<p>Kid made a windows live account. Movung into online gaming territory. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 7, 2011 7:05 PM, "James Sumners" <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Just create a Windows Live ID[1] and quit being a dick about it. All<br>
> it is used for is logging into the Xbox Live service. I use a Hotmail<br>> account that won't even work if I try to login to Hotmail (they<br>> disable Hotmail accounts after a period of inactivity).<br>> <br>
> [1] -- <a href="https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1100&mkt=EN-US&lc=1033">https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1100&mkt=EN-US&lc=1033</a><br>> <br>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 17:08, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> So I put my foot down about even having an xbox in the house but was<br>>> over-ridden by wife and kid with his own funds.<br>>><br>>> During the network connection setup it was time to create an xbox live<br>
>> account. It asked for the email of the user.<br>>><br>>> Then it asked for the password for the email account.<br>>><br>>> um. hello?!?<br>>><br>>> So if someone has a hotmail or other microsoft account then they already<br>
>> have access to their account contents. But my kid doesn't _have_ a microsoft<br>>> account. gmail, yes.<br>>><br>>> So he can't go forward 'cause there's no way in hell I'm letting him put in<br>
>> his gmail password without him having a microsoft account of some kind.<br>>><br>>> He just got a hard lesson on why Dad doesn't trust that company with any<br>>> thing.<br>>><br>>> --<br>
>> --<br>>> James P. Kinney III<br>>><br>>> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to<br>>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they<br>
>> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.<br>>> - 2011 Noam Chomsky<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become<br>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br>> <br>> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)<br>> CH:D 59<br>
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