Now this guy's got the right idea!

LAST EDITED ON Mar-25-04 AT 12:59 PM (EST)

Tell me this isn't a great idea!Sure would force people to RTFM!! - or in this case, the ReadMe File.(Edited to add the attachment I forgot!)Larry Steiner

Never criticize a person until you walk a mile in their shoes. That way you'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes!!

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RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, John 136 6000 GO, Mar-25-04, 10:52 PM, (1) RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, stryder47, Mar-26-04, 01:15 AM, (2) RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, paxxxx, Mar-26-04, 02:12 AM, (3) RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, nadnerb1982, Mar-26-04, 02:35 AM, (4) RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, csxt602, Mar-26-04, 09:13 AM, (5) RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, yellowdog, Mar-26-04, 10:19 AM, (6) RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, LocoRo, Mar-26-04, 10:22 AM, (7) RE: Now this guy's got the right idea!, jdtrainman, Mar-26-04, 10:33 AM, (8)

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wonderfully simple idea!

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I'm just sitting here laughing, thinking of all the dumb ones who never read a readme file trying to figure out what they are doing wrong or why they can't get it to work!!! Good stuff!TimWestern Maryland
"Gone but never forgotten"

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Interesting idea, but how does one get to the password since the readme.rtf file is inside the password protected zip file.
Sounds like a conundrum to me!!--or maybe it was meant that way as a joke to someone!! Who knows!!

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you can read the read me by viewing the file contents in the download page, all you have to do is click the link
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>you can read the read me by viewing the file contents in the
>download page, all you have to do is click the link You can't, the readme isn't a link in the file contents, so there has to be somewhere in the .s or .sd file to put in the passsword maybe. Ingenious though. Chris Denbow - Baltimore, MD
TKW Paintshop Technician

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I'm afraid that probably all this will do is generate more "I can't get this to work, can somebody help me?" posts here on train-sim. If the target population doesn't read the readmes, they likely will not pay much attention to a little note pointing out the fact that they need to read the readmes in order to get a password. But, maybe this is just my cynical side talking.

Clayton

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>I'm afraid that probably all this will do is generate more
>"I can't get this to work, can somebody help me?" posts here
>on train-sim. If the target population doesn't read the
>readmes, they likely will not pay much attention to a little
>note pointing out the fact that they need to read the
>readmes in order to get a password. But, maybe this is just
>my cynical side talking.I agree with you! It happened before. Greetings Roland
NetherlandsFan of Christrains©
http://www.christrains.nl and http://www.christrains.com

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See my post in the Train Simulator forum regarding developer's responsibility....JBD

Jim Duncan
Midwest Rail Group

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