| OT: Next Step, SkyNet [message #59678] |
Mon, 29 December 2003 12:16  |
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boma57
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http://www.psycopsy.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=863
It's long, but at least read/skim some of it.
Basically, the new windows OS is going to give Microsoft and other developers more control over your PC than you have.
You can't open, play, or back up files unless they let you. You can't save or create files unless they let you.
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Even worse, trusted computers will have complete control over your computer, it's files, resources and hardware. It receives its instructions not from you, but from a database on the internet written by a company. Your files may be deleted from your computer without you knowing it. Freedom of speech may be under attack. If you write a document that someone doesnt like, they can change the permissions on that document so noone can read it.
And lets get further into that with an example.
Your boss sends you an email, instructing you to do something thats risky for business, but he is your boss so you do it. That email is only going to be accessible by you and your boss. You won't even have permissions to print the document or copy it to a floppy. You follow through with his instructions, and everything backfires. The blame starts to lay in on you, and as soon as you try to prove it was your boss' idea, he has already changed permissions on that document as not to be viewable by anyone, or completely destroys it. And you have no hard copy, because you didn't have the permissions to make on in the first place. I.E., you're fucked.
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| OT: Next Step, SkyNet [message #59680] |
Mon, 29 December 2003 12:27  |
Homey
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«stay with xp. Whats wierd is the new os has the same name as my isp =o
Homey
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| Re: OT: Next Step, SkyNet [message #59695] |
Mon, 29 December 2003 14:20 |
NHJ BV
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Your boss sends you an email, instructing you to do something thats risky for business, but he is your boss so you do it. That email is only going to be accessible by you and your boss. You won't even have permissions to print the document or copy it to a floppy. You follow through with his instructions, and everything backfires. The blame starts to lay in on you, and as soon as you try to prove it was your boss' idea, he has already changed permissions on that document as not to be viewable by anyone, or completely destroys it. And you have no hard copy, because you didn't have the permissions to make on in the first place. I.E., you're fucked.
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Take a picture of the screen with a camera 
But I agree with your point.
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| OT: Next Step, SkyNet [message #59724] |
Mon, 29 December 2003 20:12 |
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YSLMuffins
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FFS, this just might actually work, all because of the computer-illiterate majority...
Really, I can't believe I'm just hearing about this now... We've really got to get the word out--this stuff is extremely disturbing...
-YSLMuffins
The goddess of all (bread products)
See me online as yslcheeze
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| OT: Next Step, SkyNet [message #59751] |
Tue, 30 December 2003 02:06 |
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i think that like most extreme ideas, it will be decided that it is pretty much impossible to do or is too risky because it could generate a loss in profit. Then again...the gov't could be paying Microsoft to create this OS and could be paying a nice lump sum that even if nobody buys it...Microsoft will make a nice profit. I'll just revert to the old pen and paper and trust the USPS with my mail if it is inforced. I sure as hell hope it doesn't come to that though.
GOD DAMN ELASTIC CLAUSE!!!!!!!!
Libertarian Party | The King's Throne | The Soda Shop
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| OT: Next Step, SkyNet [message #59769] |
Tue, 30 December 2003 08:39 |
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U927
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Microsoft already went to Congress over trying to create a monopoly, I wonder what Congress will say now?
I'm sticking to XP for as long as I can until I can find a better OS.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle
8-Bit Theatre. The power of evil compels you!
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| OT: Next Step, SkyNet [message #59820] |
Tue, 30 December 2003 15:37 |
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smwScott
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It isn't a big deal. All these security measures are overhyped. 4 hours after longhorn is released some nerd is gonna release a crack that lets you play TC regulated stuff with it turned off.
-smwScott
47% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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