AC is correct -- music from iTunes has been DRM free for years [again]. Originally it was all MP3's -- then yes, it was DRM'd AAC files.

Today it's DRM free AAC files -- that yes, have your Apple ID embedded. So what?

Even when it was encrypted it was trivial (for a geek :) to convert them to MP3's. Originally you could use your Firewire iPod connected to decrypt the files on the fly -- then Apple blocked that. Always has been possible to use something like Audio HiJack to re-record to MP3's.

Today -- just convert to MP3 in iTunes. No issue. And I keep going back to MP3 because of legacy devices connected to stereo's that only understand MP3's [original SliMP3's :-].

What the issue? Sales are up (and my stock :)

obligatory Nelson Muntz finger pointing, "haha"

a back handed insult is how you introduce somebody to a potential product? not a good salesman or a bit disgruntled? which is it?

airport benefit: I can explain to anybody where to pick one up [apple store, best buy, walmart, etc] -- and how to quickly / securely bring it online for them. It's 5pm right now. They need a working solution by 6pm. mikrotik won't cut it -- I'll certainly look at it for local installs though. thanks (!)

Go get some Apple AirPort Expresses.
Note: I'm an Apple fanboy and heavily invested. :)

I've tried DLink, Linksys, Cisco [which works, but on the $$$ corporate level], a few others, and Zyxel. Zyxel came close -- but the configuration has to be specific [repeater talk to SSID w/ specific MAC id]. The default quick setup could leave the sub-routers chattering amongst themselves... But I digress.

The AirPort's at $99 pay for themselves in setup alone. And frankly, they "just work". Unlike all the others the AirPort DOES PROPERLY PASS ALONG MULTI-CAST THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. All the other products sub-routers ... dropped multi-cast. No more AirPrint, AirVideo, etc... Yeah -- there's a ton of iOS devices along with Mac's involved on my networks now. :)

They dynamically can be setup as a sub-sub-repeater. Wander the network rather seamlessly. I've just recently gone through this headache and with the AirPort's they will *OWN* the area I want to cover -- add AirPort's as needed to have signal strength / coverage. Just did a 6,000sq/ft house -- all three floors, my home, and the office at 18,000 sq/ft plus yard coverage [as the bay doors are opened :-].

Amazing product.

Well -- others have told you what a robocall is.
Difficult? VERY. Call-ID is trivial to spoof in the US now. Unless they call a toll-free number which passes 'ANI' for billing purposes [you're paying for the call] -- never found a way to spoof *that*.

I remember one day about 15 years ago -- at 5:01pm (one minute passed office close) the ENTIRE switchboard lit up at the same time. I saw that happen once before -- someone was killed on our job-site. Freaked me out when it happened -- and going from rattled to pissed off pretty quickly once I started answering the calls.

Unfortunately for them then I had easy access to more phone lines than they did. There was also a bug in their software which I took advantage of [they didn't properly hide their caller-id].

I programmed 20 or 30 lines to call them [let it run for a week or two]. Once the call was answered -- and it's not that they were answering calls ... their system was picking up the line to make the next robocall which connected my inbound call. There's also another problem [for them] -- the caller "supervises" the line. Meaning once I got in a quick hang-up / pick-up [to make the next call] on their end would NOT WORK [the call was supervised by my end].

Within an hour I had our system providing the supervised calls fake dial-tones, listening [recording] the dialed attempt, and providing a fake busy signal back. Whatever they were selling for the next couple of weeks wasn't working too well.

Those victories to the phone spammers are few and very very far in-between...

Because maybe his job sucks and his wife is a little hottie and banging her is, well, FUN. It's called life... :)

It's the syllables. 3 is so 1900's and too many.

Not that they simply stole money from me. To license their product on hardware that is 1) still running today and 2) never ran Windows, but still runs Linux. I can easily think of ~$4K they got from me -- money that I would have rather bought more ï£ stock with. That's roughly an additional $285,000 Bill Gates owes me I believe. Of course their antics are the reason I started looking at other companies and choosing the red or blue pill I'll leave for another day.

And as ingeniously stated previously, "karma's a bitch". And frankly I never forget.

Microwho? Troll

Well .. *I* have recycled my old hard drives... The magnets in server class hard drives are phenomenal. They make absolutely wonderful tool holders -- as long as the tool can become magnetized (and they do) without being a problem for you. You find yourself buying metal things just so you can hang them up easily... :)

You'll spend more time in the POST than you will booting the OS up...

> There's no ignition system to worry about, no plugs and so on.

What does this mean? There has to be some sort of ignition system [to worry about :-]. I wonder how well this car will start in -20F weather.

> The downside is the soot that comes out the back when accelerating hard.

I always saw that as a PLUS. Usually don't accelerate _hard_, but when that idiot is riding you it's fun to "dust them" and with the torque ... buh-bye.

I am living in a police state.

You've already ticked me off by wasting my time.
Link to the print version next time: http://www.infoworld.com/print/151276

I prefer my password. It's just a PITA that changes daily. alias s='sudo -i'
Same result as "su -" but with less typing.

Yes, root's password was set / changed. It's insanely long. I like it that way.

PS: this /. interface sucks now :wq