From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I'm always interested in good NNTP readers - got a name?



"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:46053da8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>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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