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Comment Re:A deal with the devil? I hope not. (Score 1) 414

by mbius on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @09:52PM (#26227633) Attached to: Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion

I don't mind the government promoting the spread of broadband, but I hope... This is potentially one of those "deal with the devil" situations, so let's make sure it's done right.

There is no such thing as a deal with the devil, done right. It's the whole damned point of the analogy.

Let's make sure free-speech and privacy rights are well protected from the very beginning.

Good idea. We ought to put them in the Constitution somewhere, to ensure they're never violated.

Pirates Find Proper Way to Crack Vista's Activation Schema 213

Posted by Zonk on Monday March 03, 2008 @09:13AM from the little-ants-can-fell-big-trees dept.

El_Oscuro writes "A genuine crack for Windows Vista has been released by pirate group Pantheon. The exploit allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational. 'It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of Vista that doesn't require product activation — apparently because end users would find it too inconvenient.'"

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