Actually, if you would remove that DRM on those ebooks, that would be good.
Watermarking is better anyways since fileopen and Adobe DRM are both easily removable (via automated screenshotting or via a quick Google) and, therefore, provide only negative value. Cisco Press made the switch this month. Regardless, I'm considering the printed edition. On Nov 22, 2010 9:38 AM, "--Hammer--" <[email protected]> wrote: > LOL. Maybe they were offline for a reason. Like not to upset the vendor. > > > > PS: Wayne/Vikram/Tyson, Please don't change anything! We love the products > the way they are! > > > > > > --Hammer > > > > "I was a normal American nerd." > -Jack Herer > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Betz > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 9:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] DB - RE: VoD on Portable Devices > > > > Well, it looks like I got a bunch of responses right away, with multiple > people telling me the same thing-- but the responses were to me, not to the > list. > > > > For reference: they said to unfascistize it, just look in > /com/ipexpert/data.dat/. > > > > Thanks all. > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 9:03 AM, David Betz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you. That's one more issue checked-off in my due diligence. > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:54 AM, --Hammer-- <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's easy. There was a thread about a month ago. The videos are all hidden > in the > > > > /com/ipexpert/data.dat/ > > > > folder. From there, you rename the extension from .IPX to .MP4. That's all > they are. No DRM. Just video files with a different extension. I've > converted them and run them natively with VLC on a variety of widgets. The > only pain was manually playing each file to figure out what it really was. > Took me about 30 minutes to go thru the files. Enjoy and good luck. > > > > --Hammer > > > > "I was a normal American nerd." > -Jack Herer > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Betz > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] VoD on Portable Devices > > > > What success have people had in using the VoD on their portable devices? > > > > Personally, I live off my iPad (v4.2) and have for months. I do my labs > from my iPad at a cafe all day long: Android tethering + LogMeIn + BT > Keyboard (=never need a power outlet in a cafe again, no more extensive > setup, and it all fits in my technology jacket-- thank you > http://www.scottevest.com/), with "reference-type" CCIE-level Cisco Press > books (thank you $10 book of the day) in my PDF reader and my > "textbook-type" books (i.e. Doyle) on my latest generation Kindle. > > > > So, I want the VoD on my iPad, piece by piece as I need them, because I'm > sure the VoD is huge. Unless it's DRM, I can't imagine why it couldn't be > copied. I heard that you are facistly forced into using a flash interface > and that the VoD videos are scattered all over the drive, but, again, > without DRM, I don't see how a script couldn't fix that. > > > > I've no problem inventing in the full non-electronic BSL (as I hear the > electronic one has DRM on it-- though my iPad reads supports most DRM > formats), but unless I can use actually use the stuff, there's no point. > > > > David > > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > >
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