Hi sparky, RSignal Everybody.
Apologies for not replying earlier in the day as promised, but I have been watching the Royal wedding and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. Britain at its best.
I agree Dave, without doubt there are hackers out there trying to obtain access to important online documents. However, when everybody carried heavy files around with them they were very often left on trains or in cabs as was the case with a MI6 officer who left the codes for Britain's nuclear submarines in a London cab.
Likewise, when everybody carried large amounts of cash around banks were always getting robbed, but since the reduction in the amount of cash transactions being carried out it is very rare that you ever hear of a bank being robbed.
In the above examples online holding of documents and online financial transactions have replaced the need for both. Again it is a balance of risk. That said, the world has without doubt decided that the convenience of online business dealing and storing of documents is more convenient and a less risk adverse way of operating than the former ways of carrying out those actions.
Yes RSignal copy protection can be an inconvenience to say the least. However, worldwide the music recording industry has been brought to its knees due to pirated CDs and illegal file sharing.
It is no wonder then that many companies in other sections of the media industry now go to great lengths to protect their products through the use of steam and others. As you also stated RSignal, at present N3V/Auran offers three ways to obtain Trainz. However, the fact that they have started to use Steam as one way of distribution could well mean that method could become the sole means sometime in the future if they find that piracy has become a problem.
Members have already said on this thread in that case they would not use Trainz or even stop gaming altogether. That said, if N3V or any other company feel that the advantages of a new system outweigh the losses incurred in introducing system it will happen.
Bill
Apologies for not replying earlier in the day as promised, but I have been watching the Royal wedding and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. Britain at its best.
I agree Dave, without doubt there are hackers out there trying to obtain access to important online documents. However, when everybody carried heavy files around with them they were very often left on trains or in cabs as was the case with a MI6 officer who left the codes for Britain's nuclear submarines in a London cab.
Likewise, when everybody carried large amounts of cash around banks were always getting robbed, but since the reduction in the amount of cash transactions being carried out it is very rare that you ever hear of a bank being robbed.
In the above examples online holding of documents and online financial transactions have replaced the need for both. Again it is a balance of risk. That said, the world has without doubt decided that the convenience of online business dealing and storing of documents is more convenient and a less risk adverse way of operating than the former ways of carrying out those actions.
Yes RSignal copy protection can be an inconvenience to say the least. However, worldwide the music recording industry has been brought to its knees due to pirated CDs and illegal file sharing.
It is no wonder then that many companies in other sections of the media industry now go to great lengths to protect their products through the use of steam and others. As you also stated RSignal, at present N3V/Auran offers three ways to obtain Trainz. However, the fact that they have started to use Steam as one way of distribution could well mean that method could become the sole means sometime in the future if they find that piracy has become a problem.
Members have already said on this thread in that case they would not use Trainz or even stop gaming altogether. That said, if N3V or any other company feel that the advantages of a new system outweigh the losses incurred in introducing system it will happen.
Bill
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