You just burn the song to a CD and rerip it as an unprotected MP3.
And yes, the CD burning and ripping part is built-in to iTunes already.
And yeah, Apple even tells you to do this to back your music up. So it's not like it is a hidden feature or some secret backdoor around the DRM or anything.
Or you could just make a law that requires Apple to open up the specifications to competitors, so they can make Apple DRM compatible players. So now competitors can make Apple DRM compatible players. Yay!
Also, people who don't use ipods generally don't have as much love for music as ipod users.
I love music so much that I have some of Vinyl to experience some 'original' sound. I love music so much that I use formats like FLAC which doesn't damage the audio.
Basically, buying a stripped down no-name mp3 player is doing a disrespect to the music you listen to.
iPods can't play FLAC files out of the box. Hacking the iPod to play FLAC files while there are alternatives (that don't require you to) out there seems stupid.
I for one am I big U2 fan, so I bought the U2 ipod to listen to U2 and show my love for this talented Irish Group.
Yes, it might be nice to do all of this in one step, but that wouldn't have made the iPod or iTunes as good of products as they are today. Why should Apple have to support every MP3 player under the sun?
If you RTFA. You would know that Apple is only meant to open the specifications to any competitor that would like to make a device that could play Apple DRM music.
All fast Intel notebooks get hot. Apple users are used to the cooler running G3's and G4's. That said, there were a number of units that ran exceptionally hot. Every report I've read where someone with that problem actually tried to have it replaced got a new one.
My non-Mac laptops don't get hot enough to burn my hands.
Actually, nail polish remover (non-acetone, non-isopropyl alcohol kind) does the trick. Also, this happens to a small number of people. Perhaps if you just have unlucky skin chemistry?
This is still a annoyance. Plus it's interesting how people who owned previous iBooks, and Powerbooks who never had this problem, now have it with the new MacBooks.
Anyone that has followed Apple products over the years knows not to purchase the first generation of any Apple redesign.
Anyone that has followed Apple products over the years knows that Apple never learns from their mistakes and will continue making faulty hardware. Whilst at the same time, not admitting there are any problems.
Seriously, I walked around my (small) neighborhood the other day with a laptop and netstumbler. I picked up over a hundred networks, 90% of which were open.
How many of those 'open' networks were using IPSEC?
When games I buy at the store can be popped into my Linux system and installed with no fuss...
Pretty much my experience (ie: Unreal Tournament, Railroad Tycoon II, Civilization: Call to Power). I even get some old popular titles FREE with 'alternative' maps (Quake, doom etc).
,install several random top shelf games, and have them all run flawlessly (no matter what type of hardware I have).
I can get games that don't run right under windows because of hardware issues working perfectly under Linux (Like Second life).
I run Windows XP-64.
Why? Do you have more than 4GB of RAM? Why do you need a 64bit OS?
Well, I would suggest changing permissions on the OpenOffice.org folder so "everybody" cannot write to it. Then set your anti-virus software to 'skip' scanning that folder when using the resident scanner (This is what I did for games under windows often).
Interestingly I've found this to be a windows problem. On my 2400+ windows desktop OOo takes longer to open a window from a cold start than does OOo on my FreeBSD 900Mhz laptop. Both are equipped with identical amounts of ram (512). OOo is in fact a much more sane thing to use on a nix system for some reason, though, I'm at a loss to really explain it.
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If companies aren't willing to make things inter-operate, that's good in my opinion (I'm actually half French).
There is also Crossover office.
I can't even quote this guy without writing more text in lower text, Slashdot's stupid lamer filter blocks me from posting.
Yay, it's legal to shoot bystanders now!
Well, I would suggest changing permissions on the OpenOffice.org folder so "everybody" cannot write to it. Then set your anti-virus software to 'skip' scanning that folder when using the resident scanner (This is what I did for games under windows often).
And I bet NO other students do this, and other universities don't have students that drink!
It's not only Google that do that, many Gnome applications have Gs in front.
I went to the store, looked around. The freebies that I can get are far better... Nevermind the 'good' clothes I can buy from stores.