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Cringely: MS To Hurt Linux Via USB Enhancements

Posted by timothy on from the embrace-and-extinguish dept.

frogspit writes "In this article, Cringely suggests that MS's proposed enhancements to USB to address security issues have the added benefit (for them) of hurting Linux."

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  1. Re:Best reason to vote Bush out by Unknown+Lamer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Vote Liberatarian or for the Constiutional Party. Probably the latter.

    Bush's tax cuts resulted in a huge cut in federal spending on education so I have to pay $500 more for tuition this semester (the state, Maryland, also cut education funding because the governor is throwing a hissy fit about not getting the slot machines no one in the legislature wants). I almost had to drop out because I couldn't afford $4000 for tuition and $1300 for books.

    Oh, and my taxes (federal + local) went up a couple of percent this year. And I gross about $10k a year. Tax cuts my ass. My aunt and uncle who filed a combined return of greater than $200k were happy though.

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  2. Re:Best reason to vote Bush out by evilpenguin · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Really? I'm a Democrat, and I believe rich people (and this includes me) deserve to pay more taxes because we have more money and we benefit more from society than do poor people (which I would not classify as the "middle class," rather as a family that earns less than [IMHO] about $35,000/year).

    I also have never taken "retribution" on anyone for disagreeing with me, unless voting against your candidate counts.

  3. Re:Oh, the irony! by donbrock · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I'm voting against Kerry because I disagree with him on both of those things.

    It's clueless anonymous cowards like yourself that Bush is counting on to get re-elected, people that have kneejerk reactions to one issue that bugs them such as gun control or abortions, while being unable to understand that there's far more important issues at stake in our country, such as the economy or A WAR GOING ON. WAKEUP!

    I would like to vote against Bush just because of the stem cell issue but luckily, I've found about a thousand other reasons also.

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  4. Re:Best reason to vote Bush out by Surt · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hint: The pro-life movement believes that any abortion is equal to murder. When you believe that there are large numbers of people running around committing murder, you try to do something about it.

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  5. Re:Oh, the irony! by pete-classic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Right. The flip side, it's okay to kill your baby, but not your assailant, makes much more sense.

    I don't see any conflict in the belief that an unborn fetus deserves legal status as a human being and the belief that self-protection is a natural right.

    I'll phrase it as "I'm pro-armed defense of my life, and statutory defense of the lives of innocents."

    -Peter

  6. Re:You know what is more ironic? by KlomDark · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They are not "PRO-Abortion", they don't want to FORCE people to have abortions, they are simply not in favor of making it illegal to have an abortion. Making it illegal will not make them stop, but it will lead to back-alley abortions involving wire hangers, shop vacs, and severe infections.

  7. Re:Not a chance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.zycha.com/

    Your site is ugly and that makes me sad.

  8. Re:Not a chance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    also want a weak U.S. President

    Or maybe they are just uncomfortable that he thinks he is the voice of God.