Comments on: Stupid DVD drive, semi-stupid SpamKarma2

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:18:16 +0000

Hmm, I use Akismet and it does very nicely for me. A few false negatives, a few false positives at first but none in the past few months. I’d be FLOODED IN CRAP if I didn’t.

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:02:33 +0000

Darrick, unfortunately there is the following on that page:

Note: Digital titles cannot be downloaded to computers located in the library, or remotely downloaded to iPods, or used on Mac computers.

By: darrick

darrick — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:43:12 +0000

I went through the rip audio cds to mp3 for my mp3 player too for about 3 years. Come to find out the Rochester library lets you dl drm’d audiobooks which sure beats ripping a book. Here is the link http://overdrive.libraryweb.org/105154A0-20D4-4ECD-8393-4F34246FB809/10/327/en/Default.htm

By: Peter Corlett

Peter Corlett — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:03:50 +0000

The drive’s clearly knackered, but iTunes is also complicit in the requirement to reboot even on a virgin machine. I ended up with a PowerMac that has two optical drives in it so I can keep working when it’s lost one of them

I don’t think I need to look at Apple’s price list for a new Powerbook case to know that you’ll probably find a USB optical drive will be substantially cheaper. Possibly even a Blu-ray drive would be cheaper…