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Internet mode as default
shvarz:
I just tried 2.43r and on load it immediately started asking me to load up a bunch of bots that I did not have (Martian tank etc). Hitting cancel helped, but it was a bit annoying. I assume the program hooked up to internet, because some bots appeared and a sim got started. I could not open any internet-mode graphs (species or sims populations). The new "internet" icon had a green and red computers. I clicked on it, got "error 5" and program froze.
Peter:
You've got a point there.
Note to myself, don't run darwinbots anymore if I am admin. Don't even run it if I am at win 2000 or below.
It is dangerous how easy it is to destroy a computer that way, correct.
Just, a introduction about what IM is and does is enough, with programs inmidiatly connecting to internet at startup I just wonder 'what is it doing' most times I know it is not dangerous as most programs I have are signed. I just don't fully like the idea of a connection inmidiatly to the internet after startup.
But okay it is fine by me eather way I don't care that much.
Testlund:
--- Quote from: shvarz ---I clicked on it, got "error 5" and program froze.
--- End quote ---
Yay! Another one! I'm not alone!
Numsgil:
What OS are you guys running. I'll bet dollars to donuts it's another Vista issue.
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Eric's got a strong point. Darwinbots doesn't come with a warranty. There's no guarentee that it won't render your OS unbootable (there are lots of ways to break windows just by editing a few lines of code in notepad). Of course, there's a certain level of trust going on here. Most of the world works like this. It wouldn't be too hard for a malicious person to cause all sorts of havok in real life, too. It's really amazing how trustworthy humanity is as a whole.
Anyway, back on topic, when you first run the Darwinbots .exe, you're all ready signing yourself over to the DB developers heart and soul. Firewall issues are the least of your worries.
shvarz:
I have WinXP Pro. I just went through the whole thing again and it crashed again. Internet mode used to work fine for me.
BTW, it's not a complete crash - program stays open, menus work, buttons get clicked and so on, but nothing else is happening.
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