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captainclever writes "The Register has an interesting article about the posibilities for WMP Clients for Linux.
Would anyone want to use MS WMP in Linux?" See also a news.com story.
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If I listen to MP3's, there's the Fraunhofer patent regime to deal with.
And if I go with the totally free Ogg, there's the danger of destroying my hearing.
I guess in the end I have to go with Ogg. Perhaps someone knowledgable will submit some code to them that fixes the fourier compression algorithms in their codec so that it doesn't cause these aural damage problems. That's one of the problems of having musicians and other non-trained programmers creating your software.
most people buy DVD's in MPEG format often encapsulated in CSS encryption.
;).
maybe people who hang at another site, but not this one. here we borrow DVD's from friends, libraries, Blockbuster, etc, run our DeCSS on them and create nice little VCD's to watch. every day except thursday we give a little one finger salute to the MPAA (that's when we're ready for mind numbing entertainment).
no wait. what i meant to say was, now that we have DeCSS, i'm buying lots more DVD's than i ever did before i could copy them or download them online! ever since i started using gnutella to d/l movies, my dvd purchasing has went through the roof now that i can preview them before i buy them
is it only wednesday?
In one word MS doesn't fully support WMP on any platform other than Windows.
You're having trouble with at least 1 of the 3 R's, I think.
every day except thursday
So how are Ross and Rachel doing these days?
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
...it's a nasty, semi-legal hack...
Reminds me when I got a speeding ticket and the judge found me semi-guilty. (It wasn't bad; I only paid a semi-fine.)
Microsoft: We'll let you play WiMP files on Linux so you can legally download purchased music from the internet.
RMS: Uh, it's GNU/Linux.
Microsoft: Who gives a shit?
RMS: I do. Will the WiMP player be GPL?
Microsoft: No, and you have to add some features to ALSA.
RMS: I don't think we should do that. It should be GPL.
Microsoft: Well, if you don't, then we won't make WiMP available for Linux.
RMS: It's GNU/Linux.
Microsoft: Who gives a shit?
RMS: I do.
... Later ...
Microsoft washes hands.
Microsoft: Gonna catch a goddamn virus from that RMS character. Who the fuck is he anyway?
Apple: He's the reason we call it GNU/Linux, idiot.
Like what I said? You might like my music