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Absolute Farkle

Giamoula reviewed on 29 Dec 2009

I think there might be something wrong with the dice-throwing algorithms of this game. The dice seem heavily weighted in the computer's favor. I played over 50 times in demo mode and only won four times. The computer frequently reaches the scoring threshold well before the human player, building up an insurmountable lead. When the human reaches the threshold first, the computer frequently reaches on the very next turn. The game keeps stats, so one can see that the computer consistently Farkles on six dice fewer times that the human. The computer seems to get high-scoring combinations on the first roll with ease and regularity while the human would take several rolls to get the minimum.

I think twenty dollars is too much to pay for the stilted graphics and sound, and clunky interface. It doesn't seem to take advantage of Mac OS APIs. It has a first-year Java student look and feel. Despite that, it could be enjoyable if it didn't seem to cheat.

[Version 4.0.8]

Drive Genius

Giamoula reviewed on 14 Jan 2009

I obtained Drive Genius 2.1 as a special offer from OWC bundled with a higher-capacity replacement drive for a MacBook Pro 2.33. It sounded like a good all-in-one tool for $30. I wanted to verify (and repair if necessary) the old drive and duplicate it before swapping drives. I ran the verify utility but it failed because of an unknown error. I tried the repair function and got the same message. I decided to just duplicate the old HD to the new one, but DG didn't recognize the firewire drive, even after repairing with Apple DiskUtility.

Now to be fair, I didn't try ProSoft support because I was doing this late on a weekend night, so I can't complain about ProSoft support. I may have gotten a reasonable explanation and solution. But shouldn't it just work out of the box like the other products? Wouldn't a *Genius* do that?

I ditched DG, found my old DiskWarrior4 cd, downloaded the free update to 4.1.1, created a new DW boot CD and it ran flawlessly - it found a couple of minor problems. Then I downloaded the free version of SuperDuper and duplicated the hard disk - flawlessly. No need to contact support - these software packages just did their jobs.

Maybe this product does work if you have time to get support, and maybe a revsion or update will render it more useable, but until then a more apt name would be DriveDunce.

[Version 2.1]

Cyberduck

Giamoula commented on 08 Jan 2009

Anyone else having trouble with this update? It crashes when I try to launch it. If I remove the plists and history from the Application Support folder in the library it will launch, but will not connect or create bookmarks.

[Version 3.1]

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