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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 60
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue LX
October 13th, 1999
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Well, well, well. After all this talk of publishing the death of our esteemed co-editor, he has returned as suddenly as he left. We'll see how long he sticks around this time. But it certainly gives us more news to report and shit since I never know what to write. The issue is not jam packed this week because Blitz and Ryche are both missing. Also no stats as no one got me any weektops this week. Bud makes up for everyone else's slacking by putting in the biggest report of his career and also probably the best or definately one of the best he has done. Good job to Bud and look forward to more interviews next week.
We will also be having a new addition to the NWR team, you all may be familiar with the iso charts that are published every month on isonews.com. Well those charts are now being written solely for NWR and we were supposed to have September's chart in here to start it off, but the writer and I missed each other so we'll publish it next week and every month thereafter. So look forward to a nice new section in NWR.
Lester[ Co-Editor ]
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Hello.
Many of you have been wondering where i have been for the past
several issues. The answer is that i have been drunk for 7 weeks
straight.
Now i am going to go sleep off my hangover.
But first, i'll type up my intro..
Thanks to lester (and ryche!) who kicked some major ass while i
was gone. I think that they proved quite succinctly that I am in
no way needed to turn out a quality issue of the Netmonkey Weekly
Report, and my hat goes off to them.
Also: good work to bud, who passed the 30 issue mark (yay!), and
to blitz, who (as always) wrote some interesting and informative
pieces.
Many of you who know me well remember that i disappeared for no
reason for the exact same time last year, as well.. I don't know
why that is. I will try not to disappear for another year.
Thanks to everyone who welcomed me back..
I'll see you all soon..
Take care.
- ndetroit
-----------[ index ]-----------
I.) Intro
a) Lester
b) ndetroit
II.) Quotes of the Week
III.) Stats - Ndetroit's Weekly Stats, and comments on Sites.
IV.) (Your Name Here)'s Biased Courier Report
V.) Articles
a) The Blitz Report (Games)
b) Bud's Biased Utils Report
c) Lesters Moview Reviews
d) VCD Group and Movie Reviews
VI.) Scene News - All the news thats fit to print
VII.) Rumors!
VIII.) Closing
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
-| 01 | bizzy | *RETiRED* | 36,591,714,304 |
| 02 | godbless | TROOPS OF DOOM | 15,683,130,368 |
| 03 | mgd | 34479 connects? Scripter! | 14,854,207,488 |
-<Caserd> !c8ball is geln gay?
<Caserd> !cping
<Caserd> gay bot
[22:39] <novo> lester..u're mine ;)
[22:39] <novo> i wanna have u over and make mad monkey love to u
[20:20] <ndetrout> good fucking sweet jesus christ in the morning.. ;p
[20:20] <Bud-> i think Jesus would prefer a nooner myself
<crispy_64> my sucking skills are exquisite
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
Hey... i'm back... ugghhh.. what a hangover..
Sites! Sites! Sites!
Well.. i hate to say it, but STH, one of the best sites of alltime,
has been narked this week. Check out the news section later to see
who the nark was!
At the time of its demise, STH was CLASS and PWA affilled.. very
very respectible.. STH's siteops have faced this kind of adversity
before, and its my bet that you won't be able to keep them down for
long... good luck guys!
E is back up. Godbless passed mgd there for 2nd alltime, so mgd can't
do any more of his l33to taglines that cut down bizzy.. or he can, but
they just all point to godbless now.
Also, Clubber installed a new daemon, and fucked with shit, so that it
looks like he upped 2 gigs in 1 week, wiping bizzy's old weektop record
right out..... ACK! ;)
Grad is once again #1 on ET, now that they have deleted garoto...
MG is back up.
TOS is back up. (like a month ago) ;p
I've been kinda idle, but i'd have to say that my top sites are now
FS, E, CAT, and ... HOG?.. i dunno..
No stats this week... Sketch+tech are MIA.. Does anyone wanna step up
and do a stats section for us???
Thanks glen for help with the news this week!!!
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Sites are rated on a 3X and 2X scale.. if you want to know why we
do it that way, read an old issue. Couriers get 10 points per site they get
#1 on, 9 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd, etc, etc.
Sites are rated by us. If you don't like the ratings, then....
heh... fuck off and die..
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The Top Ten sites for this week are:
x3 -*- -*- -*-
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no stats, please send weektops.
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Sigh, I guess it's me again folks.
Amnesia: AMN makes some headlines this week by picking up a few people, most namely Sins from AOD. Alot of contraversy around this but I don't see what the big deal is. Cardiel was active on sites and Sins as well, majority of his week is credited to AOD though.
Rating: 4/10 (Looking a little better)
AOD: AOD loses Sins to AMN as mentioned above, rumors are abound of numerous other AOD people planning to leave to form new groups or for other groups. This group could finally be experiencing the trials and tribulations that all groups go through, are they strong enough to bounce back and maintain the level that they are at now? We will see. This week was WELL below their performance last week, but you can't expect that kind of domination every week. Sins trading and Faith as well as Moonsabre. But not a very strong showing for what they are capable of.
Rating: 6/10 (Troubled times ahead?)
Devotion: Godbless is going strong for Dev again now that Garoto is gone, they have Prozax finally picking it up a little as well as TC pre'ing, but they aren't outright dominating anything, but they probably take #1 spot this week.
Rating: 7 1/2/10 (God Bless you godbless)
Risc: Avalanch is the big bad boy this week, and we also see Borg on some sites, so Risc is back to having 2 guys trading for them. If they could like get 4 or so going for more than 2 weeks at a time they might be able to get something going.
Rating: 5/10 (Avalanch is your savior this week)
Vice: Mrpumpkin and Citizen carrying the load here as we don't see much from Nailz, and Redman is still not trading because of school. Looks like Vice could use some new blood or motivate their current guys a little more. But they maintain a medium level and little rumblings from their traders about anything. So you can't knock them too much.
Rating: 5/10 (Steady)
Well I kind of bullshitted my way through this, so if it's way off, well fuck you. Cya next week
Les
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Blitz could not be found in time for the release. We hope he will be back next week.
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-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------
Bud's Biased Utils Report #36
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Hey, I did something this week... I got off my ass! On top of that feat I
managed to pull together as much info I could on GLOBETrotter's reaction
to Rebel's FlexGen license generator for FlexLM. For those of you not
familar with GT, it's the company behind the FlexLM licensing scheme, a popular
protection method for CAD/CAM, engineering, and other high-priced apps.
FlexLM offers a wide variety of licensing features, which has enhanced
it's popularity. It was also a fairly difficult scheme to crack due to
the complexity of the licenses involved. Now I'm not much of a cracker
so I won't get into it any further, suffice to say GLOBETrotter had a
pretty nice product going. Then along came Rebels, who several months
back released FlexGen, a universal license generator that would generate
a license for virtually any FlexLM protected application. This was obviously
a big blow to GT, and since the initial release Rebels has continued to
improve on FlexGen. Things really heated up only this past month, however,
as word of the license generator hit the mainstream press. Officially,
GLOBETrotter has been silent on the FlexGen issue. But you know, I'm not
one for "Official" statements and standpoints, they tend to be fairly boring.
So this week I've included a *brief* interview done via email with a
GLOBETrotter rep, as well as the official email sent to FlexLM customers
regarding the comprmising of the protection scheme.
So what else... well like I said, I got off my ass. So this week also
includes... <drum roll please>... an interview with one of the leaders
of the RiSE comeback! In case you hadn't noticed, RiSE is back after
disbanding a few months ago, and the first impression seems to be that
they are as strong as ever.
As for the rest of this issue... well it's chock full of the usual schlock,
so enjoy!
Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail
& messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like
it... SCREW YOU =]
Rankings: Groups get a score out of 10. Points are given for amount of
releases, but QUALITY titles will give a group a much higher score.
Nukes for duping, broken releases and just plain CRAP will lower
a groups score. However on the occasion that a title is nuked which
I don't feel should have been, MY OWN JUDGEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE.
Cuz I'm writing this. Groups can also get points for any other
reason I see fit.
Week: Week is based from 09/28/99 to 10/04/99. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.
Groups: (In no particular order)
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ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group
ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives
ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly
ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than
ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck.
ß ß ß ß -XeN
PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:
Releases:
CimLogic.Toolbox.Se.For.SolidWorks99.v5.3-PWA
Not much... Special edition of CimLogic for SolidWorks. At the end of
this week, it seems PWA lost a fair number of people to Scum... supposedly
much of the power it gained from the many ex-SGE people it picked up.
Time will tell, but this week was dull release-wise.
Total: 2/10
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° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß
²ÛÛÛß ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÞ²ß ßÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛÛÝ Þ²Ûß ßÛÛÝÞ² ß ß²ß²Ý ÞÛÛÛÝ
ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜ Ü²Û² Û²Ü ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ²
ßÛÛ²ßß ß ßßßß ß þÜ Þ² ßß²Ûß
þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ
THE CORPORATION:
Releases:
SYSTEMSOFT.SYSTEMWIZARD.V1.4.11-CORP
TAJIMA.DG.ML.v6.0-CORP
PWA aren't the only group with member problems this week. With
RiSE back, Corp lost a few people as well. And had a slow week to
show it. Remember last weeks Corp log in NWR?
Total: 4/10
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ÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
Û²Û Û²Û ± ÛÛß Û²Û Û Û²Û ÛÛ Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û²
Û±Û Û±Û Û°Û ßß ÜÛ Û±Û ÛÛ Û±Û Û ÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜ
ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ß Û±Ûßßß ÛÛ Û°Û ÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²Û ÛÛ ÜÜ
Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û²
ÛÛÛ Û±Û ± ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ± ßÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛ
ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä
X-FORCE:
Releases:
BPM_STUDIO_V1.5.0.260-XFORCE
SOFTIMAGE_SUMATRA_V1.1_BETA-XFORCE
AUTODESK_MECHANICAL_DESKTOP_R4_WITH_POWERPACK-XFORCE
EUDORA.TO.LOTUS.NOTES.MIGRATER-XFORCE
LOTUS.QUICKSPACE.v1.0.1-XFORCE
BENTLEY_DESCARTES_V7.00.010.14_FOR_MICROSTATION.J-XFORCE
BENTLEY_DESCARTES_V7.00.010.14_FOR_MICROSTATION_SE_95-XFORCE
BENTLEY_REPROGRAPHICS_V7.00.110.16_FOR_MICROSTATION.J-XFORCE
BENTLEY_REPROGRAPHICS_V7.00.110.16_FOR_MICROSTATION_SE_95-XFORCE
With a ton of idle groups this week, XF decided to get busy. They put
out a half decent WinAMP clone in BPM Studio (the interface is completely
ripped off) although the program itself does much more than WinAMP ever
will. XF failed to mention theirs was the Home version however, and missing
features seen in the Pro. They had a slight mishap with Lotus "QuickSpace"
however. That is actually Lotus QuickPlace, and a dupe of PWA by almost a
month. Rest of the stuff is pretty decent. They loose one on the Lotus.
Total: 6/10
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SHOCK:
Releases:
IBM.WebSphere.Application.Server.Site.Analyzer.v3.0-SHOCK
3D.Project.v1.0.for.IPLab-SHOCK
MultiProbe.v2.0.for.IPLab-SHOCK
Ratio.PLUS.v1.0.for.IPLab-SHOCK
IPLab.v2.42-SHOCK
Call.Attendant.v2.0.1-SHOCK
LSX-MPEG.Encoder.v3.0-SHOCK
Scyopel.Scientific.Electrochemistry.v3.0-SHOCK
Not too much, LSX MPEG Encoder 3 is decent and does a nice enough job
converting AVI's to MPG's, that's about as far as I got with it.
We also see the first app out of the WebSphere 3 line from IBM,
expect more to come from various groups.
Total: 6/10
ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ
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ÛßßßßßÛÜÜÜÜÛÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ ßßßßßÛÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ
Û ÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßÛ ÛÛ ßßßÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ ÛÛßßß Ü Û
Û ÛÛ ßßßßÛÛÛÛÜÜ ßß ÛÛÛÜ ßßÛ ÜÜÛß ÛÛÛÛ ßÛ
ÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ ÜÜÛÛÛÛß ß ÜÜÜÛÛÛÜ ß ÜÜÛÛÛÛßß Û
ÜÜ ÛÛ ß ÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛßßÞÛÛÛßßßß ÜÜÜÛÛÛßßß ÜÜÜÛßß
Ü ßßÛÛÛÛÛßßßßß Ü ÛÛ ÜÜÜÛ ßßß Ü ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ
ßÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜÜÛßßßßß ßÛÛ ÜÜ ßßßßßßÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛ °°°°
ÛÛ ßÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ Û ÛÛÛ
ÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÛßßß ßßßßßßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛ
ßÄÄ pENTIUM fORCE tEAM ÄÄÄÄÄßßßßßßb1Û
PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
Business.Objects.v5.0-PFT
Microsoft.Site.Server.3.0.Commerce.Edition.Commerce.Server.Suite-PFT
Super.NFS.v6.2-PFT
Super.TCP.NFS.v6.2-PFT
Super.Term.v6.2-PFT
SuperTCP.v6.2-PFT
SuperX.v6.2-PFT
PFT grabs an M$ app, and Business Objects 5... didn't really check out
the rest. With all the groups moves of late, PFT seems to have been
left in the dust, and could really use a breakthrough mainstream
app pretty soon to stay in the contention as a top group.
Total: 7/10
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÞÛ²Û
Þ²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛ ²Ü ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÞÛÛ²Ý
ÞÛÛ² ÞÛ²ÝÞÛÛ² ÛÛ²ÝÞÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ²
ßßßß ÛÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÞÛ²Û ßßßßß ÜÛÛ²ß mg
ß ßßßßÛÛÛÛ²Ý ßß ÛÛ²ß ß ßßßßßß
ß ßßßßßßß ßß²ß ß ßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ß
:: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> ::
Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Ü
LEGENDS NEVER DIE:
Releases:
DELCAM.ARTCAM.PRO.V4.0.FIXED-LND
SOLID.EDGE.V7.0-LND
LND do two releases this week... and get 0 points. Why? Well, Rebels
won on Solid Edge 7 on the majority of my sites. As for ArtCam, this
is the second release of it from LND. I gave them points for the
original, so I won't score this. It's nice that they fixed their
mistake though (shitty to see the whole thing re-done but this
fix was a while in the making).
Total: 0/10
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
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.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
/__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/:
.:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
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= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-99 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
QuoteWatch.Catch.the.Wave.v4.1-PNC
Task.Manager.2000.v1.0-PNC
TRX.Investment.Tracker.v5.0-PNC
LANScan.v1.50-PNC
Cyberat.Professional.v1.3-PNC
Cyberat.Professional.v1.3.REPACK-PNC
HotDog.Page.Wiz.v1.0-PNC
Sawmill.Pro.v4.0.8-PNC
Verbot.Deluxe.v3.04-PNC
WebZinger.v7.01-PNC
Pinnacle got busy with some decent web titles, most notably
HotDog Page Wiz and WebZinger. A nice improvement of last week,
but the lack of non-web titles over the past year has really
hurt their standing.
Total: 6/10
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d(*)d D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 8 d(*)d
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DRINK OR DIE:
Releases:
Escalade_Designbook_v3.7_Win9xNT-DOD
Escalade_Designbook_v3.7_Win9xNT.DIZ.FIX-DOD
One title, one DIZ fix. I keep hoping for more, and one day it may happen.
Never underestimate the Russians <g>.
Total: 2/10
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REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
GameSpy_2.16r_Win9x_Patchloader_Only-RBS
Synopsys.FPGA.Compiler.II.v3.3.0.Cracked-RBS
Synopsys.FPGA.Express.v3.3.Cracked-RBS
ACCEL.EDA.V15.0.SYMED.CRACK.FIX-RBS
GoBack_v2.1d_Cracked-RBS
Pads.PowerPCB.v3.0.licensed-RBS
Vector.NTI.Suite.5.5O.CRACKED-RBS
Virtual.Draft.2.1.CRACKED-RBS
CamCad.Graphic.v3.4.1a.LICENSED-RBS
Real.Time.Labor.Guide.v5.33.CRACKED-RBS
Solid.Edge.v7.0-RBS
Rebels won on their first major title in a long while, getting out
Solid Edge 7. Ok well it may not be major to Joe Schmoe, but it's still
pretty nice. RBS managed to beat LND on pretty much every site I bothered
to check on, so they get the points. As for the rest... Virtual Draft is
actually Virtual Drafter from SoftSource's VDraft series. The 2.x line
is AutoCAD 2K compatible. Some other decent apps up there as well, the
RBS cracking team was fairly busy this week.
Total: 8/10
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::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..::
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SCUM:
Releases:
Esafe.Full.Suite.AUG-OCT.1999-SCuM
Hyperion.Wired.for.OLAP.v4.1-SCuM
MODELSIM.v5.3a.Elite.Edition-SCuM
PVCS.Tracker.v6.5-SCuM
More news came from SCUM off the sites than on this week, but they
did manage to put out four titles, including the latest ModelSim.
Its only been a few weeks since v5.3, so I'm not too sure what's new
in 5.3a. My next pick would be PVCS Tracker.
On the group happenings scene talk of SCUM, RiSE, PWA and CORP dominated,
with the former coming on strong and the latter possibly seeing tough
times ahead. In SCUM's case, late this week we saw several members from
PWA leave the pirates to be with scum. This strengthens their CAD/CAM
side, and would seem to put PWA back to where it was before the demise
of Siege, as many who left PWA for Scum had been pickups by PWA from the
defunct SGE.
Total: 7/10
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(*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*)
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FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:
Releases:
BENDY_POINTS_FOR_LIGHTWAVE-FCN
CoolControls_v2.03_for_Delphi_2345_and_CBuilder-FCN
MAGPIE_PRO_v1.50b_FINAL-FCN
Tips_System_v2.0_Incl_Src_For_DelphiElocin_C-FCN
TSyntaxMemo_v3.00.39_For_Delphi-FCN
TURBOPOWER_FULL_SUITE_LATEST-FCN
2LKit_For_VJ_Plus_Plus_v1.1-FCN
2LKit_JCL_v1.1-FCN
2LKit_Obfuscator_v1.1-FCN
ODBCEXPRESS_v5.05_FOR_DELPHI_5-FCN
TRUESPACE_v4.3_UPGRADE-FCN
Multilizer_v4.25_VCL_for_C++_MultiBuilder_Component_Pack-FCN
Multilizer_v4.25_VCL_for_Delphi_Component_Pack-FCN
FCN is getting a little too predictable, however it's nice to see
a LightWave plugin in the mix, at least they're aiming for some
variety. No major mainstream app this week save perhaps the
TrueSpace upgrade, haven't checked with Caligari to see if there's
an actual standalone of this version yet.
Total: 6/10
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Releases:
Puzzle.Creator.2000-PROS
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Total: 1/10
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HARVEST:
Releases:
CEBAS.MATTERWAVES.V1.1.FOR.MAX3-HARVEST
INSCRIBER.TITLEMOTION.V3.5.0.15.FOR.PREMIERE-HARVEST
ZBIG.V2.0.FOR.DIGITALFUSION2.5X-HARVEST
ILLUSTRATE.V4.1.FOR.3DSMAX3-HARVEST
LIPSERVICE.V1.204.FOR.3DMAX2.X-HARVEST
Still owning the art/design plugins field, but they have the potential
to move outside that niche and do some nice art apps... haven't really
live up to that potential to date however, with a few exceptions. This
week we saw more of the usual.
Total: 5/10
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Really Into Spreading Elite:
Releases:
DIGITAL.PROPERTY.INC.CAD.ESTIMATOR.V1.1.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE
REIUSA.STAAD.PRO.DESIGN.STUDIO.VERSION.3.1.FINAL.CRACKED-RISE
STEEL.CAD.DETAILING.SYSTEM.2.VERSION.6.114.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE
STORACTIVE.CORP.CLIENT.BACKUP.CONSULTANT.V1.0.WIN9XNT-RISE
STORACTIVE.CORP.LIVEBACKUP.SAS.ARC.SYSTEM.V1.0.WINNT-RISE
STORACTIVE.CORP.LIVEBACKUP.SAS.MANAGER.V1.0.WIN9XNT-RISE
STORACTIVE.CORP.LIVEBACKUP.SAS.OPERATOR.CONSOLE.V1.0.WINNT-RISE
GRANTLUN.CORP.HARD.DOLLAR.V99.1.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE
MOLDFLOW.CORP.MOLDFLOW.DYNAMIC.SERIES.V9.5.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE
Yes, they are back! And a few people probably want to kill me for
reminding everyone what RiSE stands for! Well, if you aren't familar
with RiSE you should be. Over the years, their name came to be almost
synonymous with what we consider "quality" in warez (meaning their
shit generally worked). Now, after a brief rest, they're back. Much
of the old crew seems to be intact... blah blah. I'll save my breath
and direct you to the interview with Elocin for all the details.
Now on to the releases. RiSE members of course all messaged me asking
for 10/10's.. shame on you. RiSE did have a very strong week however.
Working my way down the list... CAD Estimator looks like a great
tool for high-tech contractors. No, honestly, if you work in that
field it actually sounds pretty helpful. We also see several
storage/backup apps from StorActive, including some Client/Server
backup tools. There top apps of the week, however, are Moldflow
Dynamic 9.5m Steel CAD Detailing Sys. 6.114, and STAAD Pro Design
Studio v3.1, all which prove RiSE is picking up right where they left
off.
Total: 8/10
New this week: RiSE is BACK! And it still stands for Really Into Spreading Elite!!! <G>
Idle this week:
Quote(s) of the Week: * WillTC- stuffs bud some red peppers in his ass and
kicks him on route :)
<Caserd> fag
<Caserd> use ur right nick :(
<_Elocin> n0
<_Elocin> :/
<_Elocin> eye yam hiding
<_Elocin> too many niggers msging me
<_Elocin> asking to join rise
<_Elocin> :~
Ok look, I was too busy to get good quotes, go read the other NWR quotes :P
RiSE's strong impression during their first week back earned them a tie
for top honors with RBS. Why Rebels? Maybe I'm being overly sentimental,
but I like RBS, it's nice to see them snagging a top title, and they
never fully get the credit they deserve. What can I say, it's a BIASED
report. But RBS did earn it.
Big news of the week was the return of RiSE. Since the rumors popped up
a few days ago, everything pointed to s atrong return, and that's what
took place. Looks like it's more competition for the ailing LND. Next
interesting news item was a flood of people moving from PWA to SCUM,
including SJ. Final bit of news was the loss of members from CORP
to the reborn RiSE, Corp had what, half a dozen members left?
If you've managed to keep score so far... you have no life! Even
I'm getting confused with all the moves lately.
Speaking of keeping score... if you've noticed I haven't done
my tallies recently (where I score each group with a total to
date, combining their points from each issue), well, I will do
one soon, put probably not until about issue 40.
A brief conversation with GLOBETrotter (Developers of FlexLM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well I had hoped to include this last week to coincide with Rebels most
recent release of FlexGen, however the company was slow in responding
to me so... basically this was just a brief chat via email, I sent
off my "concerns as a potential customer" on a whim, not even expecting
a reply... officially, media-wise anyways, GLOBETrotter has been
entirely silent on the license generator issue, and at least in
every story I've seen on it, they've been "unavailable" for comment.
_____
Bud:
With GLOBETrotter's popular FlexLM licensing system having been
comprimised by a software piracy group, what assurances do GLOBETrotter
customers both present and potential have that FlexLM software will be
updated accordingly to prevent the usage of the current "License Generator"?
GT:
GLOBEtrotter constantly improves it's products to thwart hackers,
but motivated people with enough time and compute power will likely
break any software licensing scheme. We try to make it more and
more difficult with every new release.
Bud:
How soon can users expect an update to protect their merchandise?
GT:
Vendors who follow our recommendations are not subject to the "license
generator" attack to which you refer.
The loophole that was used in the hack that was described in the press
was closed in FLEXlm v6.1, over a year ago.
Bud:
Will GLOBETrotter be taking any steps (both legally and in terms of software
development) to ensure that future breeches are not possible?
GT:
It's not a goal of GLOBEtrotter to make future breeches impossible,
just to make them more difficult to accomplish, and to make them less
desireable to undertake in the first place.
_____
Aside from the rather clinical replies the GLOBETrotter rep gave me
(keep in mind he's treating me as a potential customer), there
are a few valid points. First, someone with the skill and determination
will break any given protection scheme - it's just a matter of time.
The next point is interesting... GT claims that the "loophole"
allowing FlexGen to work was closed over a year ago... hmmm...
well this doesn't quite ring true. For one thing, FlexGen supported
up to v7.0 - until recently. In FlexGen 2000, RBS has removed 7.0
support due to what they call "strange problems" - basically
meaning FlexGen doesn't work with 7.0 apps. But it still supports
FlexLM v6.1 protected apps, which GT claims are not succeptible.
To finish off... GLOBETrotter's solution seems to be "Upgrade to
7.0", meaning more money for them, greater expenses to the
customer... which will likely be passed on to the end user...
way to go GLOBETrotter, great customer support...
(what ever happened to the *FREE* upgrade for bug fixes???).
GLOBETrotters Official Response to its Customers:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hey wait, we aren't done yet! Here is GLOBETrotter's official statement
to its customers...
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To: FLEXlm-licensees
Date: September 10, 1999
Two publications (ElectronicNews and ESNUG), have had articles
regarding a hacker attack on FLEXlm. This email includes the following:
- The story as reported.
- GLOBEtrotter's comments regarding security.
- What FLEXlm licensees should do if they are concerned
about this hack.
If you would like to enhance your FLEXlm implementation's resistance to
hacker attacks, please attend the FLEXlm Security Presentation at the
"Electronic Commerce for Software Conference" on Sep 13-14, at the
Santa Clara Convention Center (see www.ec4s.com for details). This
topic will also be covered in "FLEXlm Developer Training Classes" (see
http://www.globetrotter.com/lmdvtrng.htm )
Note that the notes from these presentations will NOT be available even
to attendees at the conference or the classes.
The next scheduled classes are:
- Thursday, September 16, 1999, Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
- Tuesday, December 7, 1999, Tollhouse,Los Gatos, CA
THE STORY AS PUBLISHED (SUMMARIZED):
- A group of hackers has compromised FLEXlm.
- The software breach has been posted to an undisclosed Web site that
offers free downloads. Another Web site provides tutorials for using
the cracked code.
- The download allows its users to generate licenses
GLOBETROTTER'S STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS HACK:
The hack referenced in the articles used a hole that was fixed in the
March 1998 version of FLEXlm. We increase the security in each product
release, and encourage FLEXlm licensees to use the latest release.
This is one way that FLEXlm can be attacked. However, there are other
methods of attack, and while GLOBEtrotter has taken steps to prevent
all methods that we are aware of, we can by no means guarantee that
hackers will not find other ways to subvert FLEXlm which we are not
aware of today. The important thing to remember is that software is
not now, never has been, and never can be made impenetrable to hackers'
efforts.
Subverting technologies such as FLEXlm has become a serious crime in
the US under various laws including the Digital Millennium Act, and in
counties that are part of the World Intellectual Property Organization
Copyright Treaty.
Subverting FLEXlm with hacks may subject one to a fine of up to
$1,000,000 or imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both. These fines and
penalties apply to those that manufacture, import, offer to the public,
provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service,
device, component, or part for such subversions. In addition, the Act
provides for civil penalties.
The purpose of FLEXlm is to allow software vendors to license software
on networks and in ways that better fit how their customers do
business. As part of this use it offers a level of software protection
consistent with the goal of not hindering honest software use.
TECHNICAL ACTIONS TO BLOCK THIS HACK:
This hack utilizes a security hole in the FLEXlm DLL to generate
counterfeit licenses. If you've ever shipped a product that uses the
FLEXlm Windows DLL, then anyone with access to your product that uses
the DLL, and this hack could generate counterfeit licenses. The DLL
version of FLEXlm is not secure and probably never will be since the
interface to DLLs is inherently insecure.
FLEXlm v6.1 has a feature, "Phase 2" security, which will create a
product that cannot be used with these counterfeit licenses. This
requires that you make new licenses and products that are incompatible
with existing licenses and products. In October we'll be releasing
FLEXlm v7.1 which contains a new KEY2 attribute, allowing you to
protect new products against this hack while supporting existing
products in the field.
Unfortunately, while the v7.1 KEY2 attribute will protect new software
against "counterfeit" (hacker generated) licenses, old software will
continue to operate with these counterfeit licenses. These issues will
all be discussed at EC4S in Santa Clara next week.
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Richard Mirabella, VP Marketing email: rich@globes.com
GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc http://www.globetrotter.com
1530 Meridian Ave Tel: 408-445-8100 x 117
San Jose, CA 95125 USA Fax: 408-445-7760
Electronic Commerce for Software(tm)
-----
So... upgrade or you're screwed. Again GLOBETrotter misses the fact
that v6.1 is vulnerable, and the problem was NOT fixed in March of
1998. While v7.0 has partially solved the problem, expect that
with the continued development of FlexGen by RBS, and possible
competitive cracks by other groups, that it will eventually be
comprimised. There is NO uncrackable protection. Software protection
is based in the software, and thus can be altered. The best software
protection you can come up with is this: Make a really good product
that people will WANT to buy, and they will buy it.
Some Final Quotes from GLOBETrotter:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We STILL aren't done... yes this is getting tedious... but... here
are a last few comments, these from a different GLOBETrotter rep.,
regarding the FlexGen situation. Oh and I added in my rambling
comments.
- "It would be unfair to our customers with support contracts
to provide support and/or updates to those that are not on
a support contract."
^^^ Try fixing your fucking mistakes perhaps. It's not a support issue,
it's a MAJOR flaw. Any potential fix should be FREE as far as I'm
concerned.
- "This also helps avoid providing technical support to hackers."
^^^ Too late. Oh and "Hacker" isn't the right term, but nevermind.
- "Supporting a customer on such matters consumes valuable
GLOBEtrotter support staff time."
^^^ Glad to see you value your users. This attitude will cause you to
loose them. BTW, what better issue can you think of the support
your customers on???
Well that's finally it. Whether they like it or not, the official silence
GLOBETrotter has shown publically is broken (ok I'm being over-dramatic, sue
me). One thing to keep in mind: In every statement from them provided here,
GLOBETrotter is talking with business interests in mind. They can't show
weakness to their customers, thus "the problem is fixed", "FlexLM 7.1 will
be even more secure", etc. In response to actual questions, they are
treating me as an actual customer. So will we ever know exactly how the
developers over at GT felt upon learning their protection scheme had
been rape? Probably not... but we can imagine it <g>.
And now... to take up even more space in NWR and take the record for the
longest utils report in history... I give you... the RiSE COMEBACK SPECIAL!
Well actually it's just an interview. I told you I got off my ass this week.
An Interview with Elocin of RiSE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, some of us expected it, some were taken by suprise, but they rumors were
floating around and they came through. RiSE has returned to the utils scene,
and here's a little chat I had with Elocin, one of the main players.
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<Bud> Those in the utils scene were recently suprised (well some more suprised
than others) to see the return of RiSE, making a return after disbanding
just a few short months ago.
<Bud> What brought this resurgance about, and who are the main characters
driving the comeback?
<Elocin> ya, well, me and gza happened to be alive at the same time and we
started talking about utils
<Elocin> and we got this idea to restart RiSE.
<Elocin> so we came to Slice
<Elocin> and asked him if we can use the RiSE label.
<Elocin> and he was like sure and he agreed to back us up.
<Elocin> (This was like about 2.5 weeks ago approx.)
<Bud> How much of the old crew has returned? Can we expect to see many of the
CAD/CAM tools familar to RiSE release users?
<Elocin> actually a fair amount of the old team has returned
<Elocin> and just a few days ago
<Elocin> Syndicate merged into RiSE
<Bud> Wow... those guys have been kicking around for what seems like forever
without really getting all the credit they deserve.
<Elocin> yeah
<Elocin> they got a good solid staff.
<Bud> What do you think Syn brings to the table that RiSE was lacking before? (Or
at least what do they enhance?)
<Elocin> they enhance the cad/cam aspect of RiSE, cause they have some hardcore
cad/cam people :)
<Elocin> Also SiNs made a huge sacrifice for RiSE
<Elocin> in a deal with AMN
<Bud> So in other words LND is in more trouble than they're already in, and
PWA/SCUM get some more competition ;)
<Elocin> he quit AOD in order for RiSE to pickup a lot uhm well lets say, assets.
<Elocin> yep they can look for more competition from us =)
<Bud> When RiSE disbanded, a portion went with Toth to PWA... others headed to
Corp... others where ever... is there an open door for former members to
return to the fold?
<Elocin> this isnt going to be like the old RiSE which sometimes went idle for months.
<Elocin> hmm
<Elocin> only select members
<Elocin> are being taken back in.
<Elocin> there are some people who will probably not get back in.
<Elocin> I think SiNs deserves a lot of credit tho for what he did :)
<Bud> Interesting thing... until now AMN had a policy, once you're out, you're out
<Elocin> yeah
<Bud> Now we see SiNs back in AMN, for the benefit of RiSE
<Elocin> yep.
<Elocin> he did it all for RiSE :)
<Bud> So I'm going to assume this deal was beneficial for both sides
<Elocin> yeah it was :)
<Elocin> Lester is back in RiSE again :)
<Bud> Yes I see... as a side note
<Bud> that dumb slut supplied me with an app and it's missing files!
<Bud> So I guess RiSE gets it <g>
<Elocin> LOL.
<Elocin> Probably :>
<Bud> Moving on... Now... this could be a touchy issue... as not everyone in RiSE was
too happy when Toth wanted to disband...
<Bud> Has Toth had any input as to the RiSE comeback? Purely speculating, but what
would the reaction be if he wanted to return?
<Elocin> hmm
<Elocin> He really fucked RiSE when he left and took all those ppl to PWA.
<Elocin> I really doubt we would let him back in ever.
<Bud> What do you think will really set this incarnation of RiSE apart from the
previous one? And do you expect to have any trouble living up to the
past name?
<Bud> You seem to be having a good week, but well, a week's a week.
<Elocin> Well
<Elocin> this incarnation still focuses on quality. quantity is not a priority.
<Elocin> but we have a different attitude now.
<Elocin> friends do not count as members.
<Elocin> they may hold ops in the channel, but we dont count them as members cause
that was a big problem in the old rise, people would find one guy idling and
say "hey how come i cant idle" and they would stop working.
<Elocin> and then we would end up idle for months.
<Bud> So a stronger work ethic sums that up I guess :)
<Elocin> yeah :)
<Bud> Now, RiSE had a pretty decent cracking team in the past.. at least up till
the end... can we expect that to return?
<Elocin> oh hell yes.
<Bud> lol
<Elocin> I feel we have to say the least
<Elocin> an equally strong cracking team
<Elocin> already.
<Bud> no qouting Steve Austin during the interview pls
<Bud> ;)
<Elocin> (as the previous rise)
<Elocin> oh shit sorry :P
<Elocin> ill quote nine "argh" "u there?"
<Elocin> :P
<Bud> haha
<Bud> ok now I'm going to get off topic
<Bud> somewhere before or after this interview, in NWR
<Bud> is a response from GLOBETrotter
<Bud> to the RBS FlexGen license generator for FlexLM
<Elocin> HAHA
<Elocin> No offense to RBS
<Elocin> but FlexGen is somewhat overrated.
<Elocin> and i already have a cracker writing a RiSE FlexLM Generator in
ASM not VB :P
<Elocin> I dont know if we will make that public tho, thats his choice.
<Bud> Yeh I have one working on it in Delphi
<Bud> same deal ;)
<Elocin> so what did globetrotter say?
<Elocin> they going to file a suit or smth?
<Bud> I just want yer opinion on a few comments
<Elocin> sure
<Bud> Bud:
<Bud> How soon can users expect an update to protect their merchandise?
<Bud> GT:
<Bud> Vendors who follow our recommendations are not subject to the "license
<Bud> generator" attack to which you refer.
<Bud> The loophole that was used in the hack that was described in the press
<Bud> was closed in FLEXlm v6.1, over a year ago.
<Elocin> actually
<Elocin> FlexLM is weak.
<Elocin> period.
<Elocin> If you want good protection go back to dongles or hasps.
<Elocin> ie: Surfware probably makes the best usage of the Sentinel SuperPro Dongle
<Elocin> the only way to defeat it is by emulating the dongle.
<Elocin> cause it does all kinds of checks on the binaries to see if they have been
tampered with.
<Bud> Am I the only one who noticed that FlexGen works fine with FlexLM 6.1, and
the hole is still there?
<Bud> Now this is something that caught me as a pisser for end-users... GT's response
to whether or not they'll fix their problems and support their customers
<Elocin> Yeah
<Elocin> they blame it on the customers
<Elocin> they say
<Elocin> "if you did not follow our recommendations for how to implement the flexlm
license manager then its your fault that you made it so vulnerable"
<Elocin> but the truth is FlexLM itself is a sort of generic licensing scheme.
<Elocin> so it has always been weak.
<Bud> It would be unfair to our customers with support contracts
<Bud> to provide support and/or updates to those that are not on
<Bud> a support contract.
<Bud> Supporting a customer on such matters consumes valuable
<Bud> GLOBEtrotter support staff time.
<Bud> Seems to GT, supporting customers using their faulty software is a waste
of time.
<Elocin> Yep
<Bud> Do you think the consisant defeat of FlexLM, and the attitude of
"Just upgrade" will drive developers to other schemes such as Dongle,
or even ISO protection schemes?
<Elocin> Probably
<Elocin> well ISO protection schemes are weak
<Elocin> there are already exe rebuilders/dumpers for that now.
<Elocin> I figure they will resort to HASP protections.
<Elocin> HASP is much more secure than most dongle implentations.
<Bud> But of course even those are beaten... so what did we learn here today boys
and girls? Protection schemes suck, and stop only Joe Schmoe from backing
up his CD. =)
<Elocin> haha =)
<Bud> Ok... well that sums it up, cuz the Leaf game starts soon
<Bud> On behalf of myself and the other gimps at NWR, welcome back to RiSE, and
thanks for putting up with my dense questions :)
<Elocin> hehe np :)
-----
Next Week: Is Corp dead? Is PWA back to WinBetas? An interview with SCUM?!?
If you felt that this week's issue was a tad repetitive... you're right!
You try editing something this long!
If you felt that this week's issue was a tad repetitive...
If you read all that... you have WAY TOO MUCH FREE FUCKING TIME ON YOUR HANDS.
Oh and excuse my language, my apologies to any young children reading this...
bless your virgin eyes... bah.. fuck it <G>.
See you all next week (those who survived anyways).
- Bud
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=---------[ Ndetroit's Movie Reviews ] -------=
MOVIE REVIEWS
I have been quite busy for the past long while. In fact, i have not
seen a movie in the theatres for almost 2 months. That does not stop
me from reviewing them however. Here are Movie Reviews For Movies I
Have Never Seen.
Mystery, Alaska
**/4
Wacky story about small alaskan town with nothing to do but fuck and
play hockey. Would have been more believable if it took place in
Canada, where there really *is* nothing to do but fuck and play hockey,
but we'll try to overlook that for now.
Some dude with dark hair plays the lead character who gets the chance of
a lifetime, when his pickup hockey team challenges the New York Rangers
to a winner takes all game.
Its tight, but in the end, the guys from Mystery pull together, and kick
the crap out of the Rangers by 1 goal. Fairly formulaic plot knocks this
wacky sports/romantic comedy down by 2 *'s.
Three Kings
***.5/4
George Clooney delivers the best performance of his acting career in this
story about 3 Golf War soldiers who hatch a plot to steal the gold bullion
that saddam stole from the saudi's. In the end, they make off with several
million dollars in gold and stretched mercedes's, while helping the iraqi
people rise up and overthrow their oppressors.
Ice Cube and Marky Mark are convincing sidekicks to Clooney, who clearly
deserves (and will recieve) a best acting nomination for his performance.
This movie has something for everyone. It's violent, sad, comedic, and
manages to have a sense of morality without being overly preachy.
One of the best movies of the year so far, and should vie for oscar
contention next year.
Blue Streak
***/4
Martin Lawrence in his FUNNIEST goddamn movie of alltime. He is HILARIOUS
as a former jewel thief whose hidden diamond in stowed in a building that
ends up being... ... a POLICE STATION!.. Wacky madness ensue's as martin
tries to get the rock back by IMPERSONATING A COP. The part where he pretends
to be a pizza delivery boy is DAMN GOOD. In the end, he ends up finding the
diamond, only to discover that his REAL passion is for police work. He
ditches the diamond in a safe place, and goes back to fighting crime,
supercop-style!
Now if you'd like to see reviews by someone who SAW the movies, see below.
=---------[ Lester's Movie Reviews ]----------=
Sure he's a prominent scene member, leader of the #1 courier
group, and former "Miss Scene 1995".. But did you also know that
in real life, Lester's real name is "Roger", and he hosts a popular
syndicated television show, where he plays a big fatass who has
nothing better to do with his time than go to every single movie
ever released? Well.. now you know..
Three Kings
Starring: George Clooney, Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg
Rating: 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
Three Kings is about 3 men who go in search of gold stolen from Kuwait by Iraq during Desert Storm. They find a map of where it's hidden in some dude's ass and on their way they go! One bonus to this movie is JAMIE KENNEDY!#@ (dude who played Randy in Scream), I love this guy! Anyways, this is actually a very good movie, although it's one of the better movies so far this year, but Oscar time I think it will be forgotten or lost amongst some of the bigger boys who are due out around Thanksgiving. But give credit to some underappreciated actors here, you got Ice Cube, Clooney and Dirk Diggler..they all pull off very good performances.
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Mystery, Alaska
Rating: 2 3/4 out of 4 Stars
Starring: Mary McCormack(ALISON STERN!@#!#@), Russel Crowe, and some other ppl.
Well, this is not your average everyday movie as Nd would like us all to believe. It's about a small town in Alaska that for the past 18 years or something has been playing hockey on frozen ponds and every Saturday they have a game amongst each other of the best of the best. Out of nowhere Hank Azaria comes back and says the NY Rangers want to play them in a publicity stunt. What follows is some town pride, comedy, great hockey scenes and some solid acting from Crowe and a few others. Though this is not a great movie, it is definately decent. It's not Mighty Ducks at least. <g>
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For The Love of the Game
Starring: KEVIN COSTNER!@!#!#@!@$, John C. Reilly, Kelly Preston(Don't EVER STOP FUCKING ME!)
Rating: 3 out of 4 Stars
Yes god damnit I gave a Kevin Costner movie 3 stars, and damnit I am being generous I guess. But this is actually a good movie. The baseball scenes are really good and though Costner is not the best actor in the world anymore, he still delivers a decent performance. My g/f hates him and she still thought he did good in this movie. Kelly Preston is the one who shines as Costner's g/f, she delivers alot of emotion in her character. Costner plays a pitcher who is at the end of his career and is faced with a difficult decision. This is pretty old so chances are you saw it if you wanted to by now!
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VCD Group and Movie Review
We would like to begin by explaining some of the common terms used in VCD
releasing. These formats are:
CAM - A cam is usually a handheld camera snuck into a full theatre. The base
is shaky, the audio is poor, you can hear people laughing and talking. A cam
is distinguishable by usually having a combination of all three or more of
these flaws. Most sites nuke cams for their general poor quality.
Workprint - An early release of a movie. These are usually stolen or leaked
copies of movies that have made their way onto VCD from VHS or a variety of
other sources. These will usually contain running time codes as well as other
identifying marks used in movie production. The quality on these can vary
from bad to very good depending on the quality of the source material used to
encode the VCD. Note: This category is also used for very bad screeners or
copies of movies that just didn't fit into any of the other categories due to
defects or problems with the quality of the VCD's audio/video image.
Telesync - Basically a very good Cam. A steady base such as a tripod is used,
the theatre is empty or very close to empty, and the audio and video are up
to par. Although, you can usually detect some flaw with a TS. You may see a
random head pop up, the screen edges are noticable, or the audio isn't always
crystal clear. While not perfect, the quality in general of a telesync ranges
from good to very good and is usually the first type of VCD made of a new
movie.
Screeners - These are the top quality VCDs. They can be in either widescreen
(letterbox) or in full-screen (pan and scan) with excellent audio and video.
These are made from video distributors demo tapes, reviewers copies, insider
copies of the film or from any number of sources. Most screeners will contain
"1-800-NO-COPIES" or "Property of.." messages somewhere in the film, but it's
not a requirement to fit into the screener category. These most closely
resemble a VHS or LaserDisc copy of the movie. They're easily identifiable by
their top quality.
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Ryche was MIA again this week. Hopefully we will see him return soon.
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-----------[The Scene News]-----------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
-What the fuck is UP, niggaz? I be BACK and black and black and black
and BACK... I know ya'll missed me and shit, but.... don't cry, just
dry your eye, and let the witch doctor sky drop some phatty phat
rhymes..
-Today's site of the week is dedicated to my main man, ndetroit.
Its a canuck site about tagging, check this funky shit out:
http://www.visualorgasm.com/visualorgasm/index.htm
-Well... something that i didn't know is that fucking [STiX] has been
promoted to leadership (or some shit) in AMNESiA. Good fucking work
to him. AMNESiA also got SiNS back, so thats all good.
-SJ has a phatty new site called DMZ up and its fast as hell, so you
should go bug him for an account. Also: TOS is back, and its like..
100 gigs, or something... or so the siteops say.. They won't give
me an account (3 gigs! gone!) so i can't verify this... <g>
-ETERNAL, the great (laf!) RiSC leader is MIA. If you have seen him,
please... .... ... ermm... ... please tell him to stay the fuck away,
thanks... ;p
-STH (the best site... ever?) was narked this week. Rumors abound as
to who the nark was, but so far its all been conjecture. Nothing
concrete... until now. Stairway To Heaven was narked by: "Lester".
Yes, its true. How this could have happened is beyond me, but I
have it on very good authority that this "Lester" narked STH. Fucker..
It's guys like this that are killing the scene... Guys that haven't been
around for very long, they put up a few megs on some decent sites,
and then BAM! they are added immediately to great sites like STH and
FS..
*sigh*... don't say we didn't warn you. You gotta watch out for guys
like this 'Lester'. They are only in the scene to destroy it.
Come on now... how many of you *really* have known Lester for more than
a few months? I don't remember seeing him on any sites or boards or
in any groups before this year... Sheeeit niggas. You gots to be more
CAREFUL. Look at the groups he's in!!
AMNESiA!!! For fucks' sakes.. AMNESIA IS A GROUP FULL OF FUCKING NARKS.
And he's not even like... council or anything.. he's just some random
dude that joined the group recently.. FUCK MAN.. THEY JUST LET ANYONE
IN TO THEIR SHITTY GROUP.
Anyways.. enough ranting... bottom line: some no name dude named "Lester"
narked the great site, STH, and now its gone forever.
-Mossyoak quit RTS, and shopped his services around (whored) to every
group out there but sadly, no group would take him.. HAHAHAHAHAH
-Garoto was narked. He is one of the greatest traders in a DAMN long
time, and its sad to see him go. There are NO details on his narking,
and DEV is being surprising quiet on the issue. ... .... much like
the transformers... there is more here than meets the eye.
Also: garoto narked STH.... dev will not deny that either... hmmm...
**EDITOR NOTE** Garoto was not narqed to our knowledge, simply busted for doing naughty things. ***EDITOR NOTE***
-What in the hell was TTOL doing giving game reviews while i was gone?
-Hi acidapple! Hi mandrake! www.girlscoutcookiefanclub.zzn.com leet!
-If you guys need a bounce, shell, bot, or anything else, PLEASE DO
YOURSELF A FUCKING FAVOR, AND GO TO www.socalsys.com
We get asked all the time, "what the fuck is a good place to get
bots/bounces/web space?"... the answer is these guys.. stable as
hell, and your shit is NOT gonna get hacked.
Go check it out.
Word.
-NEW UTIL UPLOAD!@# : ndetroit(AMN) - Fucking.Goddamn.Passwords.v1.0.1.19-NSC
Yes!
-See ya'll next week (i promise!)
-sky masterson
--------[Stories from the Watercooler]----------
Ahh yes, rumors, we all love them even though we love to say how much we
hate them when they are about us. And these are some of the better ones
circulating around this week. Email us or find us on irc if you have a
good rumor you'd like entered, your name will not be included, but we
do not add rumors like that say "Tdpriest is having anal sex with Fusion"
because we know that Fusion is only having sex with Xtremist and therefore
there is no hard evidence of that rumor, so if you have real rumors, let us
know. Let's begin!
Rumor has it Ndetroit had alot of gay sex in the past 7 weeks.
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Well friends.. Thats about it. If you've read this far, we sincerly thank you.
We like to know this thing gets read, so if you get the time, drop one of us
a quick msg, and tell us what you think, give us suggestions, tell us it sucks,
or just say "hi" to us!....
Greets fly out to: Ryche, Blitz, Mandrake, The Dark Priest, Glen, Novocaine, Gza, Sins, Caserd, Morbid, CrackZ, Devestato, Sj,
Tech, Indigo, Stix, Zeus, Burnt, Cedric, Bud, Ndetroit, and ELOCIN!
Find us on IRC in #nwr, (channel commands: !nwr, !nwr 23 or whatever issue
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