The fact about AAC encoding is that it CAN be converted to mp3 quickly. I took a protected audio file that I bought, put it into iMovie and exported it as AIF. This AIF can be ripped to mp3 without restriction.
Yes, there are steps, but they only took me 90 seconds. Also, if you can afford to buy 100+ m4p files from the Music Store, you can afford a new AAC compliant CD player when they come to market (or just buy an iPod).
I can't help but agree. My best friend and roomate tried to get me into this game for a long time. I sat there and watched both him and all his friends get sucked into this mealstrom of digital Heroin. I have nothing against the games, per se; but I do take issue to doing absolutly nothing else with one's life.
I listened to him talk about it all day and all night. He took time off from work at least a few times every couiple of weeks to get a 23 hour day in on the servers. His friends would get on Ebay to buy and sell characters and items for hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars... Don't get me wrong, I love capitalism. However, I just can't imagine how one would (and this was the case with one of them) quit a job to be a full time EQ player. Thats right. He quit his job to amass power and glory on the servers to sell it on Ebay before they banned it.
Back in the day, we used to play a lot of D&D. We played all day and night, but we still went to school, to work, and out with friends. When we left the gaming table, we left the game. Now I see these people getting together and doing nothing but talk about EQ, or Diablo, or whatever the game might be. I get tired of it. His fiance is tired of it. Her complaint is that she's engaged to him, but he's already married to his computer. I don't blame her for being angry, and thank God she's tolerant of his exploits on the net.
The games aren't bad, but this is a real addiction out there. I won't say 'Get a life.' I'll just remind some 'Everything in moderation.'
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How is a stock jump from 6 1/2 to about 75 and then a split pure loyalty and not a money making situation?
The fact about AAC encoding is that it CAN be converted to mp3 quickly. I took a protected audio file that I bought, put it into iMovie and exported it as AIF. This AIF can be ripped to mp3 without restriction.
Yes, there are steps, but they only took me 90 seconds. Also, if you can afford to buy 100+ m4p files from the Music Store, you can afford a new AAC compliant CD player when they come to market (or just buy an iPod).
It said I was broadcasting the IP address 243.65.42.656
It's almost as though they think we're retarded...
I can't help but agree. My best friend and roomate tried to get me into this game for a long time. I sat there and watched both him and all his friends get sucked into this mealstrom of digital Heroin. I have nothing against the games, per se; but I do take issue to doing absolutly nothing else with one's life.
I listened to him talk about it all day and all night. He took time off from work at least a few times every couiple of weeks to get a 23 hour day in on the servers. His friends would get on Ebay to buy and sell characters and items for hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars... Don't get me wrong, I love capitalism. However, I just can't imagine how one would (and this was the case with one of them) quit a job to be a full time EQ player. Thats right. He quit his job to amass power and glory on the servers to sell it on Ebay before they banned it.
Back in the day, we used to play a lot of D&D. We played all day and night, but we still went to school, to work, and out with friends. When we left the gaming table, we left the game. Now I see these people getting together and doing nothing but talk about EQ, or Diablo, or whatever the game might be. I get tired of it. His fiance is tired of it. Her complaint is that she's engaged to him, but he's already married to his computer. I don't blame her for being angry, and thank God she's tolerant of his exploits on the net.
The games aren't bad, but this is a real addiction out there. I won't say 'Get a life.' I'll just remind some 'Everything in moderation.'