From: law40003@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN YEW KEONG)
Subject: Re: Crack for Dune 2
Organization: National University of Singapore
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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:53:02 GMT

Chuck Dupree (cdupree@oracle.com) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan5.050232.13895@nuscc.nus.sg> law40003@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN YEW KEONG) writes:
:    evaluation@vms.eurokom.ie wrote:
:    : 
:    : Does anyone have a crack for Dune 2. It is such a hassle to have
:    : to read the documentation. 
: 
:    First, the game only asks for the validation twice for the whole game
:    (8levels)
: 
: So that makes it okay for him, because you think it's "only" twice?
: 
:    Second, the time needed to find out that little detail is less than the
:    time you take to post your message.
: 
: Of course, he only had to post once, not every time he plays the game. 
: 
:    Third, if Westwood Associates did such a wonderful job with Dune II,
:    don't you think they deserve some compensation for their hard work?
: 
: And the compensation they get is making people open a book twice per
: game?  How does that help to compensate them, unless they're simply
: sadists? 
: 
:    ...
:    Sixth, I'm really sorry if I'm implying anything in this post, but
:    really, it's not too much of a hassle to spend 20 seconds getting the
:    info needed to play this 16 hour x 3 game.
: 
: I was confused about how someone could seriously uphold such a silly
: position: that no matter what you think, I know what's a hassle for
: you and what isn't.  Then I saw in the .sig:
: 
:    Final Year Law student...
: 
: and everything became clear.
: 
: - ced

I have sent mail to Chuck. Among other things, I have clarified that :

1) Dune II needs 2 validations per campaign, each campaign takes 16 to
20 hours. Each validation takes 10 seconds to answer if you have the
manual at hand. If you have read the manual casually, you don't even
have to refer to the manual for the answers, coz the questions are so
easy.

2) It is a very reasonable validation system, and in the current state
of things, these reasonable validation systems are necessary to prevent
rapid piracy - they slow piracy down. It would take a very unreasonable
man to complain against the validation system in Dune II.

3) The meaning of `compensation' above was skewed by Chuck. I thought it
was clear that compensation there meant payment for the WestWood game.
Please disregard Chuck's unreasonable and illogical interpretation of
the word `compensation'.

4) I regretted that Chuck held a prejudice against lawyers. I read law
and do it well, but it does not automatically qualify me as an asshole.
I do my best to be honourable, and I find it is extremely rude of Chuck
to question my honour merely because I choose to read law. It is a
bigoted approach which will spawn many undesirables - racists etc. like
KKK, Neo Nazis etc.

   Thank you for reading my defence.
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Michael Tan Yew Keong | law40003@nusunix1.nus.sg | law40003@nusvm.nus.sg|
Final Year Law student - OH GOD, IT'S BEEN A HELLUVA LONG TIME!!!       |
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