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Spore is one of those highly anticipated games that I completely gave up on because it had DRM from hell.

That DRM was cracked the day before release. Meanwhile, legitimate users are having problems activating the software. When will the companies learn that they're driving people to piracy, not stopping it.

From Blue News:

EA Customer support has links to a SecuROM Command and Conquer file to patch version 1.01 of Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath to hopefully address crashing issues caused by the copy protection scheme, where explorer would crash on right-click on program icons and executables

Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Whereas the party of the first part, also known as "Lawyer", and
the party of the second part, also known as "Light Bulb", do hereby
and forthwith agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part shall
be removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform
previously agreed upon duties, i.e., the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise
illumination of the area ranging from the front (north) door, through the
entryway, terminating at an area just inside the primary living area, demarcated
by the beginning of the carpet, any spillover illumination being at the option
of the party of the second part and not required by the aforementioned agreement
between the parties.

The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be limited to,
the following. The party of the first part shall, with or without elevation at
his option, by means of a chair, stepstool, ladder or any other means of
elevation, grasp the party of the second part and rotate the party of the second
part in a counter-clockwise direction, this point being tendered non-negotiable.
Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part becomes fully detached
from the receptacle, the party of the first part shall have the option of
disposing of the party of the second part in a manner consistent with all
relevant and applicable local, state and federal statutes. Once separation and
disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part shall have the option
of beginning installation. Aforesaid installation shall occur in a manner
consistent with the reverse of the procedures described in step one of this
self-same document, being careful to note that the rotation should occur in a
clockwise direction, this point also being non-negotiable. The above described
steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the first part, by any or
all agents authorized by him, the objective being to produce the most possible
revenue for the Partnership.

So George wasn't finishing his food this morning. Putting a little bit of it in front of him, no go, when that normally works. This food was a mix of the kitten food and their regular food, so I started separating out the regular food to give him, which he ate.

jenbooks jokingly said that maybe he was OCD and cared about the shapes being separate. The simplest explanation would've been that he just didn't like the kitten food. But for the heck of it, I started giving him the kitten food separately. He ate it without complaint.

Just lovely. We have an OCD cat.

"...Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirt of unity and cooperation. It will preserve and defend those basic principles on which our nation has been built. It regards Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life."

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