I'm sure there are tons of companies out there that bought old boxes with Windows NT 4.0 installed on it. It would almost be worth the effort to reinstall NT from scratch (does this void the "original OS") and donate it without any service packs, option packs, or patches...
Let's see how many middle school system administrators will get pissed at MS after their boxes with the original operating systems get hacked to display pr0n.
A better reason to switch over to an OS w/ no such stupid requirement I cannot think of.
The music companys won't allow us to play CD's on our computers.
Can't watch DVD's unless you are on a licensed Windows/Mac OS and Windows will track that too.
All of this leads me to believe that an old fashioned DVD/CD player connected to my TV isn't such a bad idea...
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Now if I could just get free internet access with my AT)
I'm sure there are tons of companies out there that bought old boxes with Windows NT 4.0 installed on it. It would almost be worth the effort to reinstall NT from scratch (does this void the "original OS") and donate it without any service packs, option packs, or patches...
Let's see how many middle school system administrators will get pissed at MS after their boxes with the original operating systems get hacked to display pr0n.
A better reason to switch over to an OS w/ no such stupid requirement I cannot think of.
Does anyone else realize that is is similar to the tactic that IE does nowadays?
Type in "www.asdfasldfjkasdklfjas.com" in an Internet Explorer window and watch it take you to "autosearch.msn.com".
And people wonder how MSN could claim to be more popular than google.
Microsoft tracks what CD's we listen to.
The music companys won't allow us to play CD's on our computers.
Can't watch DVD's unless you are on a licensed Windows/Mac OS and Windows will track that too. All of this leads me to believe that an old fashioned DVD/CD player connected to my TV isn't such a bad idea...
LaTeX (if you need a front end, klyx) can easily be used to generate pdf's on linux. Generate files of type .dvi, then .dvi->.ps, then .ps->.pdf.
... Because I must be dreaming.
OK, this week we've had the DeCSS ruling AND the MS ruling. What's next? AOL opens up their instant messenger code for real!?!?!
It just got a little bit colder in hell....
Steve