Bioshock activation woes

Games
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Sorry to start yet another Bioshock thread, but I thought this might keep my rant tidily partitioned from actual game-related talk:

I’m ready to strangle the person who designed the serial number generator for Bioshock’s activation code. It’s printed on the back of the manual in some Arial-like sans serif font, and there’s nothing to distinguish 0, O, I, and 1 from each other. As far as I can tell, I might have all four of these in my serial number. It’s a guessing game now, and the activation server has not accepted any of my guesses yet. ARGH!

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In case it helps some other poor soul, this is posted on the 2K Games support page at http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/support/general_3.htm:

This let me narrow down the field of possibilities somewhat, and I have finally activated the game. Sheesh.

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360 version has no activation code.

NEENER NEENER. Also, NEENER.

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Don’t make me post a spoiler!

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It also doesn’t have a mouse.

You know, just sayin’.

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What goods a mouse when you aren’t playing?

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A gamepad, huh. You call that “playing”? Fucking torture is what it is.

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Steam version has no activation code either, but I won’t say NEENER because some people have been having problems with Steam downloading and/or activating.

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RED RING OF DEATH

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Yes, I ran into this. I do agree that the people responsible should be dealt with harshly as an example for the others. In my version, there is a slight difference between the I and 1, but the zero looks for all the world like an ‘O’. Mine took several tries to get the secret combination.