OT- Longhorn

[Dragonswrd]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
As for this palladium, I've heard that it ties in with gov plans to install backdoors into all legitimate crypto- or to put it another way, to make crypto illegal if you don't hand the government your keys. If that's the case case then it's yet another erosion of civil liberties. Don't like it.

The only reason the government keeps taking away our rights is because the majority of the poeple don't care. After 9/11, I read about some people that were arrested because they had an anti-Bush poster on their wall. That was it. So when did freedom of speach disappear?

[PvK]

The "Patriot Act" was when the largest chunk of your freedom in recent memory went away.

PvK

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by aiken:
This monster will never occupy my computer. Too much eyecandy IMHO.

eyecandy? Have you seen screenshots or something? I have not managed to find any screenshots.

If you did manage to find screenshots could you post a link? I'm curious to see what the UI looks like.

Cheers!

[Aiken]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

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Originally posted by aiken:
This monster will never occupy my computer. Too much eyecandy IMHO.

eyecandy? Have you seen screenshots or something? I have not managed to find any screenshots.

If you did manage to find screenshots could you post a link? I'm curious to see what the UI looks like.

Cheers!

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http://winsupersite.com/longhorn/
The most complete source of news and rumors about Windoze Longhorror, in the meantime.

[solops]

Originally posted by PvK:
The "Patriot Act" was when the largest chunk of your freedom in recent memory went away.

PvK

Truth.

[AMF]

"An America that creates a secret police power which can by its secret discretion invade the privacy of Americans and intimidate them is a far cry from what our Founders envisioned and from what we have fought to protect for 228 years.

A country where you are visited by the authorities for thinking or voicing an unpopular idea smacks more of the Taliban than Thomas Jefferson. Trading in our basic rights for the false facade of security is not worth it ? and it is not worthy of a great nation such as America.

We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft.

That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time...."

For the rest of it see:

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/s...2003_1201.html

Sorry, couldn't resist. But this thread had clearly become political already.

Originally posted by solops:

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Originally posted by PvK:
The "Patriot Act" was when the largest chunk of your freedom in recent memory went away.

PvK

Truth.

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[Aiken]

No doubt, close connection between early windoze alpha and political situation in US is obvious