I have always lamented that while Alcohol 120% was a fabulous program it was just, in my opinion, a little too expensive for what it does.

Numerous times I've gone half-way through the check-out procedure on the Alcohol web site, but just couldn't bring myself to pay that much for burning program.

However, the moment I found out about the current sale I had my purchased serial less than two minutes later! This is a great deal...hope my teasing you about you guys never having a sale in that other thread a while back, Phoenix, didn't prompt this.

Either way, your sales tactic worked...you got me as a customer. I'm really looking foward to what innovative things you guys come out with next...each major release you fellows always manage to slide some features in that surprise everyone.

Nope your teasing did not prompt this it has been on the cards for a few months now ready for the Christmas period and prior to our next major version release planned for the end of the chinese new year

When does the "Chinese Year" end?

Is it round the 14th of Feb that it ends??

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.

The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.

The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove" or weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations.