Do you want to have to enter all the track names and other info about a CD each time you rip it to MP3 or copy a song off it to burn to a CD? That's what's good about CDDB and freedb, it enters it automatically.
Asus shouldn't be forced to take this feature out of their drivers, it's their right to include it. If they believe they can gain an edge over their competetors by including this feature, then they should be able to do it. All of the posters who disagree with Asus's decision should think about this....doesn't Asus have a right to include what ever features they want. Aren't they just exercising their free speech?
Another thing, what if this were Linux? Most drivers are open source, so couldn't anyone modify the code to make the drivers have this "feature"? Isn't this the point of open source?
Why doesn't someone make a site where you submit your term paper so other people can copy it. The catch is, you sign away all rights to that paper. If someone copied that paper directly, but the author had given them written permission, would it still be plagiarism? The author's signature and permission would be avaiable on the site.
Most of those features are usefull, espically the POP3 email feature. It's only a 6MB download, that's not that big. And you can't look at two small ads so AOL can provide AIM for free? Geez.
So, they collect some *anonymous* usage statistics. So what? They can track your web surfing. Who cares? These stats are *anonymous*, people. They can't be mapped to your physical address, phone number, etc. without a call to your ISP and a good reason. These stats help advertisers market products to you more efficently. It saves them money, and you get the see ads that might encourage you to buy something that is really useful to you. So my question is, why do you care?
If you execute an EXE from any file sharing service, you run the risk of getting a virus. If you're inclined to think the EXE is a virus, virus scan it! Or don't run it! And never run a.mp3.exe file, that's just plain stupid! If you are stupid enough to do that, you deserve to get a virus!
At my high school, my CAD teacher and the programming teachers have no idea what they're teaching. They don't know the subject and when they don't know an answer, they BS so it won't look like they don't know anything. At least we have a knowledgable sysadmin.
It seems to me that the FCC is forcing buyers to buy new TVs. Why are they so eager to get the HDTV standard implemented? Why is the government even involved?
If you want to rip directly to DivX, go to http://www.divx-digest.com. They have a bunch of tutorials about how to add subtitles to a DivX, burn it to a VCD, and a whole bunch of other DivX info.
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Do you want to have to enter all the track names and other info about a CD each time you rip it to MP3 or copy a song off it to burn to a CD? That's what's good about CDDB and freedb, it enters it automatically.
Asus shouldn't be forced to take this feature out of their drivers, it's their right to include it. If they believe they can gain an edge over their competetors by including this feature, then they should be able to do it. All of the posters who disagree with Asus's decision should think about this....doesn't Asus have a right to include what ever features they want. Aren't they just exercising their free speech? Another thing, what if this were Linux? Most drivers are open source, so couldn't anyone modify the code to make the drivers have this "feature"? Isn't this the point of open source?
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Um, not as I remember...he bought a DOS like OS from Seattle Computer Products and adapted it to the IBM platform. He didn't steal anything!
Why doesn't someone make a site where you submit your term paper so other people can copy it. The catch is, you sign away all rights to that paper. If someone copied that paper directly, but the author had given them written permission, would it still be plagiarism? The author's signature and permission would be avaiable on the site.
Most of those features are usefull, espically the POP3 email feature. It's only a 6MB download, that's not that big. And you can't look at two small ads so AOL can provide AIM for free? Geez.
How do you plan on running Windows on a G4? Emulator?
True, but even without a webbug, anyone with access to the server logs could do this....so why the fuss about webbugs?
So, they collect some *anonymous* usage statistics. So what? They can track your web surfing. Who cares? These stats are *anonymous*, people. They can't be mapped to your physical address, phone number, etc. without a call to your ISP and a good reason. These stats help advertisers market products to you more efficently. It saves them money, and you get the see ads that might encourage you to buy something that is really useful to you. So my question is, why do you care?
If you execute an EXE from any file sharing service, you run the risk of getting a virus. If you're inclined to think the EXE is a virus, virus scan it! Or don't run it! And never run a .mp3.exe file, that's just plain stupid! If you are stupid enough to do that, you deserve to get a virus!
At my high school, my CAD teacher and the programming teachers have no idea what they're teaching. They don't know the subject and when they don't know an answer, they BS so it won't look like they don't know anything. At least we have a knowledgable sysadmin.
It seems to me that the FCC is forcing buyers to buy new TVs. Why are they so eager to get the HDTV standard implemented? Why is the government even involved?
Why not just allow a person to register blahblah.blah and not have ICANN control the TLDs?
I don't think MS is supporting it, that's what it seemed to say in the first news item about this.
CDRWs are just as cheap as CD-Rs when bought in bulk, and if you burn a coaster, you can just erase it an try again.
If you want to rip directly to DivX, go to http://www.divx-digest.com. They have a bunch of tutorials about how to add subtitles to a DivX, burn it to a VCD, and a whole bunch of other DivX info.