MS is the new Spyware King!

[kurttrail]

Long Live the King!

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060608002958907

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Kurt Kirsch
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"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Gary]

Kurt is in heven he now has something new to rant about.

 

[kurttrail]

Kurt is in heven he now has something new to rant about.

New? In what bath house have you been hiding in?

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[Gary]

The same one I saw you and your dad come out of.

 

[kurttrail]

The same one I saw you and your dad come out of.

That was long before Windows was on the market, as my Dad's been dead
for more than a quarter century.

I've been posting against MS's anti-consumer copy-protection scams since
2001, so I don't see WGA as anything new. It's just more of the same
sh*t, from the World's largest Intellectual Property thief, and
Spy/malware distributor, not to mention that they are also a proven
predatory monopoly on three continents, and still counting!

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Kurt Kirsch
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"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
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[Guest]

Don't you think it is about time you "put your money where your ass is" and
stop using Windows XP.

Hell, during the Vietnam War people set themselves aflame to get their point
across.

Why can't you do the same - and give us all some peace, AT LAST?

 

[HeyBub]

I've been posting against MS's anti-consumer copy-protection scams
since 2001, so I don't see WGA as anything new. It's just more of
the same sh*t, from the World's largest Intellectual Property thief,
and Spy/malware distributor, not to mention that they are also a
proven predatory monopoly on three continents, and still counting!

Why do you care? You really need to flip that bit.

If you have nothing to fear, then you have nothing to fear.

In spite of reports to the contrary -- trust me on this -- no one is
monitoring your bathhouse activity.

 

[kurttrail]

Why do you care?

Copy-protection is total BS. It doesn't stop piracy, and all it does it
make it harder for the paying customer use the products they buy.

Copy-protection is totally anti-consumer.

You really need to flip that bit.

No I don't.

If you have nothing to fear, then you have nothing to fear.

LOL! Tell that to all the paying customers that have had various
problems with copy-protection in the products they legally purchased.

In spite of reports to the contrary -- trust me on this -- no one is
monitoring your bathhouse activity.

LOL! Until MS starts producing toilet paper, and get that to phone
home.

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[kurttrail]

Don't you think it is about time you "put your money where your ass
is" and stop using Windows XP.

One. My main computer won't run any distro of Linux that I've tried.

Two. I do use Linux on my test computer.

Hell, during the Vietnam War people set themselves aflame to get
their point across.

I'm not a martyr. I'm a consumer advocate, and I use my posts to get my
point across.

Why can't you do the same - and give us all some peace, AT LAST?

Why don't you take responsibility for your own actions, use some
self-control, and stop reading my posts, if that's what you think will
give you some peace?

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And rattle your walls
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[Guest]

You have just proven that you don't even have the courage to back up your
convictions. What a pathetic loser you are!

I "can't" run Linux the loser and whiner says. So he keeps on using Windows,
and god only knows how many other Microsoft products.

The fact is that he is not intelligent enough to learn Linux.

Sooo, he keeps on using Windows, as he has done for the past 5+ years and
rails about how bad it is.

How about going out to Redmond, Washington - planting yourself in front of
the Microsoft campus and make a real statement - one that will get their
attention and make the national news. Because you're a whimp - that's why.
You haven't got the guts to force anything in person. You attack with venom,
when you can hide inside the web.

Get yourself arrested proving your point. Then, maybe, I and others will
take what you rattle on about a bit more seriously. Seriously maim yourself
with fire and I will really take notice - for about 30 seconds!

But until then, you are, and have always been, a pathetic loser - a gutless
wonder - and the consumate whiner!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

One. My main computer won't run any distro of Linux that I've
tried.

I've seen you say that before - I have always had a question in my mind
about that...

Can it run (*nix) in a virtual PC on your computer?

I know it doesn't really help in this 'discussion' - but just curious. heh

 

[Rhonda Lea Kirk]

Mugsy Nabru wrote:

<snipped personal attack>

Yeah, but he's not a top-posting putz.

Why don't you address the issue, instead of addressing Kurt? All the ad
hominem in the world doesn't make a single coherent argument.

It just makes you sound like you haven't any real content to offer.

rl
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff

 

[kurttrail]

You have just proven that you don't even have the courage to back up
your convictions. What a pathetic loser you are!

I "can't" run Linux the loser and whiner says. So he keeps on using
Windows, and god only knows how many other Microsoft products.

The fact is that he is not intelligent enough to learn Linux.

LOL! The fact is you cannot comprehend what you read.

Sooo, he keeps on using Windows, as he has done for the past 5+ years
and rails about how bad it is.

How about going out to Redmond, Washington - planting yourself in
front of the Microsoft campus and make a real statement - one that
will get their attention and make the national news. Because you're a
whimp - that's why. You haven't got the guts to force anything in
person. You attack with venom, when you can hide inside the web.

Last time I was in the neigborhood of Redmond, I went hiking.

Get yourself arrested proving your point.

LOL! Are you advocating breaking the law?

Then, maybe, I and others
will take what you rattle on about a bit more seriously. Seriously
maim yourself with fire and I will really take notice - for about 30
seconds!

LOL! Um, I don't care if some MicroSycophant takes me seriously. My
audience are those that are using a product, not kissing the ass of some
soulless corporation.

But until then, you are, and have always been, a pathetic loser - a
gutless wonder - and the consumate whiner!

LOL! And then you'd be whining about me. If I were just such a
pathetic loser, then you wouldn't bother.




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[kurttrail]

I've seen you say that before - I have always had a question in my
mind about that...

Can it run (*nix) in a virtual PC on your computer?

I know it doesn't really help in this 'discussion' - but just
curious. heh

Haven't tried. But like I said, I do use Linux on my test machine, so
I'm no stranger to it.

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[Cymbal Man Freq.]

| kurttrail wrote:
| > I've been posting against MS's anti-consumer copy-protection scams
| > since 2001, so I don't see WGA as anything new. It's just more of
| > the same sh*t, from the World's largest Intellectual Property thief,
| > and Spy/malware distributor, not to mention that they are also a
| > proven predatory monopoly on three continents, and still counting!
|
| Why do you care? You really need to flip that bit.
|
| If you have nothing to fear, then you have nothing to fear.
|
| In spite of reports to the contrary -- trust me on this -- no one is
| monitoring your bathhouse activity.
|

I think those Sirius commercials about not monitoring what you listen to, and
not manipulating the playlists of the station you are listening to, (to fit your
concurrent lifestyle), are completely bogus. OF COURSE THEY ARE PEEPING WHILE
YOU'RE POOPING! You heard it there first, on the radio!

 

[Tom Willett]

The facts in this group also show it's not always working correctly. Many
people that have legitimate software are getting false reports.

|
| Wrong, and the facts in this group show it's working. Many people are
| learning they have pirated versions on XP and are either getting the
| vendor to provide a legit copy or are purchasing a legit copy (or taking
| the vendor to court/legal action).
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[Leythos]

Copy-protection is total BS. It doesn't stop piracy, and all it does it
make it harder for the paying customer use the products they buy.

Wrong, and the facts in this group show it's working. Many people are
learning they have pirated versions on XP and are either getting the
vendor to provide a legit copy or are purchasing a legit copy (or taking
the vendor to court/legal action).

 

[antioch]

Wrong, and the facts in this group show it's working. Many people are
learning they have pirated versions on XP and are either getting the
vendor to provide a legit copy or are purchasing a legit copy (or taking
the vendor to court/legal action).

It would be nice to know at some stage in the future, how much additional
income MS gets from the sale of many thousands of genuine OS. Or even the
numbers of those who go genuine.
I had a dream last night that MS announced that because of the increase in
these sales they were now able to a offer vista{for those who need it} at a
'DISCOUNT'.
I later woke and realised I had had a nightmare
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Alias]

Wrong, and the facts in this group show it's working. Many people are
learning they have pirated versions on XP and are either getting the
vendor to provide a legit copy or are purchasing a legit copy (or taking
the vendor to court/legal action).

Or using system restore to go back before the MS spyware. Or
reinstalling Windows. Or reading this and other newsgroups and not
downloading the spyware.

The crack for this spyware has been out for over a week. Normal
uninstall programs will uninstall it. Soooo, you are wrong (again).

Now this newsgroup has provided us with proof that WGA not only is in
BETA but sometimes will not install on people's computer or, worse, tell
a legit owner that his copy is pirated when it wasn't. What's even worse
is that MS knew it was in BETA and knew it could screw up Otherwise, why
did they write a program to fix the fix that Carey copies and pastes at
least ten times a day?

This fiasco of MS will not stop piracy. It has angered millions of legit
users and will only serve to convince people to take the Linux learning
curve or buy a MAC.

Alias

 

[Leythos]

The facts in this group also show it's not always working correctly. Many
people that have legitimate software are getting false reports.

|
| Wrong, and the facts in this group show it's working. Many people are
| learning they have pirated versions on XP and are either getting the
| vendor to provide a legit copy or are purchasing a legit copy (or taking
| the vendor to court/legal action).

And the vast majority of the issues I've seen are pirated copies being
detected and people complaining they didn't know. I've seen very few
cases where a legit copy was improperly flagged as pirated. So, I would
say, like most software, it's working very well.

Due to the way that so many people have their systems hacked together,
so many fixes, virus patched systems, etc... not to mention all the key-
gen installations, other malware, etc... it would not surprise me that
there are false positives, but they are much fewer, magnitudes than the
correctly identified pirated copies.