NO SIR!, your not allowed to install Microsoft Windows again

There I was, sunday night just formatted my spare machine, all's going well . The wife's just made an excellent meal and I'm sipping some new blend of coffee that's surprisingly pleasing.

I pop the windows cd into the drive and watch it kick off the installer, after a short wait we get past the setup to config with language, keyboard, network, etc...

We get to the serial key page, I type in my key and click yes to activate windows online, I can hardly choose anything else, if I say no it moans at me for 30 days until I do it!

After clicking activate online and a short pause I get presented with this screen:

As you can imagine I wasn't in the best of moods after reading this. So I think to myself, what can I do now? I've purchased windows xp and it's serial key, I don't remember reading or being made aware that I had a limited number of activations...

Having no other choice at this point I clicked Next and continued onto the rest of windows. After it booted for the first time I get presented with what is now a very familiar nag screen. You all know it. "You have 30 days left to activate windows", blah blah blah. I clicked that little annoying bubble and it took me to a website that outlined my options, which was nice of it.

1. Take your copy of Windows XP back to the vendor
2. Purchase a new serial number @ £61 online
3. Purchase a new copy of Windows XP

I know of a crevis on the human body where all three of those suggestions can be placed...I think you know where I mean.

What does all this mean?

in one word: Linux.

Is this a preview of the future...? Are microsoft looking for a license system with windows? they've already started something like this with their virus and anti-spyware package.

Who knows (if you do, post here!)

Stay Safe peeps

People, people ,people...

What happened to common courtesy?

Why is it when your traveling on the tube people feel the need to bash into you? and queing...

I was waiting at the bus stop yesterday, standing underneath the shelfter, as you do. About 3-4 minutes later some woman came wandering down the road and stood directly in front of me and proceeded to get onto the approaching bus before me? standing in shock I thought to myself, what has the world come to???

Down right ignorance!

A long time ago I used to dream of living in London...I've done that now...now I can't wait to get out!, back to a place where que's are orderly and people don't push.

Stay safe, and don't push in!