ripping / Re: [linux-audio-user] Cactus Data Shield copy controlled cd's

[Steve Harris]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 03:37:33 -0400, Larry Troxler wrote:
> Wow, I guess that either I have always been mistaken about this, or the meaing 
> of the word has changed over the years. I always thought that "ripping" meant 
> getting a byte for byte digital copy, converting the CD audio format to a 
> soun file format. What you're describing, I always thought of as "taping". 

Yeah, I think your right, when I think of ripping I think of a cdparanoia
like process. Faster than realtime, (attempt) at a bit-for-bit copy.

- Seve