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- Vicken, on 10/12/2007, -33/+369Whoever took that picture also got owned, because the rest of us now have a copy of the CD's serial number.
- jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -6/+273Mirror on http://thefixed.org/owned.jpg (loads a lot faster than image shack.)
- JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -16/+263"The only thing worse than an unauthorized copy of proprietary software is an authorized copy of proprietary software." -Stallman.
- WiZZLa, on 10/12/2007, -3/+221no "lol" for this as all the guy did was go to a store with an old RTM that's 2 months old and needs to be activated every 30 days or will timebomb at the end of May 2007.
At least this guy went by a Microsoft building for his screenshot ... http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3107/xplaunch8vs.jpg - foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+214YFKBB is the new FCKGW?
- stinkepete2021, on 10/12/2007, -12/+217thats def how my new copy if vista will come packaged
- MikeSobe, on 11/09/2007, -3/+159I'm pretty sure whoever took that picture is the one that put the CD there.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+144- Fresh from the docks of Sealand
- voyetra8, on 10/12/2007, -26/+150Holy *****. Do we really need a 200 gigapixel JPG for this joke?
Have fun reviewing your hosting bill at the end of the month. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -30/+135Obligatory link:
http://vista.justgotowned.com/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+95You must be fun at parties.
- woodcoxcb, on 10/12/2007, -25/+106diggermirror, welcome to my block list.
- WoollyMittens, on 10/12/2007, -3/+79I want an FCKGW t-shirt.
- tidu, on 11/09/2007, -1/+76Unless the guy owns imageshack, I don't think he'll be paying a cent...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+73By Wizzla "At least this guy went by a Microsoft building for his screenshot ... http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3107/xplaunch8vs.jpg"
Why did he blur those two sets of numbers out? cmon, seriously how many people here dont know that exact serial key off by heart? - indicas, on 10/12/2007, -15/+79Stupid comment system, bury me!
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -10/+69Well that's funny, but ultimately useless. Vista keys are as easy to come by as $5 crack whores.
And that's just the way MS wants it. No matter how you get it, they want you to be running Vista DRM.
THEN THEY WILL HAVE YOU! - Torbar203, on 10/12/2007, -3/+53Incase you are wondering, I was the one that took that pic at Best Buy. Never bothered to resize it though. Almost got seen by a couple of Best Buy employees. If anyone wants proof that I took the pic, I have a 2nd pic I took(and this one I actually resized).
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6628/p12200266wf.jpg - anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42YFKBB-PQJJV-69188-VWGXY-2V3X8
Not that it matters much. - Crepsley, on 11/09/2007, -21/+60Man
They predicted Vista was gonna be hacked in the first week
I guess I was wrong
They got hacked and it's not even out - tatterdemaliot, on 10/12/2007, -28/+65Why digg Estvir down? He's Right. Vista will run on pretty much any system, the only real limitation that a significant number of systems will have is the RAM.
With a title like this mayhaps the Mac-Cultists are just out in force.
Go ahead, digg me down ye zombies... - bieber, on 11/09/2007, -10/+47Sharing is still sharing, even when you liken it to murder/theft/rape.
- bieber, on 10/12/2007, -6/+42I define a hack as a clever solution to a problem. Not having Windows Vista isn't something I'd really classify as a problem, so I'm going to have to side with the not-a-hack people on this one.
- gmprunner, on 11/09/2007, -9/+43So THAT'S where I left it...
- coredump0x01, on 10/12/2007, -10/+43I still don't understand why Vista needs to float CPU usage between 20% and 60% when its idle on my self-proclaimed Vista-capable laptop. Or why it uses 55% of that laptop's 1gb of memory on a fresh start, and only shrinks down to 29% after I've been playing Oblivion. Oh and why the hell does my hard drive constantly thrash nonstop when Vista is idle at the login screen? Also like to know why I can't read/write from any usb stick without explorer crashing when I enabled ReadyBoost on my 1gb usb stick. It's like windows 98 all over again. I will stick to Linux for casual gaming/Desktop use and Windows XP for my games that don't work in Wine.
- fiver22, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35I've been working for MS for a while now (through an outsourced company) and I can tell you that any key is blockable -it's super easy to send an email (containing a product key) to 'actual' MS employees who will then ban the emailed key -this happens many times a day -usually due to stolen credit cards used to purchase Additional Licences of XP. And while I have yet to email a key for Vista -I'm sure that the process is just as easy. The 'tell' that a key is blocked is if an activation agent asks you to click the 'Change Product Key' button on the Activation Dialogue: you type in the key and it keeps comming back is invalid: *Inference*: the key has been 'blocked'. BTW -I have absolutely ZERO interrest in preventing piracy of MS products -the only time I send out the dreaded 'ban this key email' is when someone is doing 2 things: 1) obviously pirating, and MUCH more important, 2) being abusive when they deal MS staff who are just doing their job.
As an aside: when you are activating windows by telephone and the Activation agent asks you for your product key: start the countdown if you are using a pirated key -our asking you for the key means that we will be submitting your key for review, ie: MS will be actively watching for usage of that key -and if they determine that it's being used too much they will ban it -and I suspect (just conjecture here) that future MS anti-piracy innitiatives will disable or cripple versions of Windows using the suspect key.
I feel like I have to say, again, that I have NO interrest in the protection of MS (or any other proprietary software) I'm just trying to explain how it works at MS.
I ALSO feel I should point out that VISTA cracks are a little early -most PCs will not be able to properly run Vista. My personal feeling is that only PCs running a relatively (I almost didn't say relatively, btw) modern dedicated GFX card; a processor running 3 GHz or faster (there might be some movement on this point); and 2, count 'em, TWO Gigs of RAM. -If your PC doesn't measure-up then you are going to find Vista sluggish -at least.
Interrestingly enough Office 2007 seems to work very well on ANY semi-modern PC -And the jump from Office 2003 and Office 2007 is BY FAR (let me say that again: BY FAR) a bigger leap than the jump between XP and Vista.
I, btw, have decided to not install Vista -not just because of the system reqs. -maybe it's the same thing as those users of 2000 felt about XP -but Vista's DRM makes me more than a little uncomfortable.
For the time-being: I dual boot Ubuntu and XP.
(sorry for the long post: I just wanted to share a few thoughts)
(ps-To any MS staffers who frown upon employees expressing opinion: the moniker 'fiver22' represents, not a single person, but about 10 trillion employees -no, really...please believe me. Just because you catch me signing into Digg from work doesn't mean I'm actually THAT 'fiver22', ok?) - Farik, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33That's news? It's not hacked, its simply the RTM people have been running for months...
- jeb00d, on 10/12/2007, -6/+33great lawls of fire
- Space_Balls, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Looks like the Apple Store on 5th Avenue to me.
- AUGTRON, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30EDIT: God, I'm an idiot.
- timewaster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28Yes. Yes we do.
- Flanker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27"Why did he blur those two sets of numbers out? cmon, seriously how many people here dont know that exact serial key off by heart?"
That serial number is my super-secure bank password. - Torbar203, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23the RTM is the final version...
- dreamlayers, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23The pic is kind of lame compared to the XP one:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pl/thumb/1/1f/Windows_XP_FCKGW.jpg/400px-Windows_XP_FCKGW.jpg - realyst, on 11/09/2007, -0/+18block with the little red square with the dashed circle in it next to their nickname. This prevents you from seeing any further posts of theirs. Equally, a person getting blocked by a large amount of diggers equates a ban from digg.
as for why: they are spammers trying to get ad-revenue by pretending that they are leading you to a mirror or alternate source of the story while they are really just leading you to an ad-laden anonymous insta-setup blog page because they have no other purpose in life by to spam digg and eat feces. - Templeofjava, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18"The wow starts now" Someone robbed Dr.Seuss!
- estvir, on 10/12/2007, -45/+62http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=126
Don't forget to find a clue, 13thfloor. - Bartboy919, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Just because you said that I will walk into an apple store, pirate leopard and put it there take a picture just to make you cry.
- Falldog, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19I like how people blurred out the key after the original was already posted lol (in regards to the original XP launch image)
- dle5, on 11/09/2007, -4/+20What a waste of a perfectly good blank disc.
- gmprunner, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20"That had mild potential, sorry bro..."
Yes, but I tried.
And failed. - rodgerdodger5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16LOL @ the "Almost got seen by a couple of Best Buy employees". BEWARE THE BESTBUYPEOPLE! They are in you head sellin' you warranties.
- Volteic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16The Russians have a long list already http://filepost.ru/?act=comments&id=1952791
- slippers, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Flash forward 2 months
Digg front page:
"Arrest made from fingerprints found on pirated Vista dvd" - mikeazorin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Somehow, it just seems like it has a higher chance of not dying in 30 days when you take the time to draw the Windows logo on the disk out of colored Sharpies. :-)
- giloron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12I'm sure that key will be added to the ban list in the next genuine advantage update.
- clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17RTM = Release To Manufactures
In other words, some people have already been running Vista for a while now. I've played with it, I don't like it. XP is fine for what windows is needed for... for everything else theres Kubuntu. - slickrate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12owned? really? i guess children of men got owned too cause that leaked on the net months before it came to theaters. i probably should have taken my copy of it to the theater and shot a picture. man that would have been sweet.
- saska, on 10/12/2007, -0/+101. 9/11 conspiracy theorists who are slightly less pushy than Scientologists trying to get you to take an IQ test.
2. Because they post links that start with "diggmirror.[bloggingsite].com"? - aznmikex215, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14is that at BestBuy?
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