Hopefully in this case, you can simply copy the AAC on to your machine, because any transcoding will affect the quality.
DVD Forum member 1 (DIS): Guys? I was thinking... What if we skip the DRM this time? Let people make their own moral choices, and let the law handle those who can't? DVD Forum member 2 (MGM): Hmm, you're onto something there. After all, we are not here to judge people. Respecting people and treating them like law-abiding citizens until they actually break a law might actually make us look good. DVD Forum member 3 (VIAb): Yeah, we must make sure to let the press releases focus on that we are more open than our competitiors. DVD Forum member 3 (BMG):...we don't have any competition? *silence* DVD Forum member in unison: DRM IT IS!
Allen will have given $US25 million for construction of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a network of 350 radio telescopes being built to find signs of life in space
If you build it, they will come....and KICK OUR ASS!
Cool, you host a free webmail service, and you read peoples e-mail when you are suspicious? So, how many people from my company/IP would have to register before you feel justified to start reading our mail?
When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the late 90's, they disallowed women from working, forced adult men to wear beards and banned music, they killed adulterers and homosexuals. Of course, they also banned the heroin industry there, which encouraged help from abroad.
Why I am mentioning this? No, no reason. -1 Offtopic, as the kids call it these days.
"Interestingly, the MSWord document contained a hidden author's field with the name Francisco Mingorance. This indicates that he has at least revised the text on his machine, and further evidence suggests that he played a major role in the drafting."
Freemason Grand Master:...and we will call it Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange! Illuminatus Rex: Hm.. Mu.. Ant.. Te... Matie? MATIE? Didn't we decide to keep the Aussie division out this time? Freemason Grand Master: No, no, they are not in. Purely a coincidence. Paul W.: Well, it sounds a bit... dull. Illuminatus Rex: I agree. MATIE just will not work. Think of USA PATRIOT - Uniting and Strengthening - now that is a classic. Even TIA is better, even thought it is just a TLA. How are we going to keep people on their toes with MATIE? People should think of strength and cunning, not Foster's and dingos. We are not playing shadow government here! Alan G.: What if we change a few letters... uhm.. MATRIX? Illuminatus Rex: Eeexcellent.
I wish the RIAA would start tracking how people hear about the albums that they buy, so that they could stop freaking out.
He is telling that Suicidegirls got popular through P2P. They found a niche in a market with lots of competition. RIAA has a monopoly they wish to keep. The same mechanisms do not apply.
Fedora Core 2 test1.
And don't tell me it doesn't count because it is a "test release", 'cause so is Mandrake 10, even though they call it "Community" instead of "rc":)
You know, I really think Mandrake is a nice distribution. I even considered paying for a membership, untill I saw what they offer. One thing is the level system in general, giving special access to those who pay more, but when I see what they are trying to tempt me with: Silver members can download (...) PowerPack along with its numerous proprietary drivers and plugins. Their bold, not mine. Whoopeedoo, pay extra to ENCOURAGE prorietary drivers. They are also proud to present "commercial applications which are normally only available in retail packs", various other discounts, "Direct-trading program for MandrakeSoft stock, plus access to real-time trading information", and with a GOLD membership (600 Euros a year) you can even see their webpages WITHOUT BANNER ADS!
It is of course good they are able to make some money to PAY people for the good work they are doing, but it should be possible without turning the whole thing into something ugly.
Your example isn't really valid. You can give step-by-step instructions with words that are familiar to another techie, but not to the end user. For example: 1. Open Device Manager 2. Go into the properties of your secondary IDE controller, if it says "PIO", change it to "DMA".
A techie would get these instructions at once, but an end-user would have problems just FINDING the device manager. Of course, if he opens some Windows help file, he might be able to search for it, but how can we expect him to know where to LOOK for those help functions in the first place?
Even if you break it down for the user ("Click Start in the bottom left corner, select Control Panel, select System.."), it is always something you can miss. If the Control Panel of XP is en "Category view" (default), he has to click "Switch to classic view" to find the System icon - if he by accident clicks outside the window he should do the next step in, the Window might be sent to back - being hidden by another window.
Bottom line: Notes written by a techie might be patronizing for another techie, but for someone with no experience at all, there is ALWAYS something you overlooked.
I'm not a criminal. I don't pirate software or music (anymore). I just want to be able to record my shows while I'm at work and watch them in a clear way.
What do you mean "my shows"? You mean OUR shows, right? Of course you should be able to record any show you want - and play them back at any time - for a ever-so-little fee. We have been letting people do that for free for too long now, and frankly we think it is un-American.
Oh, by the way, increased shareholder value, increased shareholder value! AHAHAA!
-- Your friendly neighbourhood media conglomerate CEO
Just when Microsoft start phasing out Netmeeting, we get something compatible:)
I guess we should put a bounty up for someone to reverse engineer the MSN Messenger 6.1 webcam protocol. (And yes, I know what GnomeMeeting is - and is supposed to do - and also know that an IM is not the same, but still, people just want to communicate with their friends and family.)
Somehow, I think it is connected to this whole "9/11" thing. Every authoritarian politician is looking at USA's increased fascist tendencies, thinking "If THEY can do it, we can too".
All we (who care) can do is yell. And try to make others care (and yell).
Anything wrong with the NVidia driver under 2.6? I've been using it for a couple of rounds in Enemy Territory under 2.6.2, and haven't encountered any problems yet.
They don't need to move away from the basic protocols, they just need to keep pushing connectivity with asyncronous transfer rates.
Oh, the days before ADSL looked so bright. Imagine what it would be like if we all could upload with the same speed as we can download now.
MIPI obtained an Anton Pilar order - which allows a copyright holder to enter a premises to search for and seize material that breaches copyright without alerting the target through court proceedings
This "copyright is holier than God Himself" crap is corrupting the law.
I don't like bad analogies, but everyone remembers the example with the father of raped girl being the judge in the trial. That an interest group is doing the police's work is unacceptable. (Yes, I know the BSA is operating in a similar way, but that is no excuse.)
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...and this was stolen from CommandNotFound. Building karma a bit too fast, are we?
DVD Forum member 1 (DIS): Guys? I was thinking... What if we skip the DRM this time? Let people make their own moral choices, and let the law handle those who can't?
DVD Forum member 2 (MGM): Hmm, you're onto something there. After all, we are not here to judge people. Respecting people and treating them like law-abiding citizens until they actually break a law might actually make us look good.
DVD Forum member 3 (VIAb): Yeah, we must make sure to let the press releases focus on that we are more open than our competitiors.
DVD Forum member 3 (BMG):
*silence*
DVD Forum member in unison: DRM IT IS!
If you build it, they will come.
Thank you. Most appreciated.
Cool, you host a free webmail service, and you read peoples e-mail when you are suspicious?
So, how many people from my company/IP would have to register before you feel justified to start reading our mail?
When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the late 90's, they disallowed women from working, forced adult men to wear beards and banned music, they killed adulterers and homosexuals. Of course, they also banned the heroin industry there, which encouraged help from abroad.
Why I am mentioning this? No, no reason. -1 Offtopic, as the kids call it these days.
Ehm, QUITE well? That is informative? I would assume - when resizing a partition - it works, or it doesn't?
"Oh, it locked up at 93% - that is quite good, they are getting there! Too bad about my MP3 collection."
Only one hour after osnews.com this time - Slashdot is getting faster :)
About a month ago, I spoke to a guy on EFnet who said he might.
I'm sure there are others too.
Remember the BSA and the European Commision directive?
"Interestingly, the MSWord document contained a hidden author's field with the name Francisco Mingorance. This indicates that he has at least revised the text on his machine, and further evidence suggests that he played a major role in the drafting."
Fight. Fight, I tell you.
Freemason Grand Master: ...and we will call it Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange!
Illuminatus Rex: Hm.. Mu.. Ant.. Te... Matie? MATIE? Didn't we decide to keep the Aussie division out this time?
Freemason Grand Master: No, no, they are not in. Purely a coincidence.
Paul W.: Well, it sounds a bit... dull.
Illuminatus Rex: I agree. MATIE just will not work. Think of USA PATRIOT - Uniting and Strengthening - now that is a classic. Even TIA is better, even thought it is just a TLA. How are we going to keep people on their toes with MATIE? People should think of strength and cunning, not Foster's and dingos. We are not playing shadow government here!
Alan G.: What if we change a few letters... uhm.. MATRIX?
Illuminatus Rex: Eeexcellent.
He is telling that Suicidegirls got popular through P2P. They found a niche in a market with lots of competition.
RIAA has a monopoly they wish to keep.
The same mechanisms do not apply.
Fedora Core 2 test1. And don't tell me it doesn't count because it is a "test release", 'cause so is Mandrake 10, even though they call it "Community" instead of "rc" :)
You know, I really think Mandrake is a nice distribution. I even considered paying for a membership, untill I saw what they offer.
One thing is the level system in general, giving special access to those who pay more, but when I see what they are trying to tempt me with:
Silver members can download (...) PowerPack along with its numerous proprietary drivers and plugins.
Their bold, not mine. Whoopeedoo, pay extra to ENCOURAGE prorietary drivers. They are also proud to present "commercial applications which are normally only available in retail packs", various other discounts, "Direct-trading program for MandrakeSoft stock, plus access to real-time trading information", and with a GOLD membership (600 Euros a year) you can even see their webpages WITHOUT BANNER ADS!
It is of course good they are able to make some money to PAY people for the good work they are doing, but it should be possible without turning the whole thing into something ugly.
Your example isn't really valid. You can give step-by-step instructions with words that are familiar to another techie, but not to the end user.
For example:
1. Open Device Manager
2. Go into the properties of your secondary IDE controller, if it says "PIO", change it to "DMA".
A techie would get these instructions at once, but an end-user would have problems just FINDING the device manager. Of course, if he opens some Windows help file, he might be able to search for it, but how can we expect him to know where to LOOK for those help functions in the first place?
Even if you break it down for the user ("Click Start in the bottom left corner, select Control Panel, select System.."), it is always something you can miss. If the Control Panel of XP is en "Category view" (default), he has to click "Switch to classic view" to find the System icon - if he by accident clicks outside the window he should do the next step in, the Window might be sent to back - being hidden by another window.
Bottom line: Notes written by a techie might be patronizing for another techie, but for someone with no experience at all, there is ALWAYS something you overlooked.
What do you mean "my shows"? You mean OUR shows, right? Of course you should be able to record any show you want - and play them back at any time - for a ever-so-little fee. We have been letting people do that for free for too long now, and frankly we think it is un-American.
Oh, by the way, increased shareholder value, increased shareholder value! AHAHAA!
-- Your friendly neighbourhood media conglomerate CEO
You don't mention what Windows version you use, but it still IS in XP, just hidden: Click start->run and run conf.exe, and there it is.
Just when Microsoft start phasing out Netmeeting, we get something compatible :)
I guess we should put a bounty up for someone to reverse engineer the MSN Messenger 6.1 webcam protocol. (And yes, I know what GnomeMeeting is - and is supposed to do - and also know that an IM is not the same, but still, people just want to communicate with their friends and family.)
Let us hope Longhorn will let you install them, then ;)
Somehow, I think it is connected to this whole "9/11" thing. Every authoritarian politician is looking at USA's increased fascist tendencies, thinking "If THEY can do it, we can too".
All we (who care) can do is yell. And try to make others care (and yell).
Anything wrong with the NVidia driver under 2.6? I've been using it for a couple of rounds in Enemy Territory under 2.6.2, and haven't encountered any problems yet.
They don't need to move away from the basic protocols, they just need to keep pushing connectivity with asyncronous transfer rates. Oh, the days before ADSL looked so bright. Imagine what it would be like if we all could upload with the same speed as we can download now.