If they're fully based in India, I doubt any US laws would apply to them. What can they get away with that a service based in the first world couldn't?
This "light" protection is better than the wanton data degradation of other schemes, but it is no breath of fresh air. Unless you mean it's like when the prison guard removes your hood for a moment so you don't asphyxiate:)
Yes, exactly. When the gas is the only other option...
If you want that kind of integration, the best product I've seen in Entourage (Microsoft's answer to Outlook on the Macintosh, but it's better tasting and less filling). I don't like the way it handles its address book, though.
Could be. Or it could just be that they realize they're only going to stop the casual ripper anyway. I mean, certainly of all the schemes out there this is the one I hate the least. That gives it a competitive advantage of the others.
I find it funny reading all these outraged posts about how the disc is not valid red book, etc, etc.
The protection on this disc is very light, and will really only catch the casual user. If you know what you're doing, it's very easy to bypass.
I find this protection a breath of fresh air. It is almost as if the publisher is saying "Here. If you know enough to bypass this, presumably you understand copyright law and won't swap files." No scheme will stop a dedicated cracker, so they offer one that doesn't even try. In fact, the publishers even acknowledge it isn't a very secure scheme. Yes, their trust is probably naive, but that's their problem not mine.
I've used CDs in the past that iTunes for Mac OS X (then 4.0) crashed while ripping. I restarted to Mac OS 9 and was able to rip them without difficulty.
So just to be fair, iTunes being unable to rip a CD doesn't necessarily mean the CD is too badly "protected" (i.e. corrupted) to rip. There has been and may still be a crasher somewhere in the bowels of iTunes MP3 encoder.
That said, yeah, it's probably the copy protection.
What the article says is that people will not care about the Windows API, but the web will become the API going forward.
The API of the majority of applications now is still Win32. Implement that, even five years from now, and you'll get a huge boost in number of applications that run on a system. So in five years, this hypothetical system will support Win32 (and thus be compatible with most Windows applications) and the web (and thus be commpatible with current applications).
I don't know that I agree with him about web applications, but certainly if Microsoft fails to move the world to Avalon, Win32 will be an important API to implement.
I think this is one of those inventions that "anyone could have invented," but nobody ever did... which makes it all the more impressive, doesn't it?:)
Actually, it seems as though the only theme on the site at the moment (my favorite, Mostly Crystal) is listed as compatible but isn't. So I guess problems with switching themes aren't so bad when there's nothing to switch TO...
I don't know if it is a general problem or not, but when I've tried to download Thunderbird themes Firefox has attempted to use them, instead of passing them to Thunderbird.
Not passing them to Thunderbird isn't that big a deal, really. Trying to use them in Firefox is. Installing a Thunderbird theme into Firefox will cause all of Firefox's controls to disappear.
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I said first world. And I was asking, not assuming anything. You could get away with being less hateful in the future. :)
If they're fully based in India, I doubt any US laws would apply to them. What can they get away with that a service based in the first world couldn't?
I find myself agreeing with you. As much as I loathe spyware, this law will just move the distribution points for it overseas.
Spam and spiyware both have technical solutions. They're just extreme enough or have big enough side effects that we haven't used them yet.
This "light" protection is better than the wanton data degradation of other schemes, but it is no breath of fresh air. Unless you mean it's like when the prison guard removes your hood for a moment so you don't asphyxiate :)
Yes, exactly. When the gas is the only other option...
If you want that kind of integration, the best product I've seen in Entourage (Microsoft's answer to Outlook on the Macintosh, but it's better tasting and less filling). I don't like the way it handles its address book, though.
You're right, I'm not. Look at the post I'm replying to, not its parent. :)
Both lack enforced organization. What's the difference between a to do, a phone message, and a phone number you might need later?
I'm bad at organizing things. I find it much easier to work with a system that at least requires me to annotate what TYPE of thing I'm writing down.
Um, no. Did you read the page I linked to? It runs an installer. The installer still presents a license agreement before actually installing anything.
If you refuse the license agreement, nothing you installed. If you accept the license agreement, you granted permission.
Could be. Or it could just be that they realize they're only going to stop the casual ripper anyway. I mean, certainly of all the schemes out there this is the one I hate the least. That gives it a competitive advantage of the others.
Calling it a legal virus is pretty insightful, IMO.
So will antivirus programs start blocking it? If so, when?
I find it funny reading all these outraged posts about how the disc is not valid red book, etc, etc.
The protection on this disc is very light, and will really only catch the casual user. If you know what you're doing, it's very easy to bypass.
I find this protection a breath of fresh air. It is almost as if the publisher is saying "Here. If you know enough to bypass this, presumably you understand copyright law and won't swap files." No scheme will stop a dedicated cracker, so they offer one that doesn't even try. In fact, the publishers even acknowledge it isn't a very secure scheme. Yes, their trust is probably naive, but that's their problem not mine.
See this article for a description of MediaMax.
In this case, the CD uses MediaMax protection. MediaMax protection does not involve any of the tricks you listed.
See this article for a description of MediaMax.
I've used CDs in the past that iTunes for Mac OS X (then 4.0) crashed while ripping. I restarted to Mac OS 9 and was able to rip them without difficulty.
So just to be fair, iTunes being unable to rip a CD doesn't necessarily mean the CD is too badly "protected" (i.e. corrupted) to rip. There has been and may still be a crasher somewhere in the bowels of iTunes MP3 encoder.
That said, yeah, it's probably the copy protection.
Oh. Heh. If you can find where the extension developers hang out, you can probably just ask.
Actually, I think the grandparent is right.
What the article says is that people will not care about the Windows API, but the web will become the API going forward.
The API of the majority of applications now is still Win32. Implement that, even five years from now, and you'll get a huge boost in number of applications that run on a system. So in five years, this hypothetical system will support Win32 (and thus be compatible with most Windows applications) and the web (and thus be commpatible with current applications).
I don't know that I agree with him about web applications, but certainly if Microsoft fails to move the world to Avalon, Win32 will be an important API to implement.
Is it possible to reduce the size of the toolbar icons, and remove the text under the icons?
Sure. Right click on an empty spot in the tool bar and choose Customize. Or, if you prefer, click View->Toolbars->Customize.
Is it possible to toggle full headers view on/off as you can in eg. PINE or mutt?
Haven't used PINE or mutt, but it sounds like you want View->Headers->All or View->Headers->Normal.
It does seem surprising, doesn't it?
I think this is one of those inventions that "anyone could have invented," but nobody ever did... which makes it all the more impressive, doesn't it? :)
Hey, I like that. It's warm and fuzzy. It tempts me to switch Windows to using the same color...
Actually, it seems as though the only theme on the site at the moment (my favorite, Mostly Crystal) is listed as compatible but isn't. So I guess problems with switching themes aren't so bad when there's nothing to switch TO...
I don't know if it is a general problem or not, but when I've tried to download Thunderbird themes Firefox has attempted to use them, instead of passing them to Thunderbird.
Not passing them to Thunderbird isn't that big a deal, really. Trying to use them in Firefox is. Installing a Thunderbird theme into Firefox will cause all of Firefox's controls to disappear.
A little caution is in order.
Free publicity. I'd never heard of this software before...
Ditto. Only I was spending $36. :)
Delete the movie files. They won't ban you for that.
They might ban you if you modify the client, but why bother when you can just delete the file?
I think I included too many kooky examples. :)
At last, Firefox does not require a restart to switch themes.