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Comment Re:So just factory reset... (Score 1) 71

Bullshit. I was 15 when XP hit the market and my Father decided he would give us(me and my sisters) all accounts, but only his would be administrator. Well, it didn't take us long to figure out we could just create a password reset floppy and get into his account any time we wanted.

As well, we had MSN dialup then, and we weren't allowed to get online without permission. Again, didn't take long to realize we could just hit 'forgot password' at the login screen and it would dialup a connection so you could do the recovery process. Just minimize the window, then use your instant messenger/browser of choice without ever needing his account.

Kids find a way. You don't need to know what goes on under the hood, it will be circumvented.

Comment Re:Really?!? (Score 1) 1448

I think its not so much natural inclination to be faithful to one mate so much as to be jealous of others with our mate. Since we must coexist with minimal violent interaction for our 'enlightened' society to work, its only logical to make a social law that states you don't touch another man's wife. This would be especially true where women have fewer rights and are considered property of their husband.

Comment Re:Kind of Lawsuits a Lawyer will love (Score 1) 976

The person not only has to believe what they are saying is true, they have to have reason or evidence that would lead an average person to believe it was true. IE, I suspect my neighbor is defrauding social security, but I cant give out flyers to the neighbors on mere suspicion.

Comment Re:Expect more of this. (Score 4, Informative) 608

My only problem with unity boiled down to the title/task bar arrangement. Permanent bar at top of screen that was not a task bar, but becomes title bar when window is maximized. Additionally, if you happened to like right hand close and mini/maxi buttons, now they have moved to the left. Also, you cant close a background window that is maximized without switching to it first, because the close buttons wont appear until you mouse over the title bar.

Just little nagging things that really frustrated me. Eventually I suppose there will be tweaks or options for these behaviors, but its jarring when your workflow is interrupted by being unable to close a background window without switching to it or having buttons move around on their own.

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