Re: [NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA, Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office

2006-08-02 Thread Bill Anderson
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: Hal Kaplan wrote: Quite a list, Ted. I am curious, though. Are you planning to get involved with that shared computing initiative that is analyzing radio signals in the hope of finding intelligent life in the universe? I am asking because you do seem to have some sp

Re: [NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA, Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office

2006-08-02 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Hal Kaplan wrote: Quite a list, Ted. I am curious, though. Are you planning to get involved with that shared computing initiative that is analyzing radio signals in the hope of finding intelligent life in the universe? I am asking because you do seem to have some spare CPU cycles available.

Re: [NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA, Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office

2006-08-02 Thread Ted Roche
On 8/2/06, Hal Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you planning to get involved with that shared computing initiative that is analyzing radio signals in the hope of finding intelligent life in the universe? I think it would be a good thing to determine if there was intelligent life in the uni

RE: [NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA, Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office

2006-08-02 Thread Hal Kaplan
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:38 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA,Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office Just for example, today I'm running: Windows XP Pro, SP2

Re: [NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA, Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office

2006-08-02 Thread Ted Roche
Just for example, today I'm running: Windows XP Pro, SP2, all patched up. WGA is installed. No "Malicious removal tool," nor MS AntiSpyWare. West Wind Web Monitor (pre-,NET runtime version) FireFox with 15+ tabs open, including work, GMail. etc. SciTE text editor CygWin bash shell and UNIX emula

Re: [NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA, Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office

2006-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
On 7/25/06, Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "But it has to be careful, warned Lauren Weinstein, an IT consultant in Woodland Hills, Calif., and co-founder of the privacy advocacy group People for Internet Responsibility. "Microsoft is starting to tread a thin line that has quite an abys

[NF] -- Microsoft Defends WGA, Plans Similar Tool to Validate Office

2006-07-25 Thread Bill Anderson
"Despite the criticism leveled at Microsoft Corp. after its recent rollout -- and partial rollback -- of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), that tool was just the first phase in the company's latest antipiracy effort. The broader Genuine Software Initiative will include a similar campaign, bu