In article <2971587.1HguWqEUFy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> __/ [ John Locke ] on Saturday 21 April 2007 02:15 \__
>
> > On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:54:16 -0700, flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I gotta lighten up.
> >>
> >>MS gets funnier and sadder all at the same time. Although I would't be
> >>surprised if MS *had* paid many to run the junk and then promote it. I
> >>know they gave laptops to bloggers.
> >>
> >>Anyway, when they offer to pay users to run it, I'll be taking the offer
> >>and then installing vista on my refrigerator interior light circuit --
> >>something vista can efficiently do for a little while.
> >>
> >>When vista crashes I'll save on electricity from the light going out.
> >>
> >>Sweet.
> > I installed Vista in my Toyota truck, but everytime I try to play my
> > ripped CD it deactivates the breaking system...whoa boy..
>
> Better than locking you inside. The more I read about DRM, the more worried I
> get. Many simple operations are going through the DRM 'pipeline' for no
> apparent reason. It's almost as though someone wants to control and
> supervise every action that you take.
>
> When you open the Web browser, Google is likely to keep track of you in one
> form of another (disabling Javascript won't do because DoubleClick, for
> example, just delivers images). If you use IE7, Microsoft keeps track of
> everywhere you visit, when, where from, etc.
>
> Weird (or scary) times, depending how you look at it. The PCs (and WWW)
> control the users.
>
They can't get a security camera in every private room, so they settle
for this for now.
Bill Gates, with some help, made spying on free people easy.
|
|
