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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (51675)	3/4/1999 11:08:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573714

Ten, Did you see what popped up under your mouse if you held it over the picture of the PIII chip in that ZD article? "Intel scary Pentium III chip" Notice the picture was tinted a hellish color of red. Kevin

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (51675)	3/5/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573714

Ten, I suggest you read some the the feedback at the bottom of the article. Here's a typical one... " Name: Marshall Email: null Location: Oregon, USA Occupation: Computer Technician If AMD has a brain in their skulls, they will take this golden opportunity and build on it- I sure hope they don't follow Intel's Big-Brother-Cookie scheme... 'We' are the enemy? This from a company feared for it's paranoia and monopolistic predation? 'We', who have made it the fantastically successful company that it is? For years we pay their exorbitant prices for those CPU's (and Microsoft's OS's, which are part of the package deal, and this conspiracy, as well)- and we are rewarded with mistrust and the baleful eye of their 'Big Bother knows best' spying policy! Why is Intel, a hardware outfit, suddenly so damned interested in the woes and sorrows of the poor, belabored software industry?? One guess- "Dept. of Bribes and Kickbacks? That would be on the sixth floor, Mr. Gates." Yes, we who pay them billions of dollars for CPU's are the enemy, while software outfits that bribe them to screw us are their bosom buddies. Who out there who is reading this wants to have Intel, Microsoft, or any other company or organization (or hacker, or criminal, or personal enemy, etc.) have the ability to track all your email and surfing activities, and be able to check, anytime they wish, the programs you have loaded on your computer, and whether they are 'kosher' or not, in the eyes of the Software Association of America? That is no different than them coming into your home- by breaking down the front door while you are in your skivvies, pushing you out of your chair, and logging onto your PRIVATE home PC and searching it's contents! Your PC is no different than your home or your car- NO ONE has ANY right to enter it or search it in any way, without a warrant from a judge, with just cause. Anyone who buys Intel from now on is aiding and abetting this outrage- I will not be one of them. ".... ----- Please don't refer to me as the YUK register. I report 'um, I don't write 'um. Jim

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (51675)	3/5/1999 12:20:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1573714

Here's another good one Ten, RE" Name: Bjorn Ingmar Berg Email: b_i_berg@hotmail.com Location: Oslo, NORWAY Occupation: IT Consultant Nazi methods? Oh yes it is! ================================================== "One shall be assumed innocent until proven guilty." What if someone ELSE uses the computer for something dubious? What if the owner of the computer doesn't even KNOW this? ================================================== In Amnesty International's UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS amnesty.org, article 3 says: "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person." article 12 says: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. [...]" and article 19 says: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." ================================================== Intel's chip-ID, and their planned use of it is a clear violation of all these rules. This is self-evident, and I need not explain it any further. If ANYONE (at all) should disagree, they need to either do their home-work, or wear very dark shades when looking at themselves in the mirror."

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (51675)	3/5/1999 12:25:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573714

What the heck, how about another pro-Intel reply. "Name: Richard L. Buckmaster Location: Dallas Occupation: Independent Technology Consultant The chip ID is equivalent to Microsoft adding an agent to Windows that reports every user action directly back to Microsoft. This is the first step onto the "slippery slope" of uncontrolled, unauthorized, electronic monitoring of the home PC user by industry giants. I have chosen to eliminate all Intel based products from my offerings and am recommending that my customers not purchase Intel based products until this trend is reversed. It is no accident that AMD sold more CPUs than Intel last month. I believe Intel has made a huge blunder here and they will quickly suffer the wrath of the consummer. There is absolutely no customer benefit to the chip ID technology. Suggesting it improves e-commerce security is rediculous. When used in e-commerce, the chip ID is analogous to embossing PIN codes on ATM cards. Hey Intel! You're mistaken if you think the buying public will accept this without a fight. The CPU chip ID will go down in business history as one of the greatest product development mistakes ever conceived. Within a year, you will be producing AMD clone chips."