Comments on: Windows Vista: Intercontinental Ballistic Software http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/10/windows-vista-intercontinental-ballistic-software/ Ranting and Raving Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:22:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Buckley http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/10/windows-vista-intercontinental-ballistic-software/comment-page-1/#comment-33181 Michael Buckley Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:19:23 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2007/01/10/windows-vista-intercontinental-ballistic-software/#comment-33181 I second your pointer to <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html" rel="nofollow">The Right To Read</a>. At the time I thought it showed the general direction the RIAA/MPAA/Gov't/MS/Apple/Intel/etc. wanted to go, but had no idea how quickly things would progress. It is just a matter of time until the first criminal conviction for sharing a book. I second your pointer to The Right To Read. At the time I thought it showed the general direction the RIAA/MPAA/Gov’t/MS/Apple/Intel/etc. wanted to go, but had no idea how quickly things would progress. It is just a matter of time until the first criminal conviction for sharing a book.

]]> By: Modulator http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/10/windows-vista-intercontinental-ballistic-software/comment-page-1/#comment-32704 Modulator Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:16:53 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2007/01/10/windows-vista-intercontinental-ballistic-software/#comment-32704 <strong>Here's One Good Reason Not to Buy Window's Vista</strong> Microsoft can deactivate your Vista installation remotely. As Elliotte says:He’s worried about piracy. I.e. what happens if somebody else “borrows” your key, so Microsoft cuts you off through no fault of your own. I’m wondering what happens whe... Here’s One Good Reason Not to Buy Window’s Vista

Microsoft can deactivate your Vista installation remotely. As Elliotte says:He’s worried about piracy. I.e. what happens if somebody else “borrows” your key, so Microsoft cuts you off through no fault of your own. I’m wondering what happens whe…

]]> By: bugfox blog » Blog Archive » What happens if your product key is stolen? - Office Watch http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/10/windows-vista-intercontinental-ballistic-software/comment-page-1/#comment-32684 bugfox blog » Blog Archive » What happens if your product key is stolen? - Office Watch Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:26:42 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2007/01/10/windows-vista-intercontinental-ballistic-software/#comment-32684 [...] Elliotte Rusty Harold suggests a cool new use of this feature: the U.S. government could lean on Microsoft to shut down all the computers in an unfriendly country, or maybe just the computers of individuals that the govenment doesn’t like. Of course that’s just paranoid and couldn’t possibly happen. [...] [...] Elliotte Rusty Harold suggests a cool new use of this feature: the U.S. government could lean on Microsoft to shut down all the computers in an unfriendly country, or maybe just the computers of individuals that the govenment doesn’t like. Of course that’s just paranoid and couldn’t possibly happen. [...]

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