---- START NEW MESSAGE --- Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id A0BC18E700D8; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:09:16 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <8.00CC6207@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 4:09:05 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8e) with spool id 4300 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:06:30 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 3814; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:05:07 -0500 Received: from smtp2.clear.net.nz [203.97.37.27] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 430) via TCP with ESMTP ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:05:06 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by smtp2.clear.net.nz Received: from jc2 (218-101-69-117.dialup.clear.net.nz [218.101.69.117]) by smtp2.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with SMTP id <0HSC000DQH4JDX@smtp2.clear.net.nz> for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:05:08 +1300 (NZDT) MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <014001c3e7b0$224ae5a0$7b01a8c0@Paradise> Message-ID: <001d01c3e7d1$2540f120$7223fea9@jc2> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:06:31 +1300 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Jinx Subject: Re: [OT:] Windows XP intermittent performance To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Precedence: list X-RCPT-TO: Status: U X-UIDL: 371856655 > For that to be true you must read EVERY EULA that pops up during > installation and understand what it legally says. http://www.cexx.org/problem.htm An extract - "Software License (dis)Agreement Some aspects of spyware activity are legally questionable. While software installing a spyware module should disclose this fact to the user and offer the option of refusing, any such disclosure is often buried in a long and densely-worded License Agreement, slipped in among page after page of mind-numbing legal jargon on such topics as copyright, distribution, disassembly, reverse-engineering, government and restricted rights, disclaimer of fitness for a particular purpose, and similar topics of little relevance to the average user. Additionally, the actual spyware notice is often written in such a round- about, flowery and disingenuous manner that a reasonable user would have no reason to take special interest in it" >(not that this stops me getting some adware that has to > be purged occasionally) Me neither, and I try to be alert and conscientious about adware, especially knowing the problems and performance degradation it can cause -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu .