jim wrote:[color=blue]
> "forty-nine" <49@linux.sux> wrote in message
> news:OzjdvbdFIHA.4296@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
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>>"jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in message
>>news:fNvTi.5988$c9.453@bignews8.bellsouth.net...
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>>>Just in case you haven't heard, Vista PCs have been de-activating when a
>>>user does something as simple *and neccessary* as updating device
>>>drivers.
>>>
>>>Pretty soon we may see a new verb in our vernacular...
>>>
>>>vis.ta'd pronounced [vis-tuhd]
>>>-verb
>>>1. to be taken advantage of by a larger, more powerful adversary.
>>>2. to be victimized through theft by deception.
>>>3. to be forced into a situation by a monopoly, dictator or government
>>>power.
>>>
>>>jim
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>>1. They made you buy Vista ?[/color]
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> monopoly[/color]

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>>2. They make you use Vista ?[/color]
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> monopoly
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>>3.They still make you use it ? No dictator here.[/color]
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> just a monopoly
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Too bad you couldn't afford a brain.
Idiot.
Frank[color=blue]
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