> > Is there a current history.dat without the line "This Arcade Video Game was > published > > XX years ago:" ? Older history.dat files didn't have this. > > So you're wishing to remove history from a history.dat? > > I don't get it.
It's not really GOOD history tho.
Anything that mentions something with a date relative to the current date, in a dat that people might download and use for several years, isn't really well written.
It seems to be a rather pointless automatically generated string, that is only going to go out of date. The year of release, as an actual year, is a much more valid thing to
>> It's not really GOOD history tho. > >> Anything that mentions something with a date relative to the current date, in a dat >> that people might download and use for several years, isn't really well written. > >> It seems to be a rather pointless automatically generated string, that is only going >> to go out of date. The year of release, as an actual year, is a much more valid thing >> to
>I agree with this. Having relative amounts of time is just a dumb move. Put the actual >dates back in.
Yep. Extraneous work having to be updated (either manual or automated) on a yearly basis when really not needed other than the year it was first released or copyrighted. Adding to that issue are re-releases as well that adds more work.
To paraphrase Peter Sellers' line with Haze's quote: "...rather pointless automatically generated string, that is only going to go out of date is like train without wheels very soon you get nowhere."
btw: Peter Sellers dialogue line from his character Inspector Sydney Wang (Murder by Death movie) : "....Man who argue with cow on wall is like train without wheels very soon you get nowhere."
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