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From: Woody on 2 Mar 2010 16:27 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-02, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > > And yes, it's the DRM that's Apple only. > > > > It is *very* Newspeak. But it's not as comedy as MS's "PlaysForSure" > > DRM tech, that they didn't even bother to put in all versions of > > Windows and Zunes that were supposed to play the same stuff. > > To the best of my knowledge I've only ever once run into a situation where > Fairplay prevented me from playing something, and that was because I'd > somehow authorised five computers. > > Still not entirely sure how I did that. Easy enough fix though. It is. You could use harmony and strip out the DRM. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Jim on 2 Mar 2010 16:28 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > To the best of my knowledge I've only ever once run into a situation where > > Fairplay prevented me from playing something, and that was because I'd > > somehow authorised five computers. > > > > Still not entirely sure how I did that. Easy enough fix though. > > It is. You could use harmony and strip out the DRM. In my case I just deathorised all machines and re-did them. I think I added a Windows machine at some point that I no longer had access to (owing to it now running a completely different OS) otherwise I'd have just deauthorised the rogue machine. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Woody on 2 Mar 2010 16:50 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > To the best of my knowledge I've only ever once run into a situation where > > > Fairplay prevented me from playing something, and that was because I'd > > > somehow authorised five computers. > > > > > > Still not entirely sure how I did that. Easy enough fix though. > > > > It is. You could use harmony and strip out the DRM. > > In my case I just deathorised all machines and re-did them. I think I > added a Windows machine at some point that I no longer had access to > (owing to it now running a completely different OS) otherwise I'd have > just deauthorised the rogue machine. I just had one album protected, but the fact it cause me a problem once was too much, so I unlocked it. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: zoara on 2 Mar 2010 17:28 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > > That's nice, but seriously, look at the source (the master.css > > file). > > It's utterly hideous. True, but maybe practices will evolve and we'll end up with more maintainable source (maybe higher-level source which is "compiled" into native CSS or some other wizardry?) Plus it's just an experiment right now. Forgive them their source files for they have simulated a Flash animation. > Not just that, but how many browsers/OSs have Webkit? (already noted that you mean *don't*) You basically have three main browser engines these days: • Webkit. Includes Safari, Chrome, Omniweb, the browsers on iPhone, Android and PalmOS, as well as soon on Blackberry. • Gecko. Firefox, Camino, many "specialist" or embedded browsers. • IE. Um, IE. Which is, admittedly, a very bug chunk. And I think mobile IE uses the same renderer. > And can it be made > to work, in principle, in those browsers/systems? Yes. It's just HTML and CSS. Some browsers support enough for these playthings, some don't, yet. It's not a webkit-specific thing, it's just that webkit has enough already implemented that it's the one people use to play with this stuff. Aside from "in principle", there's apparently some reluctance from Firefox to support embedded H264 due to licensing issues (they'll still support the video tag but only with ogg, or something). So standards may well remain fractured. IE? Who knows. Development stalled after they'd crushed the competition and they're now catching up having been caught sleeping. Presumably they'll add decent support for CSS3 if it looks like their lack of it is losing them significant marketshare. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 2 Mar 2010 18:50
On 2 Mar 2010 22:28:44 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >� IE. Um, IE. Which is, admittedly, a very bug chunk. Hee hee! Cheers - Jaimie -- The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. - Anatole France |