From: Robert Comer 

It's an oldie but a goodie, it can finally be configured to my liking
-- Agent.

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Bob Comer


On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:21:31 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>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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