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Vista to Allow "One Significant" Hardware Upgrade
fiorenza writes "Ars Technica spoke with Microsoft concerning the controversial changes in Windows Vista's licensing, and they have learned that Vista will permit one 'significant' hardware change before requiring users to either appeal to Microsoft support or purchase another license. Automatic re-activation online will fail after one use. Microsoft is using a new algorithm to monitor hardware changes and enforce licensing compliance, and the company says that it is more forgiving now than it was with Windows XP."
Windows has detected a new non-microsoft mouse and now your computer will self destruct in 5,4,3,2,1...
...pray I don't alter it any further.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
When, oh when, will we be able to use what we paid for for what we want, within the limits of the law, without asking permission.
the phrase "0-day" doesn't exist for nothing.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
If it's true that you need to purchase a new license after one significant upgrade, I suspect that for many, something like this will be their
second upgrade.
__ Someday, but not this morning, I'll finally learn to use the preview button.
It's not off topic, just think about it for a moment.
The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination
- Douglas Adams
Microsoft's new algorithm:
if ($windows_version = 'vista')
{
$pirated = true;
} else
{
$pirated = true;
}
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
"Forgive me Clippy, for I have sinned..."
If you drool anywhere near my quad-core Mac Pro* then you will receive a zidane special.
*in the future
liqbase
DEAD1-BEEF2-C0DE3-BABE4-10101
You can say it was a mac-mac scenario ;-)
Relevant, applicable and correct legal knowledge on slashdot! HE'S A WITCH!!!! BURN HIM!!! HE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!!!...
...
I got better.
-br
When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. (Larry Wall)
...your telephone guy left you stranded, so the least you can do is *return the favor*. Go over to his house, stop down the block and check it out. If he is up on the roof, quick drive over and steal the ladder, then drive off laughing maniacally.
128 nails is more nails than anyone will ever need.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
MS is looking to hurt the pc enthusiasts who for all intensive purposes helped them create such a vast "empire"?
Clippy:
"It looks like you're fucking up the english language!!11oneoneone
Did you mean:
a) Intents and purposes
b) intensive porpoises
c) insensitive poopy-faces?
Have you read the moderator guidelines? Well, have you, PUNK? (and I want a Karma: Gnarly option)
well, it's a doggy dog world out there!
Beware of the Leopard.
Of course, I could of told you that.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso