__/ [ Kier ] on Sunday 11 June 2006 15:48 \__
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 07:14:50 -0700, Larry Qualig wrote:
>
>>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Opinion: Who wouldn't trust a company that hid built-in spyware on every
>>> Windows-based PC in the land?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Oh wait, come to think of it, didn't Microsoft once cause Windows to
>>> | produce fake error messages if a user was running DR-DOS instead of
>>> | MS-DOS?
>>> |
>>> | While they never admitted to it, they did finally end up paying Caldera
>>> | Systems, one of the ancestors of today's SCO, approximately $60 million
>>> | to make the resulting lawsuit go away.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | Here's the point. For over a year, Microsoft has planted a program on
>>> | every modern Windows-powered PC that reported home every day. They
>>> | don't have an intelligent reason, never mind a good one, for this move.
>>> | And, they never told anyone that they were doing this.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | I've been using Linux for my main desktop for years, and it's
>>> | revelations like this one that makes me damn glad that I do.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1974911,00.asp
>>
>>
>> One word - Incredible.
>>
>> Not the article. But that someone would actually be posting this at
>> "Sun, 11 Jun 2006 04:08:53 AM" in the morning.
I guess plonking doesn't work when someone replies. Regardless: yesterday I
spent about 3 hours at the gym, with a friend; I then went to see an
excellent film with another friend and, in the evening, I had a little round
of [News]. I woke up early and the sun rises at about 4 AM this time of the
year. The light partly penetrates my shades, so...
> Not really. Last night I went to a friend's leaving do, and when I got
> home I went for a walk (which I tend to do when I'm pissed), not returning
> to home until well past dawn. I didn't got to bed at all till nearly six
> in the morning.
>
> Not ecveryopne keeps the same hours as you do.
>
> Honestly, Larry, aren't you scraping the bottom of the barrel here? What
> the fuck does it matter when he posts? Or are you just out to score
> points in some silly 'contest'?
It's best to ignore him. Some of his recent behaviour proved him to be
childish and unfriendly. He is not fond of reading about the demise of a
company which he once worked for; a company that financially sorted him out
for life, I might add.
Best wishes,
Roy
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