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Re: alias is an idiot, please ignore all alias's posts!

 

Alias wrote:

> David wrote:

>

>> OK, fool.

>

>

> While it may be grammatically correct, it is not common usage.

 

Fukk you as*hole.

BTW, that's common usage...LOL!

 

Ergo, as

> with all languages, what is not commonly used dies out.

 

Why don't you die out?

 

Thee and Thou

> come to mind.

 

Idiot and moron come to my mind about you...hahaha...LOL!

Frank

>

> Alias

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    "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS' collusion

    >>>>>>>>>>> with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even one

    >>>>>>>>>> link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They are all about

    >>>>>>>>>> copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA Lovers", you

    >>>>>>>>> will love this. Get it now or do I need to spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there then,

    >>>>>>>> eh..

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the RIAA is

    >>>>>>> doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it now? The common

    >>>>>>> denominator is that RIAA and MS want to control what you do with the

    >>>>>>> things you buy.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>

    >>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >>>>> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >>>>> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the

    >>>>> fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you

    >>>>> believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>>>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >>>>> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>>>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all the

    >>>>> way to the bank.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>

    >>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>

    >>> Open up

    >>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead of

    >>>> harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>

    >>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to be a bad

    >>> habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you learn that amateur

    >>> debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>

    >>> Alias

    >>

    >>

    >> No. I am mimicking you..

    >

    > Riiiiiiight.

    >

    > Alias

    >

     

     

    When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You ask for proof

    but give none yourself, and when people tell you to go look it up, you claim

    they have no proof.

     

    You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the mountains of Spain

    are good cover, eh..

     

    --

    Mike Hall - MVP

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    Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    > "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    > news:fldkl2$33b$1@aioe.org...

    >> If you love Microsoft's buggy DRM tactics, you love this:

    >>

    >> http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&ncl=1125567199&hl=en&topic=t

    >>

    >> Alias

    >

    >

    > Read this..

    >

    > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=284

    >

    > The music industry has always been a pain in the butt. It used to be all

    > about 'having a license to play music in a bar, restaurant, or other

    > public place'. Then it was people copying music to compact cassettes.

    >

    > Bear in mind that DRM starts with the product produced by the record

    > companies, not Microsoft...

    >

     

    That's true, for entertainment media, but MS has it's own sort of DRM in

    the form of WGA/N and WPA.

     

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    Re: alias is an idiot, please ignore all alias's posts!

     

    You don't like the idea of trying some other Google "use of apostrophe" links,

    since the top placing one doesn't suit you. Maybe they all say the same thing.

    Please don't respond - I created a message rule to delete all posts from

    "Alias".

     

    "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message news:flelnl$725$1@aioe.org...

    > Michael Jennings wrote:

    >> http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html

    >> not an extremely difficult to find link at the top of

    >> http://www.google.com/search?q=use+of+apostrophe

    >

    > Purdue University? Puhlease, this ain't football.

    >

    >>> David wrote:

    >>>> There are numerous guides to correct grammar and punctuation available

    >>>> just do a search.

    >>>>>> "James' house" and "James's house" are both acceptable.

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    Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    > "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    > news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>> collusion with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even one

    >>>>>>>>>>> link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They are all

    >>>>>>>>>>> about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA Lovers",

    >>>>>>>>>> you will love this. Get it now or do I need to spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there then,

    >>>>>>>>> eh..

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the RIAA is

    >>>>>>>> doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it now? The

    >>>>>>>> common denominator is that RIAA and MS want to control what you

    >>>>>>>> do with the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection",

    >>>>>> MS did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so

    >>>>>> well, their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you

    >>>>>> ignore the fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota

    >>>>>> because you believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of

    >>>>>> Windows doesn't even comprise one per cent of computers running

    >>>>>> Windows.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything

    >>>>>> to try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>>>>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all

    >>>>>> the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>

    >>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>

    >>>> Open up

    >>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead of

    >>>>> harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>

    >>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to be a

    >>>> bad habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you learn that

    >>>> amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>

    >> Riiiiiiight.

    >>

    >> Alias

    >>

    >

    >

    > When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You ask for

    > proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you to go look it up,

    > you claim they have no proof.

    >

    > You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the mountains of

    > Spain are good cover, eh..

    >

     

    Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why am I

    not surprised?

     

    Alias

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    Re: alias is an idiot, please ignore all alias's posts!

     

    Michael Jennings wrote:

    > You don't like the idea of trying some other Google "use of apostrophe" links,

    > since the top placing one doesn't suit you. Maybe they all say the same thing.

    > Please don't respond - I created a message rule to delete all posts from

    > "Alias".

     

    Figures. You obviously know nothing of languages. Course, this thread

    wasn't about grammar but DRM, WGA and WPA, something you are avoiding

    like the plague.

     

    Alias

    >

    > "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message news:flelnl$725$1@aioe.org...

    >> Michael Jennings wrote:

    >>> http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html

    >>> not an extremely difficult to find link at the top of

    >>> http://www.google.com/search?q=use+of+apostrophe

    >> Purdue University? Puhlease, this ain't football.

    >>

    >>>> David wrote:

    >>>>> There are numerous guides to correct grammar and punctuation available

    >>>>> just do a search.

    >>>>>>> "James' house" and "James's house" are both acceptable.

    >

    >

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    "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message news:flfn1i$lm1$1@aioe.org...

    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >> news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS' collusion

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even one

    >>>>>>>>>>>> link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They are all

    >>>>>>>>>>>> about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA Lovers", you

    >>>>>>>>>>> will love this. Get it now or do I need to spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there then,

    >>>>>>>>>> eh..

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the RIAA is

    >>>>>>>>> doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it now? The common

    >>>>>>>>> denominator is that RIAA and MS want to control what you do with

    >>>>>>>>> the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >>>>>>> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >>>>>>> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the

    >>>>>>> fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you

    >>>>>>> believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>>>>>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >>>>>>> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>>>>>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all

    >>>>>>> the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>>

    >>>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Open up

    >>>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead of

    >>>>>> harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to be a bad

    >>>>> habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you learn that

    >>>>> amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>>

    >>> Riiiiiiight.

    >>>

    >>> Alias

    >>>

    >>

    >>

    >> When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You ask for

    >> proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you to go look it up,

    >> you claim they have no proof.

    >>

    >> You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the mountains of

    >> Spain are good cover, eh..

    >>

    >

    > Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why am I not

    > surprised?

    >

    > Alias

     

     

    What content?

     

    --

    Mike Hall - MVP

    http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

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    <none@none.not> wrote in message news:flf60m$b4f$1@aioe.org...

    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >> news:fldkl2$33b$1@aioe.org...

    >>> If you love Microsoft's buggy DRM tactics, you love this:

    >>>

    >>> http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&ncl=1125567199&hl=en&topic=t

    >>>

    >>> Alias

    >>

    >>

    >> Read this..

    >>

    >> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=284

    >>

    >> The music industry has always been a pain in the butt. It used to be all

    >> about 'having a license to play music in a bar, restaurant, or other

    >> public place'. Then it was people copying music to compact cassettes.

    >>

    >> Bear in mind that DRM starts with the product produced by the record

    >> companies, not Microsoft...

    >>

    >

    > That's true, for entertainment media, but MS has it's own sort of DRM in

    > the form of WGA/N and WPA.

    >

    > --

    > Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group -

    > Submit your nomination at the link below:

    > http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

    >

    > View nominations already submitted:

    > http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=protectfreedom&i=1&a=view

    >

    > "Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on free

    > speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the

    > creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer

    > rights in the digital age are not frivolous."

    > - Maura Corbett

     

     

    Alias has no problem with XP which is WGA. Wait up.. he did have a problem

    with XP in the pre-Vista days, and a couple of years from now, he will have

    a problem with Windows 7. I guess he has to fill up his time somehow as he

    only runs Abiword in Ubuntu, which can't be a whole lot of fun.. :-)

     

    --

    Mike Hall - MVP

    http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

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    Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    > "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    > news:flfn1i$lm1$1@aioe.org...

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> collusion with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> one link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They are

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> all about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA Lovers",

    >>>>>>>>>>>> you will love this. Get it now or do I need to spell it out

    >>>>>>>>>>>> more?

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there

    >>>>>>>>>>> then, eh..

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the RIAA

    >>>>>>>>>> is doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it now? The

    >>>>>>>>>> common denominator is that RIAA and MS want to control what

    >>>>>>>>>> you do with the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection",

    >>>>>>>> MS did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so

    >>>>>>>> well, their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you

    >>>>>>>> ignore the fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one

    >>>>>>>> iota because you believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of

    >>>>>>>> Windows doesn't even comprise one per cent of computers running

    >>>>>>>> Windows.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything

    >>>>>>>> to try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>>>>>>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh

    >>>>>>>> all the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Open up

    >>>>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead of

    >>>>>>> harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to be a

    >>>>>> bad habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you learn

    >>>>>> that amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>>>

    >>>> Riiiiiiight.

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You ask

    >>> for proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you to go look

    >>> it up, you claim they have no proof.

    >>>

    >>> You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the mountains of

    >>> Spain are good cover, eh..

    >>>

    >>

    >> Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why am I

    >> not surprised?

    >>

    >> Alias

    >

    >

    > What content?

    >

     

    This content, which you ignored and attacked the messenger as you

    usually do:

     

    And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS did

    quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well, their ex

    CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the fact that

    WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you believe MS'

    FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even comprise one

    per cent of computers running Windows.

     

    Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to try

    and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all the

    way to the bank.

     

    Alias

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    Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    > "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"

    > <none@none.not> wrote in message news:flf60m$b4f$1@aioe.org...

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:fldkl2$33b$1@aioe.org...

    >>>> If you love Microsoft's buggy DRM tactics, you love this:

    >>>>

    >>>> http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&ncl=1125567199&hl=en&topic=t

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> Read this..

    >>>

    >>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=284

    >>>

    >>> The music industry has always been a pain in the butt. It used to be

    >>> all about 'having a license to play music in a bar, restaurant, or

    >>> other public place'. Then it was people copying music to compact

    >>> cassettes.

    >>>

    >>> Bear in mind that DRM starts with the product produced by the record

    >>> companies, not Microsoft...

    >>>

    >>

    >> That's true, for entertainment media, but MS has it's own sort of DRM

    >> in the form of WGA/N and WPA.

    >>

    >> --

    >> Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group -

    >> Submit your nomination at the link below:

    >> http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

    >>

    >> View nominations already submitted:

    >> http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=protectfreedom&i=1&a=view

    >>

    >>

    >> "Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on

    >> free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of

    >> the creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country.

    >> Consumer rights in the digital age are not frivolous."

    >> - Maura Corbett

    >

    >

    > Alias has no problem with XP which is WGA. Wait up.. he did have a

    > problem with XP in the pre-Vista days, and a couple of years from now,

    > he will have a problem with Windows 7. I guess he has to fill up his

    > time somehow as he only runs Abiword in Ubuntu, which can't be a whole

    > lot of fun.. :-)

    >

     

    I have always had a problem with MS' WPA/WGA SCAM and always will. It's

    the main reason I checked out Linux.

     

    And, your slur regarding ABIWord being the only thing I use is, of

    course, a lie, and, of course, you know it but that doesn't stop you

    from lying anyway.

     

    Please note that again, you attacked me and did not address the content

    that Nina posted.

     

    Alias

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    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >> news:flfn1i$lm1$1@aioe.org...

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> collusion with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even one

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They are all

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA Lovers",

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> you will love this. Get it now or do I need to spell it out

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> more?

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there then,

    >>>>>>>>>>>> eh..

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the RIAA is

    >>>>>>>>>>> doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it now? The

    >>>>>>>>>>> common denominator is that RIAA and MS want to control what you

    >>>>>>>>>>> do with the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection",

    >>>>>>>>> MS did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so

    >>>>>>>>> well, their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you

    >>>>>>>>> ignore the fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota

    >>>>>>>>> because you believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of

    >>>>>>>>> Windows doesn't even comprise one per cent of computers running

    >>>>>>>>> Windows.

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything

    >>>>>>>>> to try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>>>>>>>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all

    >>>>>>>>> the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Open up

    >>>>>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead of

    >>>>>>>> harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to be a

    >>>>>>> bad habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you learn that

    >>>>>>> amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Riiiiiiight.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias

    >>>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You ask for

    >>>> proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you to go look it

    >>>> up, you claim they have no proof.

    >>>>

    >>>> You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the mountains of

    >>>> Spain are good cover, eh..

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>> Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why am I

    >>> not surprised?

    >>>

    >>> Alias

    >>

    >>

    >> What content?

    >>

    >

    > This content, which you ignored and attacked the messenger as you usually

    > do:

    >

    > And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS did

    > quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well, their ex

    > CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the fact that WPA

    > and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you believe MS' FUD. The

    > so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even comprise one per cent of

    > computers running Windows.

    >

    > Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to try

    > and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as inconveniencing

    > paying customers while the crackers just laugh all the way to the bank.

    >

    > Alias

     

     

    I guess that MS had enough with you pirating their software and distributing

    it amongst your friends. Can't say that I blame MS for that. They have more

    right to protect their property than you do to steal it. And what of the

    right of people to come here for Vista help without having to suffer abuse

    from you and your troll friends?

     

    You are just jealous of MS success, in particular Bill Gates. Live with it.

    Hiding in the mountains of Spain will not get you riches unless you 'grow

    your own' in the orange groves.

     

    Truth is you don't care who gets hustled as long as you get to air your pet

    hates. You crow about WGA perpetually yet use XP. Real work is using

    Abiword. yeah right.

     

    You get to be called 'little girl' by your Ubuntu peers, so you come here

    and take it out on people who want help in getting their OS to work well for

    them. You are only interested in your own rights.

     

    --

    Mike Hall - MVP

    http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

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    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"

    >> <none@none.not> wrote in message news:flf60m$b4f$1@aioe.org...

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:fldkl2$33b$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>> If you love Microsoft's buggy DRM tactics, you love this:

    >>>>>

    >>>>> http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&ncl=1125567199&hl=en&topic=t

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> Read this..

    >>>>

    >>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=284

    >>>>

    >>>> The music industry has always been a pain in the butt. It used to be

    >>>> all about 'having a license to play music in a bar, restaurant, or

    >>>> other public place'. Then it was people copying music to compact

    >>>> cassettes.

    >>>>

    >>>> Bear in mind that DRM starts with the product produced by the record

    >>>> companies, not Microsoft...

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>> That's true, for entertainment media, but MS has it's own sort of DRM in

    >>> the form of WGA/N and WPA.

    >>>

    >>> --

    >>> Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group -

    >>> Submit your nomination at the link below:

    >>> http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

    >>>

    >>> View nominations already submitted:

    >>> http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=protectfreedom&i=1&a=view

    >>>

    >>> "Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on

    >>> free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the

    >>> creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer

    >>> rights in the digital age are not frivolous."

    >>> - Maura Corbett

    >>

    >>

    >> Alias has no problem with XP which is WGA. Wait up.. he did have a

    >> problem with XP in the pre-Vista days, and a couple of years from now, he

    >> will have a problem with Windows 7. I guess he has to fill up his time

    >> somehow as he only runs Abiword in Ubuntu, which can't be a whole lot of

    >> fun.. :-)

    >>

    >

    > I have always had a problem with MS' WPA/WGA SCAM and always will. It's

    > the main reason I checked out Linux.

    >

    > And, your slur regarding ABIWord being the only thing I use is, of course,

    > a lie, and, of course, you know it but that doesn't stop you from lying

    > anyway.

    >

    > Please note that again, you attacked me and did not address the content

    > that Nina posted.

    >

    > Alias

     

     

    You are the OP, right? The one harping on about your favorite pet hate? Yet

    you use XP!! That is expedience on your part. You have to use XP because the

    Ubuntu/Abiword combo just doesn't cut it, eh.

     

    At least I am true to my cause..

     

    --

    Mike Hall - MVP

    http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

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    news:82416DB2-BEB6-42D4-B105-554C3C6DDFF1@microsoft.com...

    > >

    >> .. with no regard for human rights in the process.

    >

    >

    > I think you have human rights and personal rights mixed up. Human rights

    > is about discrimination. Personal rights is about what everyone is allowed

    > to do based on a set of laws. I don't like DRM in any form but it's hardly

    > a human rights issue.

    >

    > --

    > Kerry Brown

    > Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

    > http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

    >

    >

    >

     

     

     

    Well whatever right it happens to be, they [RIAA] plan on violating it. A

    person should be able to live in peace in their home and not worry about

    frivilous possible copyright infringment at all. If a man buys a newspaper

    takes it home and reads it, he should be held to the law if his wife, or

    daughter say, happens to read from the same copy? No way. To put them under

    constant threat of legal action for so said "offence" [and similar supposed

    offences] amounts to some kind of harrassment and some kind of violation of

    THEIR RIGHT to live in peace. Someone should come up with the right legal

    wording to block the evil scheme the RIAA is plotting against people living

    in peace.

     

    Saucy

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    > "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    > news:flg6vi$3kp$2@aioe.org...

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:flfn1i$lm1$1@aioe.org...

    >>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>> news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> collusion with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are all about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lovers", you will love this. Get it now or do I need to

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> then, eh..

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the

    >>>>>>>>>>>> RIAA is doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it

    >>>>>>>>>>>> now? The common denominator is that RIAA and MS want to

    >>>>>>>>>>>> control what you do with the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy

    >>>>>>>>>> "protection", MS did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In

    >>>>>>>>>> fact, they did so well, their ex CEO is the richest man in the

    >>>>>>>>>> world. Course, you ignore the fact that WPA and WGA doesn't

    >>>>>>>>>> stop real piracy one iota because you believe MS' FUD. The

    >>>>>>>>>> so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even comprise one

    >>>>>>>>>> per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but

    >>>>>>>>>> everything to try and get people to buy licenses they don't

    >>>>>>>>>> need as well as inconveniencing paying customers while the

    >>>>>>>>>> crackers just laugh all the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Open up

    >>>>>>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead

    >>>>>>>>> of harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to be

    >>>>>>>> a bad habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you learn

    >>>>>>>> that amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Riiiiiiight.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You ask

    >>>>> for proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you to go

    >>>>> look it up, you claim they have no proof.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the mountains

    >>>>> of Spain are good cover, eh..

    >>>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why am

    >>>> I not surprised?

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> What content?

    >>>

    >>

    >> This content, which you ignored and attacked the messenger as you

    >> usually do:

    >>

    >> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the

    >> fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you

    >> believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>

    >> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all the

    >> way to the bank.

    >>

    >> Alias

    >

    >

    > I guess that MS had enough with you pirating their software and

    > distributing it amongst your friends.

     

    I don't do that and never have. I buy all my software. I guess you think

    it cool to make up stories about others that are LIES.

    > Can't say that I blame MS for

    > that.

     

    Considering it isn't true ...

    > They have more right to protect their property than you do to

    > steal it.

     

    Read what I wrote -- and you ignored -- above.

    > And what of the right of people to come here for Vista help

    > without having to suffer abuse from you and your troll friends?

     

    Tell that to Frank. Oh, you can't because he's Mr Vista. And suggesting

    Ubuntu *is* helping not only the posters here but the Net in general as

    99.99% of the bots in herdbots are Windows boxes.

    >

    > You are just jealous of MS success, in particular Bill Gates. Live with

    > it. Hiding in the mountains of Spain will not get you riches unless you

    > 'grow your own' in the orange groves.

     

    More lies. I live by the sea and there aren't any orange groves in the

    mountains.

    >

    > Truth is you don't care who gets hustled as long as you get to air your

    > pet hates. You crow about WGA perpetually yet use XP. Real work is using

    > Abiword. yeah right.

     

    More lies. I use XP and I make sure that it has no WGA, of any flavors,

    anywhere near it. What makes you think that my real work only involves

    word processing?

    >

    > You get to be called 'little girl' by your Ubuntu peers, so you come

    > here and take it out on people who want help in getting their OS to work

    > well for them. You are only interested in your own rights.

     

    Um, the poster who goes by the nick "Little Girl" is not me but a real

    woman. So, once again, more LIES. Try comparing the IP addresses if you

    don't believe me or are you technically savvy enough to do that?

     

    Alias

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    > "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    > news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS' collusion

    >>>>>>>> with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even one

    >>>>>>> link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They are all about

    >>>>>>> copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA Lovers", you

    >>>>>> will love this. Get it now or do I need to spell it out more?

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there then, eh..

    >>>>

    >>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the RIAA is

    >>>> doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it now? The common

    >>>> denominator is that RIAA and MS want to control what you do with the

    >>>> things you buy.

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>

    >> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the

    >> fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you

    >> believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>

    >> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all the

    >> way to the bank.

    >>

    >> Alias

    >

    >

    > Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it? Open up

    > Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead of

    > harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >

     

     

    Actually Mike it has stopped me bothering much with Windows at all and

    in fact prompted me to investigate other options that otherwise I would

    probably never have bothered with. As an MVP like yourself I "Could"

    have stolen lots of copies had I wanted to, but I did not, however WGA /

    WPA became just a nuisance and as Alias stated I believe they do nothing

    to stop real piracy. The average consumer sees Windows wherever they go,

    so windows = computers, it is what they expect and generally accept as

    being "The computer", but as more screens become Apple or Linux more

    consumers will get used to the idea. The display = publicity. A few

    "Casual" pirate copies is, IMHO better than walking into some office and

    seeing "Ubuntu" on the screen, people will ask "Does that work then?".

    It does.

     

    So this is not really a matter of loyalty or disloyalty, rather it is a

    matter of whether MS have made a good or bad business decision, and it

    seems to me they are saving $1 which may ultimately cost them $10.

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    > "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    > news:flg752$4ho$1@aioe.org...

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina

    >>> DiBoy'" <none@none.not> wrote in message news:flf60m$b4f$1@aioe.org...

    >>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>> news:fldkl2$33b$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>> If you love Microsoft's buggy DRM tactics, you love this:

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&ncl=1125567199&hl=en&topic=t

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Read this..

    >>>>>

    >>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=284

    >>>>>

    >>>>> The music industry has always been a pain in the butt. It used to

    >>>>> be all about 'having a license to play music in a bar, restaurant,

    >>>>> or other public place'. Then it was people copying music to compact

    >>>>> cassettes.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Bear in mind that DRM starts with the product produced by the

    >>>>> record companies, not Microsoft...

    >>>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> That's true, for entertainment media, but MS has it's own sort of

    >>>> DRM in the form of WGA/N and WPA.

    >>>>

    >>>> --

    >>>> Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group -

    >>>> Submit your nomination at the link below:

    >>>> http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

    >>>>

    >>>> View nominations already submitted:

    >>>> http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=protectfreedom&i=1&a=view

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> "Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on

    >>>> free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of

    >>>> the creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country.

    >>>> Consumer rights in the digital age are not frivolous."

    >>>> - Maura Corbett

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> Alias has no problem with XP which is WGA. Wait up.. he did have a

    >>> problem with XP in the pre-Vista days, and a couple of years from

    >>> now, he will have a problem with Windows 7. I guess he has to fill up

    >>> his time somehow as he only runs Abiword in Ubuntu, which can't be a

    >>> whole lot of fun.. :-)

    >>>

    >>

    >> I have always had a problem with MS' WPA/WGA SCAM and always will.

    >> It's the main reason I checked out Linux.

    >>

    >> And, your slur regarding ABIWord being the only thing I use is, of

    >> course, a lie, and, of course, you know it but that doesn't stop you

    >> from lying anyway.

    >>

    >> Please note that again, you attacked me and did not address the

    >> content that Nina posted.

    >>

    >> Alias

    >

    >

    > You are the OP, right? The one harping on about your favorite pet hate?

     

    You were replying to Nina and didn't address what she said but used the

    opportunity to dis me.

    > Yet you use XP!! That is expedience on your part. You have to use XP

    > because the Ubuntu/Abiword combo just doesn't cut it, eh.

    >

    > At least I am true to my cause..

    >

     

    Yawn, I use XP for two reasons only: Outlook and gaming. I have no

    problem with using more than one OS. When Evolution *evolves* to the

    point where it can replace Outlook, that will only leave gaming.

     

    I use Ubuntu for:

     

    Newsgroups (duh!)

    Word Processing

    Creating and editing web pages

    Music, both ripped CDs and Internet radio

    Watching DVDs

    Spreadsheets

    Surfing the Net

    IMing

    Data Base for clients

    Personal email

    Calculator

    Dictionary, both for looking up words and for translation

    Scanning

    Printing

    Faxing

    Photos

     

    I would say that's a tad more than just ABIWord.

     

    Alias

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    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS' collusion

    >>>>>>>>> with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see even one

    >>>>>>>> link in the search that is relevant to Vista. They are all about

    >>>>>>>> copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA Lovers", you

    >>>>>>> will love this. Get it now or do I need to spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there then, eh..

    >>>>>

    >>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the RIAA is

    >>>>> doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it now? The common

    >>>>> denominator is that RIAA and MS want to control what you do with

    >>>>> the things you buy.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>

    >>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >>> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >>> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the

    >>> fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you

    >>> believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>

    >>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >>> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all

    >>> the way to the bank.

    >>>

    >>> Alias

    >>

    >>

    >> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it? Open up

    >> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead of

    >> harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>

    >

    >

    > Actually Mike it has stopped me bothering much with Windows at all and

    > in fact prompted me to investigate other options that otherwise I would

    > probably never have bothered with. As an MVP like yourself I "Could"

    > have stolen lots of copies had I wanted to, but I did not, however WGA /

    > WPA became just a nuisance and as Alias stated I believe they do nothing

    > to stop real piracy. The average consumer sees Windows wherever they go,

    > so windows = computers, it is what they expect and generally accept as

    > being "The computer", but as more screens become Apple or Linux more

    > consumers will get used to the idea. The display = publicity. A few

    > "Casual" pirate copies is, IMHO better than walking into some office and

    > seeing "Ubuntu" on the screen, people will ask "Does that work then?".

    > It does.

    >

    > So this is not really a matter of loyalty or disloyalty, rather it is a

    > matter of whether MS have made a good or bad business decision, and it

    > seems to me they are saving $1 which may ultimately cost them $10.

     

    You made a mistake here. You are assuming that Mike is capable of logic.

    He's too brainwashed to love MS and scared sh¡tless that he will lose

    his once a month clients who come to him to have their Windows boxes

    cleaned of malware and viruses.

     

    Alias

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    Alias wrote:

    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >

    >> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >> news:flg6vi$3kp$2@aioe.org...

    >>

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>

    >>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:flfn1i$lm1$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>

    >>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>

    >>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>> news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> collusion with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even one link in the search that is relevant to Vista.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They are all about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lovers", you will love this. Get it now or do I need to

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> then, eh..

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> RIAA is doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> now? The common denominator is that RIAA and MS want to

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> control what you do with the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy

    >>>>>>>>>>> "protection", MS did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In

    >>>>>>>>>>> fact, they did so well, their ex CEO is the richest man in

    >>>>>>>>>>> the world. Course, you ignore the fact that WPA and WGA

    >>>>>>>>>>> doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you believe MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>> FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>>>>>>>>>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but

    >>>>>>>>>>> everything to try and get people to buy licenses they don't

    >>>>>>>>>>> need as well as inconveniencing paying customers while the

    >>>>>>>>>>> crackers just laugh all the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Open up

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead

    >>>>>>>>>> of harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to

    >>>>>>>>> be a bad habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you

    >>>>>>>>> learn that amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You ask

    >>>>>> for proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you to go

    >>>>>> look it up, you claim they have no proof.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the mountains

    >>>>>> of Spain are good cover, eh..

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why

    >>>>> am I not surprised?

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> What content?

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>> This content, which you ignored and attacked the messenger as you

    >>> usually do:

    >>>

    >>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >>> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >>> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the

    >>> fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you

    >>> believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>

    >>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >>> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all

    >>> the way to the bank.

    >>>

    >>> Alias

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >> I guess that MS had enough with you pirating their software and

    >> distributing it amongst your friends.

    >

    >

    > I don't do that and never have. I buy all my software. I guess you think

    > it cool to make up stories about others that are LIES.

    >

    >> Can't say that I blame MS for that.

    >

    >

    > Considering it isn't true ...

    >

    >> They have more right to protect their property than you do to steal it.

    >

    >

    > Read what I wrote -- and you ignored -- above.

    >

    >> And what of the right of people to come here for Vista help without

    >> having to suffer abuse from you and your troll friends?

    >

    >

    > Tell that to Frank.

     

    I'm not a ubuntu troll like you are mr liar.

     

    Oh, you can't because he's Mr Vista.

     

    Wrong again!

     

    And suggesting

    > Ubuntu *is* helping not only the posters here but the Net in general as

    > 99.99% of the bots in herdbots are Windows boxes.

     

    Ah, the sickness of the troll now comes out.

    You're one sick puppy. Grow up and get the hell out of here!

    Frank

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    Alias wrote:

    >

    > You made a mistake here. You are assuming that Mike is capable of logic.

    > He's too brainwashed to love MS and scared sh¡tless that he will lose

    > his once a month clients who come to him to have their Windows boxes

    > cleaned of malware and viruses.

    >

    > Alias

     

    You're one sicko psycho lying troll.

    Get lost!

    Frank

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    Alias wrote:

    > Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >

    >> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >> news:flg752$4ho$1@aioe.org...

    >>

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>

    >>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina

    >>>> DiBoy'" <none@none.not> wrote in message news:flf60m$b4f$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>

    >>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>

    >>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>> news:fldkl2$33b$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>> If you love Microsoft's buggy DRM tactics, you love this:

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&ncl=1125567199&hl=en&topic=t

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Read this..

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=284

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> The music industry has always been a pain in the butt. It used to

    >>>>>> be all about 'having a license to play music in a bar, restaurant,

    >>>>>> or other public place'. Then it was people copying music to

    >>>>>> compact cassettes.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Bear in mind that DRM starts with the product produced by the

    >>>>>> record companies, not Microsoft...

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> That's true, for entertainment media, but MS has it's own sort of

    >>>>> DRM in the form of WGA/N and WPA.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> --

    >>>>> Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group -

    >>>>> Submit your nomination at the link below:

    >>>>> http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

    >>>>>

    >>>>> View nominations already submitted:

    >>>>> http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=protectfreedom&i=1&a=view

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> "Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based

    >>>>> on free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a

    >>>>> cornerstone of the creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of

    >>>>> this country. Consumer rights in the digital age are not frivolous."

    >>>>> - Maura Corbett

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias has no problem with XP which is WGA. Wait up.. he did have a

    >>>> problem with XP in the pre-Vista days, and a couple of years from

    >>>> now, he will have a problem with Windows 7. I guess he has to fill

    >>>> up his time somehow as he only runs Abiword in Ubuntu, which can't

    >>>> be a whole lot of fun.. :-)

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>> I have always had a problem with MS' WPA/WGA SCAM and always will.

    >>> It's the main reason I checked out Linux.

    >>>

    >>> And, your slur regarding ABIWord being the only thing I use is, of

    >>> course, a lie, and, of course, you know it but that doesn't stop you

    >>> from lying anyway.

    >>>

    >>> Please note that again, you attacked me and did not address the

    >>> content that Nina posted.

    >>>

    >>> Alias

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >> You are the OP, right? The one harping on about your favorite pet hate?

    >

    >

    > You were replying to Nina and didn't address what she said but used the

    > opportunity to dis me.

    >

    >> Yet you use XP!! That is expedience on your part. You have to use XP

    >> because the Ubuntu/Abiword combo just doesn't cut it, eh.

    >>

    >> At least I am true to my cause..

    >>

    >

    > Yawn, I use XP for two reasons only: Outlook and gaming. I have no

    > problem with using more than one OS. When Evolution *evolves* to the

    > point where it can replace Outlook, that will only leave gaming.

    >

    > I use Ubuntu for:

    >

    > Newsgroups (duh!)

    > Word Processing

    > Creating and editing web pages

    > Music, both ripped CDs and Internet radio

    > Watching DVDs

    > Spreadsheets

    > Surfing the Net

    > IMing

    > Data Base for clients

    > Personal email

    > Calculator

    > Dictionary, both for looking up words and for translation

    > Scanning

    > Printing

    > Faxing

    > Photos

    >

    > I would say that's a tad more than just ABIWord.

    >

    > Alias

     

    You need to stop making a fool out of yourself mr liar.

    You are a known troll and a pathological liar.

    Get lost you stupid POS moron loser.

    Frank

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    > Alias wrote:

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>

    >>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:flg6vi$3kp$2@aioe.org...

    >>>

    >>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>

    >>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>> news:flfn1i$lm1$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>

    >>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>> news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> collusion with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even one link in the search that is relevant to Vista.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They are all about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lovers", you will love this. Get it now or do I need to

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change there

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then, eh..

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIAA is doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> now? The common denominator is that RIAA and MS want to

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> control what you do with the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy

    >>>>>>>>>>>> "protection", MS did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In

    >>>>>>>>>>>> fact, they did so well, their ex CEO is the richest man in

    >>>>>>>>>>>> the world. Course, you ignore the fact that WPA and WGA

    >>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you believe MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>> FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>>>>>>>>>>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but

    >>>>>>>>>>>> everything to try and get people to buy licenses they don't

    >>>>>>>>>>>> need as well as inconveniencing paying customers while the

    >>>>>>>>>>>> crackers just laugh all the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Open up

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work instead

    >>>>>>>>>>> of harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to

    >>>>>>>>>> be a bad habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you

    >>>>>>>>>> learn that amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You

    >>>>>>> ask for proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you to

    >>>>>>> go look it up, you claim they have no proof.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the

    >>>>>>> mountains of Spain are good cover, eh..

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why

    >>>>>> am I not surprised?

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> What content?

    >>>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> This content, which you ignored and attacked the messenger as you

    >>>> usually do:

    >>>>

    >>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >>>> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >>>> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore the

    >>>> fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you

    >>>> believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>

    >>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >>>> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all

    >>>> the way to the bank.

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> I guess that MS had enough with you pirating their software and

    >>> distributing it amongst your friends.

    >>

    >>

    >> I don't do that and never have. I buy all my software. I guess you

    >> think it cool to make up stories about others that are LIES.

    >>

    >>> Can't say that I blame MS for that.

    >>

    >>

    >> Considering it isn't true ...

    >>

    >>> They have more right to protect their property than you do to steal it.

    >>

    >>

    >> Read what I wrote -- and you ignored -- above.

    >>

    >>> And what of the right of people to come here for Vista help without

    >>> having to suffer abuse from you and your troll friends?

    >>

    >>

    >> Tell that to Frank.

    >

    > I'm not a ubuntu troll like you are mr liar.

     

    No, you're a generic troll.

    >

    > Oh, you can't because he's Mr Vista.

    >

    > Wrong again!

     

    Agreed. You *try* but don't succeed in beng Mr Vista.

    >

    > And suggesting

    >> Ubuntu *is* helping not only the posters here but the Net in general

    >> as 99.99% of the bots in herdbots are Windows boxes.

    >

    > Ah, the sickness of the troll now comes out.

     

    Ah, the truth hurts, eh?

    > You're one sick puppy. Grow up and get the hell out of here!

    > Frank

     

    No.

     

    Alias

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    Alias wrote:

    > Frank wrote:

    >

    >> Alias wrote:

    >>

    >>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>

    >>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:flg6vi$3kp$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>

    >>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>

    >>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>> news:flfn1i$lm1$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>> news:fleqn5$j72$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>> news:flel04$4o7$2@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>> news:fle1uj$ckc$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldu4v$oh$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:fldr18$n4h$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Brown wrote:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was talking about the DRM in WPA and WGA, not MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> collusion with RIAA, although that's equally despicable.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then why did you post a link about RIAA? I don't see

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even one link in the search that is relevant to Vista.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They are all about copying MP3 files and ripping CD's.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The subject of my post was "For all you WPA and WGA

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lovers", you will love this. Get it now or do I need to

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spell it out more?

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I get it now. You were just trolling. No change

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there then, eh..

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, you don't get it. WGA and WPA are as bad as what the

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIAA is doing with ripping CD songs to a computer. Get it

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now? The common denominator is that RIAA and MS want to

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> control what you do with the things you buy.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The essence is to stop pirating..

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> "protection", MS did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> fact, they did so well, their ex CEO is the richest man in

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> the world. Course, you ignore the fact that WPA and WGA

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't stop real piracy one iota because you believe MS'

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't even

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> everything to try and get people to buy licenses they don't

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> need as well as inconveniencing paying customers while the

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> crackers just laugh all the way to the bank.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Awwww, stopped you from selling copies to your mates, has it?

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> No, and I resent the implication that I sell software illegally.

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Open up

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>> Abiword and make yourself useful doing some real work

    >>>>>>>>>>>> instead of harassing others in here with your pet hates..

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Shooting the messenger instead of addressing content seems to

    >>>>>>>>>>> be a bad habit of yours when you've been check mated. Did you

    >>>>>>>>>>> learn that amateur debating "tactic" from reading Frank's posts?

    >>>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>> No. I am mimicking you..

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> When you start to lose, you run off and open another post. You

    >>>>>>>> ask for proof but give none yourself, and when people tell you

    >>>>>>>> to go look it up, you claim they have no proof.

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> You accuse everybody of doing what you do.. oh well, the

    >>>>>>>> mountains of Spain are good cover, eh..

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Can't address content and can only shoot the messenger again. Why

    >>>>>>> am I not surprised?

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> What content?

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> This content, which you ignored and attacked the messenger as you

    >>>>> usually do:

    >>>>>

    >>>>> And what happened to users' rights? Without piracy "protection", MS

    >>>>> did quite well with DOS through Win Me. In fact, they did so well,

    >>>>> their ex CEO is the richest man in the world. Course, you ignore

    >>>>> the fact that WPA and WGA doesn't stop real piracy one iota because

    >>>>> you believe MS' FUD. The so-called casual piracy of Windows doesn't

    >>>>> even comprise one per cent of computers running Windows.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Conclusion: WGA and WPA do nothing to stop piracy but everything to

    >>>>> try and get people to buy licenses they don't need as well as

    >>>>> inconveniencing paying customers while the crackers just laugh all

    >>>>> the way to the bank.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> I guess that MS had enough with you pirating their software and

    >>>> distributing it amongst your friends.

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> I don't do that and never have. I buy all my software. I guess you

    >>> think it cool to make up stories about others that are LIES.

    >>>

    >>>> Can't say that I blame MS for that.

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> Considering it isn't true ...

    >>>

    >>>> They have more right to protect their property than you do to steal it.

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> Read what I wrote -- and you ignored -- above.

    >>>

    >>>> And what of the right of people to come here for Vista help without

    >>>> having to suffer abuse from you and your troll friends?

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> Tell that to Frank.

    >>

    >>

    >> I'm not a ubuntu troll like you are mr liar.

    >

    >

    > No, you're a generic troll.

    >

    >>

    >> Oh, you can't because he's Mr Vista.

    >>

    >> Wrong again!

    >

    >

    > Agreed. You *try* but don't succeed in beng Mr Vista.

    >

    >>

    >> And suggesting

    >>

    >>> Ubuntu *is* helping not only the posters here but the Net in general

    >>> as 99.99% of the bots in herdbots are Windows boxes.

    >>

    >>

    >> Ah, the sickness of the troll now comes out.

    >

    >

    > Ah, the truth hurts, eh?

    >

    >> You're one sick puppy. Grow up and get the hell out of here!

    >> Frank

    >

    >

    > No.

    >

    > Alias

     

    I love your replies because they only serve to underline your troll

    sickness.

    You are one demented person and we all know it.

    Thanks for proving that point.

    Frank

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    Frank wrote:

    > Alias wrote:

    >

    >>

    >> You made a mistake here. You are assuming that Mike is capable of

    >> logic. He's too brainwashed to love MS and scared sh¡tless that he

    >> will lose his once a month clients who come to him to have their

    >> Windows boxes cleaned of malware and viruses.

    >>

    >> Alias

    >

    > You're one sicko psycho lying troll.

    > Get lost!

    > Frank

     

    We already know you're incapable of logic. You don't need to keep

    reminding us.

     

    Alias

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    Frank wrote:

    > Alias wrote:

    >

    >> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>

    >>> "Alias" <akaalias@nospam.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:flg752$4ho$1@aioe.org...

    >>>

    >>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>

    >>>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina

    >>>>> DiBoy'" <none@none.not> wrote in message news:flf60m$b4f$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>

    >>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

    >>>>>>> news:fldkl2$33b$1@aioe.org...

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> If you love Microsoft's buggy DRM tactics, you love this:

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&ncl=1125567199&hl=en&topic=t

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>> Alias

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Read this..

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=284

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> The music industry has always been a pain in the butt. It used to

    >>>>>>> be all about 'having a license to play music in a bar,

    >>>>>>> restaurant, or other public place'. Then it was people copying

    >>>>>>> music to compact cassettes.

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>> Bear in mind that DRM starts with the product produced by the

    >>>>>>> record companies, not Microsoft...

    >>>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> That's true, for entertainment media, but MS has it's own sort of

    >>>>>> DRM in the form of WGA/N and WPA.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> --

    >>>>>> Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group -

    >>>>>> Submit your nomination at the link below:

    >>>>>> http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> View nominations already submitted:

    >>>>>> http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=protectfreedom&i=1&a=view

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> "Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based

    >>>>>> on free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a

    >>>>>> cornerstone of the creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of

    >>>>>> this country. Consumer rights in the digital age are not frivolous."

    >>>>>> - Maura Corbett

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Alias has no problem with XP which is WGA. Wait up.. he did have a

    >>>>> problem with XP in the pre-Vista days, and a couple of years from

    >>>>> now, he will have a problem with Windows 7. I guess he has to fill

    >>>>> up his time somehow as he only runs Abiword in Ubuntu, which can't

    >>>>> be a whole lot of fun.. :-)

    >>>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> I have always had a problem with MS' WPA/WGA SCAM and always will.

    >>>> It's the main reason I checked out Linux.

    >>>>

    >>>> And, your slur regarding ABIWord being the only thing I use is, of

    >>>> course, a lie, and, of course, you know it but that doesn't stop you

    >>>> from lying anyway.

    >>>>

    >>>> Please note that again, you attacked me and did not address the

    >>>> content that Nina posted.

    >>>>

    >>>> Alias

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> You are the OP, right? The one harping on about your favorite pet hate?

    >>

    >>

    >> You were replying to Nina and didn't address what she said but used

    >> the opportunity to dis me.

    >>

    >>> Yet you use XP!! That is expedience on your part. You have to use XP

    >>> because the Ubuntu/Abiword combo just doesn't cut it, eh.

    >>>

    >>> At least I am true to my cause..

    >>>

    >>

    >> Yawn, I use XP for two reasons only: Outlook and gaming. I have no

    >> problem with using more than one OS. When Evolution *evolves* to the

    >> point where it can replace Outlook, that will only leave gaming.

    >>

    >> I use Ubuntu for:

    >>

    >> Newsgroups (duh!)

    >> Word Processing

    >> Creating and editing web pages

    >> Music, both ripped CDs and Internet radio

    >> Watching DVDs

    >> Spreadsheets

    >> Surfing the Net

    >> IMing

    >> Data Base for clients

    >> Personal email

    >> Calculator

    >> Dictionary, both for looking up words and for translation

    >> Scanning

    >> Printing

    >> Faxing

    >> Photos

    >>

    >> I would say that's a tad more than just ABIWord.

    >>

    >> Alias

    >

    > You need to stop making a fool out of yourself mr liar.

    > You are a known troll and a pathological liar.

    > Get lost you stupid POS moron loser.

    > Frank

     

    Wrong again, Frank.

     

    Alias

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