The difference between revenge and justice is that justice usually requires a third party (usually a court) to ensure that things aren't done brashly or without forethought.

. . . and the principle is not really pure revenge. It's equal justice: The punishment should fit the crime. And that principle is still with us today, except we try to match the crime with money and jail time rather than with a more literal interpretation of that phrase. I'm uncertain of how literally the Isreal court systems interpreted it.

. . . and if you read verse 22, you'll find that particular context is talking about what to do if a fight causes a pregnant woman to give birth prematurely. I think the gist of the phrase is that the baby is to be treated like an adult: If you seriously injure the baby, it will be as if you seriously injured a full grown adult.

It's one small part of a larger set of legal guidelines. I do not think this was intended as soemthing for people to do personally, but rather as something that would guide a court system. The wording in my current translation is not first person (this is something you do), but rather third person (this is what is to be done), so I am assuming this is guidance for a legal system, not for personal revenge. Chapter 23 has some advice about lawsuits, so it does appear they had some form of a justice system in place.

In all honesty, it appears 99% of the time they're blaming Impulse for their poor internet connections. It's not as if Stardock has any control over the Internet, but they still seem to get the brunt of many complaints that should probably be aimed at ISPs.

yeah but issues with impulse could be software conflict mainly or even a firewall the only problem i had was when my swat911 account got merged with this one and the email was late arriving in my inbox but i dont blame the support guys im just glad they helped me but at the end of the day people need just ask rather than do this

The original Red Alert had two disks in the packaging (Soviet and Allies) either could be used to start a multiplayer game and doing so was A-OK with Westwood. I think it was the same for the original CnC as well (Nod and GDI disks). 

Diablo (Original) could spawn multiplayer (LAN only) clients, you could join but not host.

Considering 802.11g/n speeds and the abundance of 100Mbp/s wired around people with multiple PC's (or LAN parties) along with the volume of data storeage even my laptop has, it is surprising such functionality isn't with us today.  

Cycnical mode on:  Of course when console manufacturers figure out how to only support one controller with their system and spin it as being for the gamers own good, they will do so.  Quickly.

Same in the origional Starcraft, but not broodwars.

Also, why doesn't the Sins demo at least have lan?
"Online is where it is"

Besides, even the Halo demo had online play (well, it was a good move for a FPS).

Either way, it looks like demos are not really being released anymore/are actually just beta builds.

I don't want to get into an arguement over "demo" or "evaluation". To the average gamer (aka customers) they mean the same thing. (for that matter, most "evals" are just demos)

Very simple... because online game is what you pay for... if they have wish, stardock have can distribute sins via torrent site for free themself... it will have change nothing... online game, update and support are only for these who buy the serial number...

Some other game have demo with online possibilities but mainly they are useless online free game ( Eve is a great game but with the free time, you can reach nothing )... or they use other bad-a$$ protection before your can begin play online... in some case, they mesh up so much your system that remove them fully break everything and you need to reinstall your OS...

You are asking Stardock to give you freely the only remaining thing who motive people to buy a legal version...

contact sales@stardock.com and they may be able to help you get around it.  I believe they've handled money orders in the past.

Frankly, I'm wondering what the big deal is with people sticking to IE6. Why not upgrade to IE7??

Then don't try the games.

Are you trying it with Entrenchment? I don't think it's compatible with Entrenchment yet.

You also had the choice of not playing it. By pirating it, you endorse it as such.

Outside of most EA and Zuxxez games (which tend to blow anyway in the Zuxxez case), there's very little stopping you from doing so.  Nearly every game I've ever purchased (yes, purchased) will only require a CD/DVD in the drive at startup.  Once that's out of the way, you're free to take that CD out and start it up on another system.  Very few games, in my experience at least, do in-game checks when you start up a LAN.

yes i now have soase entrenchment i had to borow a friend's card but even so   the staions mad

I share a completely different point of view on why people pirate, people pirate games because they dont like risking paying 50 bucks on something that'll only last them a weeks worth of enjoyment or no enjoyment at all, demoes do a really poor job at actually experiencing how great or poor the game is. For all you know when you download a demo, the full game could have only 2 extra maps ect.

It's sad you cant get around impulse after purchasing the game, I've not yet had the problem, its even more sad that you'd give up so easily after purchasing it. I guess 50 bucks isnt much of a loss to you.

The OP has a valid point and many of the initial posts on the first page bashing him/her are idiotic. 

When an inconvienence is experianced a user will revert to a more comfortable means of engagement.  A user is only going to install something they trust and even though such trust is nebulous there's generally a percieved threat level of being forced to upgrade software that previously functioned well for the user.     

I do not use IE7 at work and as a matter of fact I am the only one who doesn't (I use ie6) yet every one else constantly has problems with browser hijacks and other virial infections, ironic? (emp: skip tracing)

For the record, I occasionaly pirate games and I doubt many would believe me if I said I purchase about 10 -/+ games a year along with 3 video cards in the last 10 months; 4870x2 is complete over rated crap with terrible driver support, avoid it.  If I download a game without purchasing it there's a likely chance I'll be purchasing a retail copy if I like the game beyond 3 playthroughs.  If the person designing games isn't getting paid because everyone is pirating them rather then purchasing their titles then there's a reaslistic possibility that the person isn't suited for their line of work as if the titles were quality products it would sell regardless of being seeded through a p2p network.  Just because you work in any given environment doesn't actually mean you're suited for it.