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Thread ID: 82447 2007-08-27 22:03:00 Court Orders man to ditch Linux and install Windows pctek (84) PC World Chat
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585247 2007-08-27 22:03:00 arstechnica.com pctek (84)
585248 2007-08-27 22:22:00 That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?
R2x1 (4628)
585249 2007-08-27 22:26:00 Surely that falls into the category of a cruel and inhuman punishment. KenESmith (6287)
585250 2007-08-28 00:09:00 That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?

I think the Geneva convention might have to say something about that. Cruel/Inhuman punishment and stripping away someone's dignity. They wouldn't even do that in the USA:lol::thumbs:
beeswax34 (63)
585251 2007-08-28 00:33:00 That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?

Yes, just think of the crime he'd have to commit to be inflicted with one of them. :lol:
pctek (84)
585252 2007-08-28 07:13:00 Killing the President... Nope
Sodomizing the Constitution... Nope
Burning down Congress... Nope

You'd probably have to do all that down and take out the Pope before you even got close to being punished with a Mac:lol:
beeswax34 (63)
585253 2007-08-28 09:32:00 That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?

Hardly, Linus Torvalds runs Linux on a G5 Power Mac :)
winmacguy (3367)
585254 2007-08-28 10:54:00 I presume that is permissible in the privacy of his own home.
Why not - the Linux will not be harmed, and the Power Mac can only improve from the experience ;) (Still won't be any use though.)
R2x1 (4628)
585255 2007-08-28 10:56:00 Amazing isn't it? A few Apples out there, and all computers have to be micro-chipped. R2x1 (4628)
585256 2007-08-28 10:57:00 Amazing isn't it? A few Apples out there, and all computers have to be micro-chipped.

Apparently the micro chip was Windows only.:p
winmacguy (3367)
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