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Aero To Be Unavailable To Pirates
An anonymous reader writes "Users thinking of pirating the next version of Windows may have a surprise in store: no Aero for you. The upcoming Microsoft OS will run a check to ensure the copy was legally purchased. If it comes up short, the shiniest part of the OS will not be available." From the article: "At first an optional program, the piracy check eventually became mandatory for many types of Windows XP downloads, but was not required to run any aspect of the operating system itself. Microsoft has identified reducing piracy as a key way for the company to grow its sales of Windows, which is already used on more than 90 percent of personal computers. But it's not just pirates who will be blocked from Windows' fanciest graphics. The Aero display also won't be available to those who buy Windows Vista Basic, the low-end consumer version of the operating system."
Working validation crack in 3, 2, 1...
I want to write a Linux program that runs a series of invasive system checks to make sure you didn't pay for it.
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Get a pirated version and you don't need a new video card.
Excellent post, sir. My only objection: I'm pretty sure there's a rule against using "Rosie O'Donnel" and "running around" in the same sentence.
How in the world are we ever going to solve Global Warming unless we stop discriminating against pirates? Sheesh!
What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
I'm pretty sure there's a rule against using "Rosie O'Donnel" and "erect" in the same sentence.
This guy's the limit!
Today MS admitted that its market share was largely due to piracy. Rather than MS Windows being the best value for the money, it is the best widely distributed and supported free OS. A such, the MS will be adopting a new strategy in which the OS will be given away, and only support contracts and cosmetic add ons will be sold. A senior MS official was quoted as saying "Consumer have always realized that MS Windows had no real financial value, and now MS itself has come to the same conclusions. The technology in MS Windows is 20 years old, of no innovative consequence. We will focus of serving bussiness customers and leveraging the MS Office franchise to grow the company"
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
...so if I were to pirate Windows (I'm speaking hypothetically as Mac OS X user), and MS knows it, they'll prevent me from using the part of the OS that sucks up system resources like there's no tomorrow? Awesome. Pirate Windows and it will run faster.
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He did say "struggling to remain". I'm in the same trapper boat.
Since when was I going to be "available" to pirates in the first place??? Guess I need to go into hiding before the next Talk Like A Pirate Day...
We can believe in you for 3 minutes, but beyond that, even the King of All Cosmos can't be expected to wait.
I would upgrade that to "natural law".
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Sir, may you be cursed with the fleas of a thousand camels. My retinas are still smoldering from the image you presented. Damn you and all you stand for!
Eccchhh.
Regards, John Hancock.