Alan Smith wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 10:52 PM, David H. Bailey wrote:
>
>> And when your computer crashes and you haven't "removed" the enabling
>> code, do they simply give you an additional code to activate it on
>> your new machine, no questions asked? And how about using it on a
>> notebook AND a desktop, so you can work at home, then take it on the
>> road with you? Do they allow multiple active copies? I was under the
>> impression from previous posts on this list that you had to remove the
>> activation to a floppy disk (a tenuous proposition at best should the
>> floppy fail between one computer and the next) and then insert the
>> floppy into the other machine so you could have it active on that
>> machine.
>
>
> More recent versions of Sibelius do not require the use of a floppy disk
> - it's all done with numbers. Assuming Sibelius is all set up and
> registered on your main computer (call it 'Computer A'), you then
> install it on your second machine ('Computer B'). Of course, the copy on
> Computer B isn't registered, so you can't save from it. To transfer the
> ability to save, you choose 'Transfer Saving Out' on Computer A. You are
> asked for a Computer Number. Now move to Computer B - just pray it isn't
> miles away - and 'Transfer Saving In'. You are given a Computer Number.
> Type this number into Computer A and click OK. You are given a Transfer
> Number. (Note the very scary rubric at this point: 'Make a note of [the
> Transfer Number] very carefully (and check it). Saving is disabled on
> [Computer A]. If possible, don't close this dialogue until you have
> successfully entered the Transfer Number into the other machine in case
> you wrote it down incorrectly.') Finally, type the Transfer Number into
> Computer B. Saving is now enabled on this machine.
>
> Phew!!! Makes cracking the Enigma Machine seem easy. Fascinating
> algorithm though.
>
Okay, so the exact mechanism isn't a floppy all the time -- but it CAN
be, can't it?
You mention saving the file with a "saving out" feature which means that
you get some number and then on your other machine you have to enter the
number before you can save your new edits. And then you have to
remember to do it again before you can bring the file back to your first
computer? Now if you DO save your file to a floppy from one computer
and then find that the floppy is unreadable on either computer, can you
still work with the copy of your file which is still on your first
computer, or does making the file portable somehow cripple the first
computer's version, just in case you are a nefarious criminal type that
might actually be running an engraving sweatshop off of one copy of
Sibelius?
So what happens if you forget to write the number down, save the file to
movable media, power down the computer and then try to work with the
file on your other computer? Is the number a constant, so that file
will always work with the same number, so you could embed it into the
file name, or is it randomly generated each time, so if your file is in
limbo as I just outlined and when you go back to power up your second
computer you find that the motherboard has fried and you can't get it
started? Are you then stuck with your first symphony of 1000 measures,
all but completed and a week away from first rehearsal, in an unusable form?
--
David H. Bailey
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