Re: [OT] DVD reading (was Re: Misc hardware questions

[Edward Dekkers]

> Well, your high upstanding moral character. :-)

LOL

> And, a little thing called economics.  At the current stage of the game, I
> don't think there is any removable media, with the exception of say tape,
> with the capacity of a dual layer DVD. You could right it to HD, but that
> would cost you at least $100 for a cheap drive (probably more) of the size
> required.

I understand that. At this stage of the game. Remember 20Mb drives were huge
in XTs.

> Hope that brings things into a little bit better picture.

It does. I still say it's tempting fate tho. You give a home user the
ability to decrypt these things, you're halfway to pirating them. The next
generation of storage devices will carry a lot more clout.

But, OTOH, I do agree that for legit uses, DeCSS is a good thing.

Edward Dekkers (Director)
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