From: Tony Williams 

Fiction now, but there do seem to be a some enabling technologies being
developed. Intel building DRM into it's processors, Microsoft doing the
same in software, monitors which have to pass a security test before
they're allowed to play a video.

I suppose it could all be perectly benign but to me it looks more like
it'll be a pain in the ass when, say, your computer decides it doesn't
trust your printer any more because you installed an unofficial driver
update.

--
Tony

Rich wrote:
>    I don't avoid it.  It's fiction.  If you keep repeating it do you
> expect to have it refuted every time you do just like you appear to with
> the other nonsense you make up and then argue about.
>
> Rich
>
>
>     "Geo"  wrote in message
>     news:434c6e2b{at}w3.nls.net...
>     "Tony Williams"  wrote in
>     message
>     news:434ae512$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>      > Imagine a PC which refuses to boot anything but a
"trusted" operating
>      > system ...
>
>     Exactly what I was saying and exactly the issue Rich wants to avoid
>     talking
>     about.
>
>     Geo.
>

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