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 techie question about playing poker online at internet cafe, noiseboy, 12. Sep 2003 15:11 | ||
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| Hey everyone, I want to play an Aruba Super this Sunday, one problem, I can't get a fast/reliable internet connection installed until next week at the earliest, which is too late for me to get to Aruba. Anyway, I had this idea that maybe I could play at an internet cafe, but I realized that I need software to run Ultimate Bet, and cafe's aren't going to let me install software onto their systems for security reasons. Is there any way for me to get around this? It is possible to run UB from a disc I could bring (I'm guessing not)? Thanks in advance. | ||
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| Re: techie question about playing poker online at internet cafe, Boftx, 12. Sep 2003 15:54 | ||
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| You could in theory probably run the software from a disk (CD that is, NOTHING fits on a floppy anymore). However, the poker software I have seen, PP, PS, UB and others, all have clients that connect to an oddball server port and require special settings on any firewall software (you DO run a firewall, right?) to allow them thru. THAT is what would most likely stop you from using it. On a side issue, once you get you DSL/Cable connection, DO NOT USE IT WITHOUT A FIREWALL! I prefer Norton, but BlackICE is very good also. Windows XP and Windows 2000 have built-in firewall protection as well, but it is hard to configure and the utilities do more than just packet filtering. | ||
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| Re: techie question about playing poker online at internet cafe, noiseboy, 12. Sep 2003 16:28 | ||
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| I imagine that all the internet cafes probably do have a firewall. Maybe I can find a friend who will let me come over, download UB and use their DSL for a few hours. | ||
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| Re: techie question about playing poker online at internet cafe, Boftx, 12. Sep 2003 16:49 | ||
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| I've played against you before on UB, what city you in? | ||
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| Re: techie question about playing poker online at internet cafe, noiseboy, 15. Sep 2003 16:33 | ||
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| I'm in Oakland CA, where are you? | ||
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| Re: techie question about playing poker online at internet cafe, cantfoldem, 13. Sep 2003 03:11 | ||
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| If you have a laptop you can play down at starbucks on there wi-fi. You pay by the minute at starbucks or get unlimited through t -mobile for 19.00 a month | ||
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| Re: techie question about playing poker online at internet cafe, Andrew Wells, 13. Sep 2003 20:59 | ||
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| The software interfaces with the Windows registry in several ways, impacting upgrades, user preferences, and caches. It doesn't look like it would run from a CD, but I haven't actually tried. User network privledge settings may restrict write operations to the workstation's registry at such Internet cafe's. Don't count on operating a poker client from anything but your PC. | ||
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