Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Yes. The prove is in my Mac Powerbook which I shuttle >around crossing the Pacific fromm U.S. to Asia quite >often. Everytime I want to view DVDs from different >regions, the software prompt me for a change. But then >it also warns me whether I definitively want to do >that because it only allow 5 changes between regions >and then the entire DVD locks up. My gripe is why >build a Powerbook enabling portability and yet put in >the firewall of copywrighting making the end-user >suffer like crazy. So you have to have 2 or buy a new one every year. Its all part of the $ game, which the computer industry has begun to perfect: others follow in line -- imagine how expensive food could become ;-) - -- Alastair Firkin http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com ()" "'() ()" "() ()" "() ( '0',) ( '0' ) ( '0', ) (,,)(")(") (")(") (")(")(,) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html