  Grail Knight Who Dares Wins Premium join:2003-05-31 | reply to cork1958 Re: How to Install IE7 Bypassing Genuine Windows Validation
I will not install IE7 either. Firefox suits me just fine and my new notebook this Spring will be free of Windows. -- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something". - Plato |
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  Grail Knight Who Dares Wins Premium join:2003-05-31 | reply to elvey Many companies lie to the consumer knowing that in most cases consumers do no homework on companies they deal with. -- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something". - Plato |
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  elvey Spamassassin
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| reply to Grail Knight said by Grail Knight :FasTrak looks like a CA thing. The brand, not the technology; see FastPass, EZPass, etc.
Any way, the point is, US companies can and do flat out lie about their monitoring capabilities and practices, including those in government-consumer work. FasTrak is an example. I still have a copy of the letter from FasTrak lying about their monitoring capabilities. -- SBC is the world's second-largest SpamHaus and leads an Organized Crime Syndicate. Also see TURN.org or UCAN. |
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| reply to Grail Knight said by Grail Knight :Interesting the trouble some will go just to remove WGA even if their copy of Windows is legit. For anyone that feels so strongly about WGA they should either get used to the fact MS is going to use it and accept it or move to an OS not made by MS. Some people will go through all those changes because even if their stuff is legit, it is possible for MS to say it isn't. As I have had happen twice recently on brand new machines!
I even booted into Winblows today thinking I may want to check out this new IE7. Nope, not going to. Sounds like a big POS!!
Sticking with Opera all the way!! -- Do the walk Zenwalk Linux 3.0 |
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  RR Conductor RailRoadDude Premium join:2002-04-02 Redwood Valley, CA | reply to antdude So anyways, back to the topic.... |
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| reply to RR Conductor said by RR Conductor :Hi Hob, I didn't know you lived in Bangladesh? and you do?
Hob -- "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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  RR Conductor RailRoadDude Premium join:2002-04-02 Redwood Valley, CA | reply to hobgoblin Hi Hob, I didn't know you lived in Bangladesh? |
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| reply to RR Conductor said by RR Conductor :The author of that first link is from Bagladesh, I wouldn't doubt pirated copies of everything is the norm there, so the need to bypass this would probably be a big deal for most there. A little like pretending that one is going to sign for DSL when it is not available eh?
Hob -- "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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  Grail Knight Who Dares Wins Premium join:2003-05-31
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| reply to elvey Yes I have heard of these devices.
Event recorders have been around for some time and used by numerous agencies and businesses. A black box as the article says.
No where does it say they phone home nor do I think that the person that made the statement can prove all new cars phone home. -------------------------- FasTrak looks like a CA thing.
This has gone OT enough. -- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something". - Plato |
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  elvey Spamassassin
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| reply to Grail Knight said by Grail Knight : quote: All the new cars phone home
Some links to prove that please. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Data_Recorder
This is far more than OBD II.
Not to mention FasTrak - are used to track you, if you have one; that's how 511.org gets congestion data. -- SBC is the world's second-largest SpamHaus and leads an Organized Crime Syndicate. Also see TURN.org or UCAN. |
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| reply to Mele20 said by Mele20 :said by boog :I own an '06 Chevrolet, and it has no way of "phoning home". Really? Are you sure? I intend to keep my 98 Ford Escort ZX2 for as long as possible. All the new cars phone home. No Onstar on my truck, why spend all that extra money?
And if it did phone home, all they would get is that I drive alot, listen to alot of music and talk radio (and I even replaced the stock radio with aftermarket, so if they hid the "phone" in there, then I got rid of it! LMAO) |
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  Bada Bing WVU Mountaineers Premium join:2001-05-29 Fort Gay, WV clubs:   | reply to antdude MS just give pirates more experience by doing this. Practice make perfect. -- Rock & Roll Never Forgets |
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| reply to Mele20 said by Mele20 :All the new cars phone home. My new car also "phones home" every time when I get my free oil change from the dealer.  -- "If it ain't broke don't fix it." Computer Consulting for the Next Generation. |
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| reply to maartena said by maartena :For those worried about "phoning home" stuff: Throw out your cell phones. Your phone company knows exactly where you are. And so does the police, who have access to cell phone information if they need to track you down. Those who won't buy a chevy because it "phones home" should immediately cancel their cell phone plans. Buy a pager, it is hard to track. I don't have a cell phone for this very reason. I like having some privacy. That is more important than jabbering loudly with irritating ring tones on a cell in public. People with cells should at least have some common courtesy. I don't I want to hear their conversations. Those should be private. I can't understand the rudeness and total lack of concern for privacy of cell phone users. I've heard credit card numbers with all the information I would need to do identity theft from loud mouthed cell phone users who also just love to have screaming arguments in public on their phones.  -- "If you want to do DRM on a PC then you need to treat the user as the enemy." Ross Anderson in "`Trusted Computing' Frequently Asked Questions"
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| reply to rob_in_chatt said by rob_in_chatt :mine isnt legit, and it took all of 4 minutes to do it and it worked like a charm. you own a restaurant but cant buy your OS? C'mon throw microsoft a bone  -- You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth |
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| reply to SpannerITWks said by SpannerITWks :Just stick with IE6, locked down of course. Safe as anything, i've found anyway ! Yup and keep using my non-IE browsers like Mozilla v1.7.13 (soon SeaMonkey I hope). |
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| reply to javaMan I know I wish I knew where Mele got her info about all of the new cars phoning home I would surely buy one for similar reasons.
Since 1990 there has been a OBDII required of US vehicles but they do not phone home. -- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something". - Plato |
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  hpguru Curb Your Dogma Premium join:2002-04-12
| reply to AB said by AB :said by redxii :No. In that case, I'll just stick with 'A'. F_CKING A! |
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  ff1324 Everybody Goes Home Premium join:2002-08-24 On Four Day
| reply to javaMan said by javaMan :said by rgillis70 :
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Only a matter of time before all cars have that. Guess people will have to stop driving too. Either that or stop driving like idiots. Oh yeah...that's gonna happen. Well, it could. Step one would be for everyone to hang up and drive. -- The funny thing about firemen...night and day they're always firemen |
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  javaMan Premium,MVM join:2002-07-15 San Luis Obispo, CA
1 edit | reply to rgillis70 said by rgillis70 :
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Only a matter of time before all cars have that. Guess people will have to stop driving too. Either that or stop driving like idiots. -- Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness. . . Isa. 5:20 |
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