感谢Horse Luke的编写与投递,我想还是发出来更合适.
今天上cnBeta.COM和别的新闻站点发现一条挺令人激动的新闻:WinRAR明天免费!
据消息指,著名压缩软件WinRAR刚刚被评选为年度最佳SIAF选择(Shareware Industry Awards Foundation),为了感谢用户的支持,WinRAR开发小组决定在本周日免费提供WinRAR正版序列号.免费WinRAR版本－－3.51. 时间:2006年七月30日凌晨00:00至24:00 CET.
可是令人生疑的是,只有这么一点消息让人不禁疑惑:WinRAR真的免费吗?
www.cnbeta.com中的评论,倒是有人给出这么一个英文版的新闻.注意标蓝和加粗的字体,同时附上其中一段的翻译.
WINRAR 3.51 Free Sunday July 30th 2006
WinRAR Voted Overall Best Utility for SIAF People's Choice Award
The people have spoken and voted WinRAR as Best Overall Utility. Each year the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation (SIAF) asks computer users from all over to vote for their favorite software.
Thanks for all your support and for voting for WinRAR. It was a great honor for us to receive such an award.
To Say Thanks and to Celebrate: Get the Winner WinRAR 3.51 for FREE on Sunday
In order to thank everyone who voted for us and made it possible for us to win this prestigious award, we are offering the WinRAR 3.51 single user license non upgradeable version this Sunday the 30th of July 2006 from 00:00 until 24:00 CET for absolutely FREE. Please click the following link which will become active on Sunday. Fill out the form on that page in order to receive further information via e-mail about how to get your FREE version of WinRAR.
为了答谢曾为我们投票和为我们创造赢得这个声誉极高的奖项的可能性的每一个人,我们将在这个星期天,中欧时间(把北京时间减去7个小时即可)2006年7月 30日,从00:00到24:00 完全免费提供Winrar 3.51 个人用户不可升级授权版.请点击如下的链接——该链接将在星期天有效.填写该页表格,以通过E-Mail收到未来关于如何得到免费Winrar版本的信息.
http://www.win-rar.com/bestoverallutility [www.win-rar.com]
Please remember that this is a ONE day special offer ONLY. Tell all your friends and family and celebrate with us by taking advantage of this special one time only offer.
这个版本比在http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=482722还要详细(我甚至认为这条新闻的出处是在这里),可是一看英文版......non upgradeable version?不可升级版??还要填表获得???这样的限制不免让人觉得有点奇怪.
那该信息是如何来的?我首先到winran的官方网站寻找,可是并没有找到,而英文里面提到的链接又无效.然后在SUPPORT中的Newsletter(http://www.win-rar.com/newsletterarchive.html)发现,WinRAR是会每一段时间会发送邮件给订阅者,而且还有一个“18.05.2006 People's Choice Award”.而观看该段英文,似乎是一封答谢信.如果把两者连接起来,首先可以肯定,假如信息属实,那应该是通过E-MAIL分发.可是既然在 SUPPORT中的Newsletter没有发现这样的东西,那WinRAR又怎么会知道发送给谁呢.于是点击18.05.2006 People's Choice Award.首先迎接我的是这段文字:
Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: #08004Too many connections in /opt/www/wwwroot/www.win-rar.com/html/t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php on line 813
Database Error:The current username, password or host was not accepted when the connection to the database was attempted to be established!
^o^,太多人访问(又或者是IP被禁用)!不会是这条WinRAR免费信息,然后大量人涌入进行求证所带来的吧!经过多次刷新,终于看到了18.05.2006 People's Choice Award的邮件内容(http://www.win-rar.com/405.html),全部内容如下(附部分翻译):
18.05.2006
People's Choice Award
WinRAR - Newsletter 5/2006
Issue: May 18, 2006
Welcome to the 37th edition of the WinRAR Newsletter! You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to it. Unsubscribe instructions are at the end of this e-mail.
1. WinRAR is nominated for the Shareware Industry People's Choice Awards!
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1. People's Choice Award - Cast your vote for WinRAR
The Shareware Industry Awards Foundations "People's Choice Awards" are voted on by the public. It is YOUR opportunity to let the world know what your favorite programs are.
共享软件产业奖项“People's Choice Awards”现在面向公众投票.现在是你的机会来让全世界知道你所喜爱的软件.
Please support us in getting as many votes as possible. You decide who wins!
请用尽可能多的投票支持我们,你将决定谁赢!
To cast your vote for WinRAR for the Shareware Industry People's Choice Awards:
去为WinRAR投出你的共享软件产业奖项选票的方法:
Step 1
步骤一
1. Go to the following link to register to vote:
1 去下面的链接来注册投票
http://www.win-rar.com/pc_nl.html
2. On the above page enter your First Name, Last Name, and E-mail address.
Then click Submit Registration
在上面打开的页面中输入你的首名和后名,还有E-Mail地址:
* Please know that your email address will ONLY be used to send you the link to vote. You will not any receive unsolicited email.
请注意你的E-mail地址只是被用来给你发送投票链接.你将不会收到任何未经请求的E-mail.
Step 2
步骤二
1. Check your e-mail for the voting link. Go to the link provided in the email you received after submitting your name in step 1.
1 检查你的E-Mail邮箱以取得投票的链接.点击E-mail提供的链接(这句话翻译得不够准确,但是自己水平有限,没辙了)
2. Enter WinRAR in "Program 1" field. (you will need to nominate at least two other applications, you can enter them in Program 2, Program 3 and so on) Then click Submit.
2 在"Program 1"空格中输入WinRAR(你需要提名至少两个其它的程序,你可以在Program 2, Program 3及其他等等填写),然后点击“提交”(Submit).
Please also consider our friend Salty Brine Software and his great tool FolderMatch.
请同时考虑我们的朋友Salty Brine Software及他不错的工具FolderMatch.
FolderMatch is a program that compares directories and files showing the differences clearly and allows you to synchronize two folders, two drives, or two computers. To do so enter FolderMatch in "Program 2 field".
......(对FolderMatch的介绍,忽略).如果你要这么做请在"Program 2"空格里填写FolderMatch.
Please vote quickly, as voting ends May 31st.
请在5月31日前尽快投票 .
Thank you very much and have fun using WinRAR!
非常感谢!祝你使用WinRAR愉快!
Your WinRAR Sales Team
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假如我判断没有错误,那份WINRAR 3.51 Free Sunday July 30th 2006的邮件收到者可能是因为曾经在http://www.win-rar.com/pc_nl.html进行注册的吧.也难怪有这封答谢信了.对这样的行为,不知大家怎样看呢?
by Horse Luke