Rumor has it that if you hold down the shift key while loading the CD, the copy protection is by-passed.
Rumor has it that if this were true, it's against the law to tell anybody.
Stupid DMCA.
Also, things might be getting worse next year: [link]
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tommyrot - Dec 29, 2004 6:36:18 am PST #866 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wolfram - Dec 29, 2004 6:38:26 am PST #867 of 10003
Visilurking
I just bought this one ( [link] ) for the office and added 512 MB of RAM for $87.00. Works great. For some reason I have this Celeron/Duron prejudice and I don't know where it comes from or if it's legitimate.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2004 6:41:46 am PST #868 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have WalMart/brand I don't know prejudice. There is a comment on the page of that one Toshiba one saying the Celeron M isn't crappy like previous Celeron chips. At this point, I've realized that my current laptop is SO crappy, anything will feel like a dream.
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2004 6:42:13 am PST #869 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
things might be getting worse next year:
How is this going to mesh with the digital revolution? Can they really get us hooked on iPods, and then tell us we can't do that with the music we bought any more? Has the digital revolution actually happened, or is it just some privileged kids enjoying themselves?
Tom Scola - Dec 29, 2004 6:45:52 am PST #870 of 10003
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The people who want to copy-protect CDs are in major denial that the iPod even exists.
Lilty Cash - Dec 29, 2004 6:48:50 am PST #871 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
ita is me. I'm all fighting mad. I didn't do anything wrong. Except to buy an iPod I couldn't afford because I thought I could legally load my own personal music library onto it.
ETA: And it didn't (hypothetically) work. Well, it did, it bypassed the software, but the actual song quality is the same.
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2004 6:52:35 am PST #872 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If the Induce Act had passed Congress, iPods would have arguably become illegal.
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2004 7:32:10 am PST #873 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Haven't really looked at this, but it may prove useful to some folks: The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
le nubian - Dec 29, 2004 7:53:09 am PST #874 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So essentially...I should buy all my future music from Itunes? Is that where we are going?
le nubian - Dec 29, 2004 7:57:17 am PST #875 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommy,
excellent link.