Comments on: Microsoft writes a law for Oklahoma giving it the right to inspect your hard drive, delete your files and applications, and call the police if it finds anything “illegal”… is your state next? http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-3/#comment-758187 Scott Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:14:10 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-758187 I am glad to see that you fought this in OK. However, in Pennsylvania this thing is moving along smoothly without even so much as a hearing. The media has been silent and legislators aren't even talking. I am glad to see that you fought this in OK. However, in Pennsylvania
this thing is moving along smoothly without even so much as a hearing. The media has been silent and legislators aren’t even talking.

]]> By: 万用表 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-3/#comment-724879 万用表 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:55:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-724879 nice nice

]]> By: Jimmy Wall http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-3/#comment-134745 Jimmy Wall Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:18:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-134745 Big government, Big Brother and now Big Gates? I GUESS i'LL HAVE TO RESORT TO ONLY CATCHING UP WITH MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY (WHO LIVE IN TULSA) BY HAMM-RADIO. WERE STILL MOVING BACKWARDS, STEPPING ALL OVER OUR SACRED BILL OF RIGHTS -IT TURNS MY STOMACHE. I S AY... WHIP IT OUT bill gates, AND WE'LL SEE YOURS FIRST! Big government, Big Brother and now Big Gates?
I GUESS i’LL HAVE TO RESORT TO ONLY CATCHING UP WITH MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY (WHO LIVE IN TULSA) BY HAMM-RADIO. WERE STILL MOVING BACKWARDS, STEPPING ALL OVER OUR SACRED BILL OF RIGHTS -IT TURNS MY STOMACHE. I S AY… WHIP IT OUT bill gates, AND WE’LL SEE YOURS FIRST!

]]> By: gladyhawke http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-3/#comment-132026 gladyhawke Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:14:24 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-132026 I for one am emailing Jolley right now. If you live there and dont like it do something about it! If you dont live there and dont like it do something about it before it happens in your state! i.e. GET OFF YOUR A** I for one am emailing Jolley right now. If you live there and dont like it do something about it! If you dont live there and dont like it do something about it before it happens in your state! i.e. GET OFF YOUR A**

]]> By: Paul http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-3/#comment-124840 Paul Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:02:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124840 I too live in Oklahoma and plan on starting a grassroots petition against this bill. Now that this bill has already passed through the house and is on to the state Senate, the person to contact now is Senator Clark Jolley. For those interested, he is the one who is presenting this bill to the Senate, so contact him and tell him you do not approve of this bill, more precisely lines 11-20 on page 9 of the bill. His email address is Jolley@oksenate.gov, his office number is (405) 521-5622. PLEASE HELP IF YOU LIVE IN OKLAHOMA!!!! I too live in Oklahoma and plan on starting a grassroots petition against this bill. Now that this bill has already passed through the house and is on to the state Senate, the person to contact now is Senator Clark Jolley. For those interested, he is the one who is presenting this bill to the Senate, so contact him and tell him you do not approve of this bill, more precisely lines 11-20 on page 9 of the bill. His email address is Jolley@oksenate.gov, his office number is (405) 521-5622. PLEASE HELP IF YOU LIVE IN OKLAHOMA!!!!

]]> By: Jared http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-3/#comment-124659 Jared Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124659 First of all, Gentoo linux by far surpasses any Debian distro.. or any other distro for that matter so don't waste your tme with Ubuntu. Other than that... I think software companies like M$ should make people want to buy their software... Quite a few people that pirate games will buy them if they believe the developers did a good job. Windows as an operating system has never been worth the insanely outrageous prices that Microsoft tries to sell it for. People buy OSX because it is a good operating system, and Apple usually does a good job keeping things fresh and exciting. And then we have the typical "I dont use linux because I can't play games" well let me tell you about every game utilizing the unreal and or any of ID's engines then it runs natively in Linux. On top of that Cedega is a great way to emulate games and I've ran games like WC3, Guild Wars, WoW, NFS:MW, and many others. And with linux i've never once needed virus and spyware protection which eliminates part of the problem right there. First of all, Gentoo linux by far surpasses any Debian distro.. or any other distro for that matter so don’t waste your tme with Ubuntu. Other than that… I think software companies like M$ should make people want to buy their software… Quite a few people that pirate games will buy them if they believe the developers did a good job. Windows as an operating system has never been worth the insanely outrageous prices that Microsoft tries to sell it for. People buy OSX because it is a good operating system, and Apple usually does a good job keeping things fresh and exciting. And then we have the typical “I dont use linux because I can’t play games” well let me tell you about every game utilizing the unreal and or any of ID’s engines then it runs natively in Linux. On top of that Cedega is a great way to emulate games and I’ve ran games like WC3, Guild Wars, WoW, NFS:MW, and many others. And with linux i’ve never once needed virus and spyware protection which eliminates part of the problem right there.

]]> By: al pillar http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124641 al pillar Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:23:44 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124641 Why don't we be as concerned as the price of gas. I suggest we boycott Exxon for one week. Let's hit them in their pocketbook. Why don’t we be as concerned as the price of gas. I suggest we boycott Exxon for one week. Let’s hit them in their pocketbook.

]]> By: Joosh http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124597 Joosh Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:39:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124597 I'm moving to Canada... I’m moving to Canada…

]]> By: Gavin http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124479 Gavin Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:54:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124479 hahaha well macs do have better graphics systems, unfortunately not many games come with them... at least WoW is on mac, i would just have a secondary computer not hooked up to the internet for any single player games like oblivion hahaha well macs do have better graphics systems, unfortunately not many games come with them… at least WoW is on mac, i would just have a secondary computer not hooked up to the internet for any single player games like oblivion

]]> By: Buck http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124449 Buck Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:09:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124449 I'll tell you the only thing stopping me from going to Linux. You can't play games on Linux or at least not the games I want play. Other than that, I would've gone to Linux years ago. I’ll tell you the only thing stopping me from going to Linux. You can’t play games on Linux or at least not the games I want play. Other than that, I would’ve gone to Linux years ago.

]]> By: Marz http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124446 Marz Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:59:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124446 Um, that's great about moving to Linux. But don't forget about this part of the article: <b>However, Section 6 of the act says such a prohibition “shall not apply” to “telecommunications carrier, cable operator, computer hardware or software provider or provider of information service” and won’t apply to those companies in cases of “detection or prevention of the unauthorized use of or fraudulent or other illegal activities.” Which means software companies updating a user’s software or the cable company monitoring that user’s activities on a broadband modem hookup can turn over that user’s history of writing hot checks to the district attorney if the company feels like it, said Rotenberg.</b> How are you going to prevent your hardware manufacturer or ISP from scanning your hard drive? And if you need apps like Final Cut, Pro Tools, Mathematica, or any games......yer screwed. Hope you can code all of those types of apps yourself. Yeah right, Linux will solve everything. Might as well just stick your head in the sand and never use the 'net. Um, that’s great about moving to Linux. But don’t forget about this part of the article:

However, Section 6 of the act says such a prohibition “shall not apply” to “telecommunications carrier, cable operator, computer hardware or software provider or provider of information service” and won’t apply to those companies in cases of “detection or prevention of the unauthorized use of or fraudulent or other illegal activities.”

Which means software companies updating a user’s software or the cable company monitoring that user’s activities on a broadband modem hookup can turn over that user’s history of writing hot checks to the district attorney if the company feels like it, said Rotenberg.

How are you going to prevent your hardware manufacturer or ISP from scanning your hard drive? And if you need apps like Final Cut, Pro Tools, Mathematica, or any games……yer screwed. Hope you can code all of those types of apps yourself.

Yeah right, Linux will solve everything. Might as well just stick your head in the sand and never use the ‘net.

]]> By: ZQ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124445 ZQ Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:54:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124445 This is what i would like to call "over the top". How can Microsoft, or ANY major corp, join with ANY state and create a law such as this? People need to stand up for themselves. I'm honestly thinking of a WinXP boycot in OK. This just shows how well our gov't is looking out for us. This is what i would like to call “over the top”. How can Microsoft, or ANY major corp, join with ANY state and create a law such as this? People need to stand up for themselves. I’m honestly thinking of a WinXP boycot in OK. This just shows how well our gov’t is looking out for us.

]]> By: roomba http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124425 roomba Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:08:26 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124425 Do like we do in our house have one computer for work and every thing else. the other for internet only so if it craps we do a quick drive rebuild and we are up and running again. Do like we do in our house have one computer for work and every thing else. the other for internet only so if it craps we do a quick drive rebuild and we are up and running again.

]]> By: bill http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124353 bill Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:07:49 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124353 so i guess i gotta start deleting porn. so i guess i gotta start deleting porn.

]]> By: darl http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/04/11/microsoft-writes-a-law-for-oklahoma-giving-it-the-right-to-inspect-your-hard-drive-delete-your-files-and-applications-and-call-the-police-if-it-finds-anything-illegal-is-your-state-next/comment-page-2/#comment-124340 darl Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:43:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4963#comment-124340 7. The theocracy is fully entrenched in our foreign policy since were pushing land rights for 'chosen people' based on fictitious literature. I dont want my rights or viewing habits decided by Jerry Fallwell but I also dont want us to support mindlessly people who base their whole existence on waht Moses, Daffy and other fictional characters said. 7. The theocracy is fully entrenched in our foreign policy since were pushing land rights for ‘chosen people’ based on fictitious literature. I dont want my rights or viewing habits decided by Jerry Fallwell but I also dont want us to support mindlessly people who base their whole existence on waht Moses, Daffy and other fictional characters said.

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