since I refuse to pay for XP, I wouldn't be able to upgrade
If you didn't pay, you shouldn't have anything to upgrade in the first place. The fact that software should be free doesn't mean that we can refuse to pay companies who want us to. As silly as Microsoft sometimes are, I entirely approve the anti-piracy part of this.
I once read a short sci-fi novel roughly like this: automated bombers are still flying many years after the war started, even if they are out of ammo, and the survivors are kept away from the cities by robotic cops with no human control. One guy finally manages to reach into the city and regain control. Sorry, can't remember author (I think Asimov but I could be wrong) or title.
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Ah, you mean the audit trails. No, we want those, please reread the RFC.
Sorry for being pedantic, but please, could we start to spell "line of sight" correctly? ;)
but imagine having your own reactor powered computer!
Or your own core meltdown, for that matter.since I refuse to pay for XP, I wouldn't be able to upgrade
If you didn't pay, you shouldn't have anything to upgrade in the first place. The fact that software should be free doesn't mean that we can refuse to pay companies who want us to. As silly as Microsoft sometimes are, I entirely approve the anti-piracy part of this.
I once read a short sci-fi novel roughly like this: automated bombers are still flying many years after the war started, even if they are out of ammo, and the survivors are kept away from the cities by robotic cops with no human control. One guy finally manages to reach into the city and regain control. Sorry, can't remember author (I think Asimov but I could be wrong) or title.
One wouldn't also have expected a socialist nation to occupy Tibet, for example.
Amazing, but I need more ports. Where can I get a stuffed octopus?