In Windows 98, ctrl-alt-del brings up the close program menu, which is useful in case a program hangs, which occurs sometimes in Winblows. However, much of the time you'll need to restart your computer anyway becuase the hung program will mess up the system.
There are a couple of problems with combating online racism. First of all, trying to censor the internet will never work; look at DeCSS. As soon as some web sites were ordered not to offer it, dozens of others popped up in their place. The same thing could happen with racism. Second, the UN is trying to fight the symptom instead of the disease. Stopping people from expressing racist views will not eliminate racism; people will be as ignorant as they were before. I agree that education is the only answer to stop people from being ignorant enough to be racist in the first place.
When will the big corporations realize that copy protection is impossible? For some reason, they think that switching to a new encrypted medium will somehow prevent people from copying music, videos, and software. Isn't that how CDs started out? Sure it couldn't be copied then, but now everyone has CD burners. Now DVDs burners are out, and programs like DeCSS that decrypt them, allowing people to copy them. Same thing with software. No copy protection has worked, from bad sectors on CDs to Safedisc, Laserlock, and others. Companies should realize that nothing will prevent people from copying and should find another way to make money. The fact that piracy is illegal does nothing to stop it either; as soon as one bootleg website is shut down, five others pop up in its place. Of course, if music, video, and software companies just charged reasonable prices, nobody would find a need to pirate. But for some reason they think that charging higher will increase profits, while all it does is encourage piracy.
If you record in wave format, there will be very little loss in quality. Or you could record digitally if your stereo and soundcard support it with no loss in quality.
Try using a Windows machine without being able to simultaneously hold down the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys... Or Move a file when the OS wants to copy it... Or... well, you get the point. There's always the reset button on the computer. As for moving a file instead of copying it, use the right mouse button to drag the file to where you want to copy it, and a menu will pop up that will allow you to choose to move it, copy it, or create a shortcut. Or you can right click on it, select "cut," right click where you want to move it, and select "paste." Or you could use the menu buttons in Windows Exlorer.
A little off topic, but how the heck are you supposed to use a computer with only one mouse button? I tried using a mac a couple fo times, and the thing that really pissed me off was that I couldn't figure out how to go to the properties of a file. Then again, I couldn't figure out how anyone could use a round mouse either.
If you want to make mp3s of the music, why don't you just connect your stereo to the line in on your sound card and record? Then you can burn it to a normal cd too if you want.
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In Windows 98, ctrl-alt-del brings up the close program menu, which is useful in case a program hangs, which occurs sometimes in Winblows. However, much of the time you'll need to restart your computer anyway becuase the hung program will mess up the system.
There are a couple of problems with combating online racism. First of all, trying to censor the internet will never work; look at DeCSS. As soon as some web sites were ordered not to offer it, dozens of others popped up in their place. The same thing could happen with racism. Second, the UN is trying to fight the symptom instead of the disease. Stopping people from expressing racist views will not eliminate racism; people will be as ignorant as they were before. I agree that education is the only answer to stop people from being ignorant enough to be racist in the first place.
When will the big corporations realize that copy protection is impossible? For some reason, they think that switching to a new encrypted medium will somehow prevent people from copying music, videos, and software. Isn't that how CDs started out? Sure it couldn't be copied then, but now everyone has CD burners. Now DVDs burners are out, and programs like DeCSS that decrypt them, allowing people to copy them. Same thing with software. No copy protection has worked, from bad sectors on CDs to Safedisc, Laserlock, and others. Companies should realize that nothing will prevent people from copying and should find another way to make money. The fact that piracy is illegal does nothing to stop it either; as soon as one bootleg website is shut down, five others pop up in its place. Of course, if music, video, and software companies just charged reasonable prices, nobody would find a need to pirate. But for some reason they think that charging higher will increase profits, while all it does is encourage piracy.
If you record in wave format, there will be very little loss in quality. Or you could record digitally if your stereo and soundcard support it with no loss in quality.
Try using a Windows machine without being able to simultaneously hold down the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys... Or Move a file when the OS wants to copy it... Or... well, you get the point. There's always the reset button on the computer. As for moving a file instead of copying it, use the right mouse button to drag the file to where you want to copy it, and a menu will pop up that will allow you to choose to move it, copy it, or create a shortcut. Or you can right click on it, select "cut," right click where you want to move it, and select "paste." Or you could use the menu buttons in Windows Exlorer.
A little off topic, but how the heck are you supposed to use a computer with only one mouse button? I tried using a mac a couple fo times, and the thing that really pissed me off was that I couldn't figure out how to go to the properties of a file. Then again, I couldn't figure out how anyone could use a round mouse either.
If you want to make mp3s of the music, why don't you just connect your stereo to the line in on your sound card and record? Then you can burn it to a normal cd too if you want.