[LMB] (Chat) welcome to the 21st Century, again

[alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca]

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
>     I just logged on to my local library's website, to discover they now 
> offer free f/i/l/m/s (must find another word, medium obsolete) movies 
> and audio books as internet downloads from the library website direct to 
> patrons' computers.  (I'll bet that solves the problem of scratched-up 
> library DVDs, too.)  They have about 300 items available so far, they say

Yes, but -- if they're like the ones on my library's website they're 
covered by a nasty DRM software that must be downloaded onto your 
computer, and may do Lord Knows What.

And they only support certain versions of Windows. Not Macs, not 
Linux/Unix/BSD.

Very frustrating.

-- 
Alayne McGregor
alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." -- Ansel Adams