It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

MICROSOFT RELEASES ITS NEW SAURON TABLET PC. The sad thing is that the truth isn't all that different.

One Ring will protect a user against viruses or pirated software at the hardware level. It will do this by freezing any non-Microsoft code and alerting the authorities as to the "potential piracy," requiring customers to re-purchase software they already own just to prove they haven't stolen it.

A web report featured on Slashdot indicates that the only way to disable the Sauron's web-cam has something to do with tossing a registry key into Mount Doom. The author of that report has already been arrested for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and is currently being held without bond.

Be afraid, be very afraid!