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WEBTV WAS TOO "ANTAGONISTIC" TOWARD ITS' CUSTOMERS.

WEBTV CAME OUT AT TIME WHEN OWNING COMPUTER, IN TODAYS TERMS WAS "UNCOMPUTER" & WORSE YET, GOING ON INTERNET WITH HARDWARE VIRTULIZATION WAS COMPLETE LOSS TO CONSUMER. WEBTV WAS STARTED TO PROTECT CONSUMER FROM ALL MALWARE ON INTERNET,(AND GET CONSUMERS INTRESTED IN BUYING COMPUTER FOR HOME USE) THEY USED 64 BIT & SOLD TERMINALS, SO REALLY COMPUTING MACHINES FOR WEBTV WHERE HIDDEN(MACHIND WAS BLACK BOX ABOUT AS BIG AS BLADE SERVER). IT WAS GREAT EXPERIMENT, EXCEPT WEBTV OPERATOR/MEMBERS USED INFORMATION TO DEVAST ITS' NIAVEE CUSTOMER BASE, CALLED "CHURN" (OR THIEFT)IN THEIR LANGUAGE. SO FAR SET TOP BOXES HAVE BEEN PLAGUED WITH SPECIAL IP ADDRESSES LOCKED INTO BOX TO OPEN UP INTERNET TO SET TOP BOX, & IN EVERY CASE THAT NUMBER WENT DEFUNCT, LEAVING "DEAD" SET TOP BOXS IN MILLIONS. AGAIN "WILD WEST" OF HARDWARE VIRTULIZATION IS ABOUT TO OPEN UP, WITH NEW ADMENDIUMS TO MILLENIUM DIGITAL COPYRIGHT ACT, ITS' UNLIKELY TO STOP, THIS TIME AROUND. SET TOP BOX(S) AGAIN LOOK LIKE CLEAR ANSWER, YET PEOPLE ARE PROBLEMS. PEOPLE WHO DESIGN & SELL SET TOP BOXES TO BE SPECIFIC. REASON FOR BREAKING (IRREPAIRABLE)"OFFENDING" UNIT(S) IS SIMPLE, WHO WANTS THEIR HEAD BLOW OFF RUNNING INTO SOMEONES HOME TO CONFISCATE SET TOP BOX UNIT, WHEN UNIT IS ONLY WORTH FEW BUCKS AT COST OF MANUFACTURING POINT.SO BRACE YOURSELF, NEW WAVE OF "KAMAKAZIE" EQUIPMENT IS COMING THIS SPRING '6.SIGNED:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.

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