Why is activation necessary -- it is invasive!!!

[Bill Yanaire]

Sorry, I don't troll in the Linux/Ubuntu forums any more because last time I
had a problem with Ubuntu all the help, didn't !

 

[Alias]

Sorry, I don't troll in the Linux/Ubuntu forums any more because last time I
had a problem with Ubuntu all the help, didn't !

Sorry, but "all the help, didn't!" doesn't make much sense.

Alias

 

[Bill Yanaire]

What I meant to say was all the help that was offered didn't work. It's
early morning, fingers and brain are not in sync yet!

 

[Alias]

What I meant to say was all the help that was offered didn't work. It's
early morning, fingers and brain are not in sync yet!

Just curious, what problem was it?

Alias

 

[Bill Yanaire]

The problem was the one we spoke about last week with the Media issues. You
replied with a program starting with Auto something, I can't remember. I
don't know if that was a solution that someone in the group mentioned or
not, it was a few months ago. Anyway, I got frustrated with Ubuntu, and
then put the drive in the drawer.

 

[Alias]

The problem was the one we spoke about last week with the Media issues. You
replied with a program starting with Auto something, I can't remember. I
don't know if that was a solution that someone in the group mentioned or
not, it was a few months ago. Anyway, I got frustrated with Ubuntu, and
then put the drive in the drawer.

Now I remember. That problem is easily fixed with Automatix. Easy, like
in six or seven clicks and wait ten minutes type easy. If you really
want help, install Ubuntu again and ask me on the alt.os.linux.ubuntu
newsgroup. I say this because I am already receiving a lot of flak for
posting what I do post and if I turn this into an Ubuntu help newsgroup,
Frank will probably die of a stroke because he will get so frustrated
and angry and we wouldn't want to do that to old Frank, now would we?

Alias

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

Activation and Genuine Advantage are two different technologies
designed to address particular forms of "license erosion".


Activation is designed to bind a license to a particular PC, and is in
that respect similar to cruder methods (dongles, files that are
supposed to be at certain cluster addresses, etc.) that have been used
by other software vendors for years.

Activation is a static system; it does not "call home". The
information it uses is derived from the local system's hardware.

The form of piracy this is designed to hinder, is the casual use of
one license on multiple PCs.


Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications (WGAN) is designed to alert
users who have licenses that are found to be invalid, e.g. conterfeit
as spawned by keygens, or stolen Volunme License Keys (VLKs) that are
not as effectively controlled via activation.

WGAN is a dynamic system, subject to upsdates on an ongoing basis.
The information it uses is thus updated on an ongoing basis, so that
licenses thought to be valid when the system was activated, can be
highlighted as invalid when this status is known.

The form of piracy this is designed to hinder, is large-scale theft of
VLKs and/or counterfeiting of MS's software.

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[The poster formerly known as Nina DiBoy]

Care to point out what you don't agree with or are you happy aping Frank
and merely hurling insults and pretending to by a psychiatrist?


Your unfounded opinion and an amateur psychology assessment.


Dignity

Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield
For dignity

Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass
For dignity

Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Went into the land of the midnight sun

Searchin' high, searchin' low
Searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go
Have you seen dignity?

Blind man breakin' out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance
Of dignity

I went to the wedding of Mary-lou
She said I don't want nobody see me talkin' to you
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity

I went down where the vultures feed
I would've got deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn't any difference to me

Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?

Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years
For dignity

Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity

Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand
Steps goin' down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair

Got no place to fade, got no coat
I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity

Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
for dignity

Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams

So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity

Alias

Kewl song! Who's the artist?

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[Alias]

Kewl song! Who's the artist?

Bob Dylan.

Alias

 

[The poster formerly known as Nina DiBoy]

Bob Dylan.

Alias

Oh my, I'm really showing my age, aren't I? LOL! I like Bob, but he
was before my time.

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[Alias]

Oh my, I'm really showing my age, aren't I? LOL! I like Bob, but he
was before my time.

Dylan is timeless. I saw him perform in Spain last year at a small
concert venue that only held 5000 people. He was great.

Alias