This works, it's true. If the file isn't an mp3 or an AIFF or some other format that it recognizes itself, it falls through and relies on Quicktime to play the file. It's a bit of a hack.. There are of course a couple caveats. First, understand that you can't encode into OGG format from iTunes. Secondly, the sound data isn't analyzed and passed onto the visual plugins, so your visuals won't work in Quicktime mode. You probably don't care about that though...
...is the link to a meaningful one.
Your issues about the game seem to stem from the SafeDisc technology that they use. Giving criticism of this system is certainly meaningful to readers, but for a fair share of us, we *were* able to get past the installation and startup. A fair share of us use other systems that don't have drives assigned by letters in the alphabet.
Rant all you want about the quality of reviews in other gaming publications. But I'll keep reading them; they are the ones providing a fair, comprehensive criticism of the game.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be interested in taking a gander at the original.dat file, but the link is in Japan and very slow. Anyone else mirroring it?
If people were forced to rename their songs to Me**llica-RideTheLightning, as you suggest, other Napster users would not come up with any hits if they tried searching for "Metallica". The music is really only available if it's accessible, and if they censor the name, then no one, both Napster and it's users, will be able to locate that song.
You do bring an interesting point about the censorship crossfire for other bands, however.
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This works, it's true. If the file isn't an mp3 or an AIFF or some other format that it recognizes itself, it falls through and relies on Quicktime to play the file. It's a bit of a hack.. There are of course a couple caveats. First, understand that you can't encode into OGG format from iTunes. Secondly, the sound data isn't analyzed and passed onto the visual plugins, so your visuals won't work in Quicktime mode. You probably don't care about that though...
...is the link to a meaningful one. Your issues about the game seem to stem from the SafeDisc technology that they use. Giving criticism of this system is certainly meaningful to readers, but for a fair share of us, we *were* able to get past the installation and startup. A fair share of us use other systems that don't have drives assigned by letters in the alphabet. Rant all you want about the quality of reviews in other gaming publications. But I'll keep reading them; they are the ones providing a fair, comprehensive criticism of the game.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be interested in taking a gander at the original.dat file, but the link is in Japan and very slow. Anyone else mirroring it?
If people were forced to rename their songs to Me**llica-RideTheLightning, as you suggest, other Napster users would not come up with any hits if they tried searching for "Metallica". The music is really only available if it's accessible, and if they censor the name, then no one, both Napster and it's users, will be able to locate that song.
You do bring an interesting point about the censorship crossfire for other bands, however.
A female, computer geek, Quake2 designer, naked? With a link posted on Slashdot?
Playboy.com has been mercilessly slashdotted. It didn't have a chance.