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Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission
Futurepower(R) writes "Even though I have Automatic Updates turned off, on August 28, 2007, between 3:49 and 3:51 AM PDT, Microsoft installed new files on my Windows XP computer." Nine files are updated on Vista and on XP SP1, a different set of on each, relating to Windows Update itself. Microsoft-watch.com's Joe Wilcox and ZDnet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes confirm the stealth update.
the difference is, you're a -1 troll and GP is a +1 troll
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Every day you take your child to school. You don't go there with him, but every night he comes home and shows you all the helpful things he's learned how to do, like write memos, do the home accounting, and maybe edit some video every now and then. It's clear the school is teaching him SOMETHING.
One day a bond referendum comes up for a vote, and you vote against it because you feel it's wasteful, and your child becomes aware of it. Next thing you know, your property is vandalized by thugs wielding apples and long rulers.
You surmise your child told the teachers and is spying on you, so you go to the school one day and are blocked at the door. "No entry!" the gruff guard replies, "The activities on these premises are protected intellectual property of the school and you are not permitted to view it. Are you going to leave the premises now, or do I have to throw you -- Cancel or Allow?"
Don't blame me, I voted for Baltar.