From: "Robert Comer" 

I don't know about the sheeple, but I certainly find it objectionable.

That said I'll be using Vista most of the time now since I found a decent
NNTP reader and configured it like I like.  (Not now, I'm in XP checking
something)

--
Bob Comer


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:46040798$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> The idea that one could make consumers comfortable into purchasing a new
> product that effectively calls the purchaser  a thief and demands to check
> for theft every xx amount of days is  stupefying.
>
> Are you a thief today? Let wga determine that for you
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:gdu70395hvp5lsbj6fockjqjfn2vet3kql{at}4ax.com...
>> Just a guess on the XP side -- just going on what Ballmer said a few
>> weeks ago about ratcheting up WGA.
>>
>> I'm not saying it has happened, or have any knowledge of such, but I
>> wouldn't be surprised...
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:57:57 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>XP now?  Good grief - next I'll have to re-activate if I mount a usb
>>>drive
>>>
>>>"Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>>news:nct703lp1nrnalmdch6ki4478qtdlvv5ki{at}4ax.com...
>>>> >Why exactly did this happen? Because Vista (all but
the most expensive
>>>>>version) will not run in a VM?
>>>>
>>>> No, Vista, and probably XP with the latest updates, is REAL finicky
>>>> about changing hardware and if the NIC address changes, Vista thinks
>>>> it's a new NIC and adds up points to the reactivate
algorithm. (truly
>>>> objectionable in my opinion, a NIC changing should have
anything to do
>>>> with activation.)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:33:43 -0400, RobertB

>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In article , "Frank
Haber" 
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I made a rare visit to the general meeting of my
local user group
>>>>>> Tuesday
>>>>>> night, celebrity-whoring to catch David Pogue, who
was both flogging
>>>>>> his
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> book and talking about Vista.  He's a smart cookie, and very
>>>>>> entertaining
>>>>>> (see
>>>>>> his NY Times videos).  He's a tad juvenile at
times, but hey, I'm
>>>>>> still
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> teen-ager in lots of ways.  He's not highly
technical, but he's my
>>>>>> interface
>>>>>> guru.  I credit him with teaching this
left-brainer about how to use
>>>>>> Mac
>>>>>> OS X
>>>>>> fluidly, the right way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, Pogue gave some great demos, and good tips,
and wasn't *too*
>>>>>> completely
>>>>>> committed to Microsoft.  It does seem true that he
who loves Vista
>>>>>> best
>>>>>> is,
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> not a Mac fanboy, at least a Mac admirer.  His
presentation was
>>>>>> fairly
>>>>>> even-handed, and threw some good barbs, especially
about the  feature
>>>>>> split
>>>>>> among the too-many versions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Home users never need to send a FAX?" 
"Business users never need to
>>>>>> edit a
>>>>>> video?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A brief interlude proved he really is a kind of
polymath (he's an
>>>>>> ex-Broadway
>>>>>> conductor).  He ran through four or five of his
best songs at the
>>>>>> piano
>>>>>> (!),
>>>>>> and they were GOOD.  Not Tom Lehrer, but very
good.  He threw in a
>>>>>> couple of
>>>>>> magic tricks, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He demoed on a low-end MacBook 12 btw, mostly
under Boot Camp.  Aero
>>>>>> ran
>>>>>> fine
>>>>>> on this "3.0" machine (2GB).  Things
flew.  Everyone was impressed,
>>>>>> including
>>>>>> me. Although we all noticed that he spent most of
the time with Aero
>>>>>> off, and
>>>>>> User Account Control off, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I then spoiled the party, piping up and
complaining loudly that
>>>>>> Microsoft's
>>>>>> copy protection DEEPLY OFFENDED ME, and made me
feel as though I were
>>>>>> being
>>>>>> treated like a street vendor in Kuala Lumpur. 
Pogue was no toady; he
>>>>>> gave a
>>>>>> good "Whatcha going to do?  MS is losing
money" response.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then he rebooted and ran Parallels.  No wireless
in the lecture hall.
>>>>>> He
>>>>>> disabled wireless networking in Parallels.  Boom. 
Up came the
>>>>>> thievery
>>>>>> screen.  No more Vista for him that night.
>>>>>
>>>>>Why exactly did this happen? Because Vista (all but the
most expensive
>>>>>version) will not run in a VM?
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Q.E.D.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Great show!  Glad I went.  It's good to see a show
that's a show,
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> no
>>>>>> apologies.
>>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer 
>>
>>
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