CompuServe Messages

>>I love my dongle club… >>dongle-bugitis… Yes, I was having a similar intermittent problem with the first Gateway Pentium I got – fixed with the new one they sent. It got me when I was under stress to finish a project and I had to restart 3DS every 15 minutes to get done. I can't think of anything more frustrating than to be hog-tied by by something that has NOTHING to do with the function of the software. I don't own Liquid Speed, but a friend of mine said his came with the chintziest little low-rent dongle you can buy. Please don't get me wound up about Liquid Speed! OH NO, too late… My position is still the same: I think Vibrant should have made a slightly different kind of deal with Autodesk. Very simple: enable the speedup switch in ALL copies of 3DS in exchange for a RESONABLE per-copy fee. The result: (1) The cost of 3DS would go up a little instead of a lot, and (2) Vibrant would make a LOT more money because every 3DS user by default would "buy" it. Instead, only some choose to buy it. Those who don't are unhappy because they know they are not getting the full speed possible out of their 3DS. Those who buy it can get upset at the stupid dongle, if not the cost. I am not convinced that the 3DS wizards are so dense that THEY can't figure out how to speed up the display: anyone with a virtual nose can smell the deal. Don't get me wrong, I love the Vibrant drivers and what they have done to the video compatibility problem, offloading the development so the Yosters can concentrate on the real 3DS. A BIG plus for r3! I just wish they (Vibrant) had been blessed with a little less greed and a little more vision. The whole idea of a separate utility dongle for a captive dongled program is so obtuse I expect to see in on Letterman's Stupid Corporate Tricks some evening. On the other hand, I agree with the basis of locking 3DS because of the nature of the software and size of the market. Whoa! I quit now. Man, I must not be getting enough sleep. <g> J K J PS: BTW, I always mount dongles inside the case or inside a switch box, with ribbon cables and strain relief where necessary. I keep the 9-mm handy on the floor beside the computer. (literally)