[geeks] Re: Windows XP?

[Lionel Peterson]

--- "Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> 
> > The first one is a dumb thing, it is because the x86 folks REFUSED
> > to add a unique CPU serial number to allow software vendors to
> > node-lock their software...
> 
> There was one introduced with the Pentium III, but the tinfoil hat
> crowd revolted because "Someone might be able to identify me over the
> network or in my web browser!"  Clueless fucks are probably
> connected via Ethernet, too.

What, it's not like each network card has a unique serial number ;^)

=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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