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Technically, yes you can't transfer the license. In reality, most people (including myself) think Microsoft is a crook so I'd transfer away if I had the chance.

EDIT: Naturally, I give the biggest slap to Microsoft by just using Linux, but I can understand if some people can't come to grips with something new.

 

So let me catch this. I have my current rig and I opt to buy 7 getting a proper license with the disk and sticker and everything, *legally* I can't then build a brand new machine and use that version on it?

 

Not if you cheapskate on the OEM licence no, only if you pay a roflcopter amount of money for the retail boxed version.

 

Firstly, you need to change your terminology. You don't "buy" Windows, you pay for a license. You never "own" it per se.

That aside, your statement is essentially correct. In the past, you could "reasonably" upgrade the computer without it becoming a new computer (obviously the case had to have the sticker attached, so that couldn't change). However, I believe the license may have changed with Windows 7 and you might actually be able to transfer the software to another PC, making that PC the licensed machine. However, it must not remain on the old computer.

However, for XP, which I would assume is by and large what you'd have CD keys for from old machines, you may not transfer the key to another machine.

 

That's exactly what I meant, though. Comparing copyright infringement with physical theft is just not accurate. I'm not saying it's not immoral, I'm not trying to defend piracy, I'm just saying that you can't compare the two because one involves loss of physical property and the other doesn't. It's a specious comparison and you well know it. There are many other ways of making the point without resorting to that kind of false logic.

 

Well that pisses on my parade. I'm only doing it in my spare time for a bit of extra money. Has anyone ever been prosecuted because of it/can you be

 

So, I was about to write down my opinion about Osama's death in the Osama Bin Laden is DEAD thread... when I found out the thread was closed....

In any case, it was a long time coming. That man was worse than the black death.

However, I'm not completely convinced that it was him. First of all, there are no images. The ones I found were complete bullshit.
Second, they did a DNA test that rules out the possibility of him NOT being Osama. That left me with a sense of "WTF?" what is going on here? I understand that President Obama would not go out and tell the world "OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS DIED" if he wasn't sure. But still...
Third, why did they toss the body in the sea? I can understand that the purpose of that strategy is to leave his followers without a concrete place to mourn him... But that adds to the sense of uneasiness. People all over the world will start saying that it's all bogus and that he is still alive. I wouldn't be surprised if some "new" videos of him appeared in the following weeks.

I am also weary of the possible retaliation schemes the remaining members of AlQaeda may carry out.
I just hope everything turns out to be OK. But the true solution for these problems would be a complete erradication of fundamentalism, of any kind (muslims are not the only fundamentalists of the planet... although in the past few decades they have been portrayed as increasingly fundamentalists). Sadly, many people turn to fundamentalistic beliefs in times of sorrow and distress. So the way I see it, the future may have a new "Osama" in store...

 

Yeah, I also find it strange that they dumped his body immediately, without letting experts from all over the world see and identify his body. You'd think they want to show it to everyone.

 

You won't have any problems.

 

They say they dumped him over at sea due to Muslim practices, but he wasn't even a real Muslim to begin with, since what he did was not in-line with Muslim beliefs. So who cares if you follow that now? He didn't. Just let the world confirm it's him before you get rid of the body.

 

Well, at least the Chinese are taking it well:

http://www.youtube.com/v/UiDyrkU0WAQ&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3

 

Yes, it has been known, but it's unlikely on a small scale.

HOWEVER, if you're doing it to make a bit of extra money, you really should be registered as a business and doing it legit. I'm not knocking you for wanting to be an entrepreneur, fair play to you. However, you should do it by the book ;-) Who knows, it may grow into something more than something to do in your spare time for a bit of change!

Alchy - you won't change my mind on this. I don't "know it", I believe my analogy is a fair one. Someone is still losing money because of their actions. Like a physical object, e.g. a lens, it cost the company money to employ programmers to write the software, premises to do this, manufacturing of the CDs etc. Like I said, the software is a tool often used alongside physical tools, e.g. Photoshop with cameras. The photographer makes money from using the tool, so they should pay for the privilege of having said tool. You could go on to argue that the photos they take are digital, so what would the harm be if a customer came in with a pen drive and copied them onto it? They didn't want to pay the photographer for the images, so who's losing out? And yet, like Photoshop, the photos they have STOLEN are copyrighted. Likewise, there's no difference between going into HMV and stealing a CD album and illegally downloading the album off the Internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg

;-)

 

Thanks for clearing it up. I ended up getting several knackered systems and a large box of parts for so cheap I couldn't say no and don't really have the room so I'm selling off the back log. So long as I don't end up with a prison sentence I'm happy!

I love The IT Crowd and that scene in particular!

 

Lol, I'm sure you won't get arrested... as long as you don't shoot a policeman, steal his helmet and crap in it! ;-)

 

CLASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/v/UiDyrkU0WAQ&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3

at 2:12 -> what?

I remain skeptical regarding this "success". There is an unsual lack of evidence for such a high profile kill, not even footage of the corpse in situs..given enough time I guess they can doctor anything they want but just because Obama said it doesn't make it true to me.

After all, elections are approaching and apparently this was an easy way of winning the hearts of some. That being said, I think one man's death means nothing more than what it is, a man's death. It doesn't suddenly change anything.

To celebrate a murder is a savage behaviour that I didn't expect from my fellow earthlings of the so called civilized type. I understand that revenge, like anger, jealousy, hate and lust is a sweet sensation but it has no place in the hearts of people who perceive themselves as being different to those who they consider inferior. Namely "terrorists" - to use terror to inspire people and scare others. Obama just sank to Bush levels in my eyes.

 

Can pregnant women still do this? Well except for the shooting of course!

 

stop flirting guys

 

Thank you.

People keep celebrating this guy's death and my only response is three fold:
1. We lost the War on Terror as soon as we passed the Patriot Act and began pointless wars with other countries. And we continue to lose it even worse as TSA agents are molesting our children in plain sight.
2. All killing Osama does is piss off even more terrorists. Soon enough we'll have another boogey man to chase around.
3. All killing Osama does is temporarily take people's mind off of the fact that our economy is imploding on itself, and that the asshats in Washington D.C. are doing jack shit that is substantial to fix this issue.

I don't give a fuck if some bearded weirdo is dead if I can't get a fucking job once I get out of school, or if the value of the currency I use is non-existent because the Federal Reserve keeps pulling a Weimer Republic on us.

 

I completely agree with you. I wish I could beat the shit up out of the retarded republicans feeling oh so patriotic about this bullshit.

Also you left out the fact that your goverment killed more innocent civilians than any other terrorist organization has in the world. Actually im more than willing to bet the US has been the biggest murderer of innocent civilians in the last 50yrs. President Bush should be charged with genocide along with the congress that approved the patriot act.