and neighbors of this blog.

– pika

]]> Comment on Welcome by Spiro Dhima http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=3#comment-2 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:35:43 +0000 http://www.minasgjoka.com/blog/?p=3#comment-2 Very nice, I hope we'll have more info from you in this Blog Mina. I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Spiro Dhima Very nice,

I hope we’ll have more info from you in this Blog Mina.

I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Spiro Dhima

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