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Satellite Radio Is Officially Here
dragons_flight writes: "XM Satellite Radio has officially launched, initially selling equipment only in the Dallas and San Diego markets, but going national by Nov. 15. A reciever for home or car costs ~$300 plus a $10/month subscription service. Many new cars will be pre-equipped with satellite-ready radios. XM provides 100 digital channels, a signicant number of which are commercial free. Sirius satellite radio says they are committed to launching be the end of the year." Any readers out there with the equipment for this have comments about it? ($10x12 + $300 makes $420 I'll be putting toward other things.)
But will anyone really want to pay for radio?
it hurts and stuff.
Country AND Western!
They might have a few different channels for San Diego....
That, sir, would be my poopie. Your poopie is over there, by the fireplace.
Nice try.
unfortunately there are legal problems, as MP3 rights holders are trying to force shoutcast broadcasters to pay 10c for every song played. but it would be really cool. and to be able to set up your own private radio station from home and tune into it in your car... that would be sweet.
uhh... good! Just use this instead:
bop beep bob beep bop bop beep
ROFL, if I had any moderator points I'd mod this up to informative.
OMG that was hilarious
Our loss I'm sure. Go to some teen lame-rave for that shit.
just think...
if i could get a long haul of spunk down your throat!
Especially when that kind of money can get you a high quality CD burner.
How long before Clear Channel buy them out, bans half the songs, and replaces all the stations with their unique brand of MOR crap?
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Just remember that you're a terrorist now!
Take this bit from the Koran:
Surah: 3:151. We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they joined others in worship with Allâh, for which He had sent no authority; their abode will be the Fire
you hippy
The Bible contains passages like this, and many that are worse. Yet no rational Christian espouses that you kill anyone while they're filing paper or delivering a package. Don't take things out of context and present them as your truth.
I don't see your credentials as an expert on Islam.
Sorry mate, Dance is a subset of techno, and is often too 'clubby' for my taste.
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hey would they have to follow fcc rules like no curising or saying sexual stuff
may be a adult chanell for like x x x stuff would be kool p-o-r-n on radio would be nice but wierdo..
Uhh... have you heard of cable? Pay a monthly charge, and look at ads. Uhh... you must not have heard of cable. Sucks to be you.
The same reason I run Windows on my desktop as opposed to linux..
The same reason some people use Opera..
The same reason use cars instead of walking..
I don't get the point.
Windows = cracked and free
Opera = cracked and free
Cars = cost an average many months salary.
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thank you allengoodman@yahoo.com
"80 dollars of pot for coming down"??!?!
What the hell are you doing with it? Swimming in it??
Totally off topic, but do you have any psytrance mixes of yours that I could get ahold of? I'm a hard house and hard house DJ from Toronto, and while I prefer to spin housier stuff, I've been a big psytrance fan for years. Actually there's a really good reason why I won't spin psytrance, but I won't get into it here :).
Anyhow, if you (or anybody else reading this!) has some good psytrance mixes, send 'em my way! And if you like UK Hard House or Hard Trance, listen to my mixes at djnumbernine.com.
- j
alternate with:
oontz oontz oontz oontz
This should definately not have been modded down to troll. There would be a segment of people looking into satellite radio for what commercial radio completely skipped over, detroit or braindance type music. The BPM or club thing is for a different market, and that's the split of the electronica style that I have noted from the time it hit the American press. You can't ever hear minimal thumping drones and euphoric progressive house, then confuse the two.
Doesn't the Koran say that if you die in a holy war, you will become closer to god. Any religion that promotes war by offering closeness with god doesn't sound that peaceful to me. The bible doesn't say anything like that.
Damn right I'm an Anonymous coward.. screw the advertisers and the company that provides this stuff. The stream will be hacked within a week and everyone will be listening to it for free.
That's becuase islam is a backwards cook religion that is ridiculous. But if you criticize it then you become an "ignorant asshole". People constantly attack and criticize christianity, no one calls those people intolerant. How many people make fun of jehovas witnesses? but if you crack an islam joke your a close minded prick. I'm not defending christiantiy, i just think it's silly to make fun of harmless bible thumpers down south one minute, and then later defend islam. Face it, islam is a crock of shit. If you say islam should be defended then you better defend mormon's, scientoligists, jehova's witness, bah'hai and every other religion out there or you are a big wannabe politically correct drone.
It will be at circuit city on sept 30th. Pre-orders will be taken then. The receivers won't be $300, the Pioneer ones will be $199. The antennas do have a cost to them, as do the radios needed to run the receiver system (Unless you go with an RF system, which can work with your radio you have now). Home systems only have a sony option to go with (but it's cool because it can also be used in the car). The service should be killer since it covers the whole country, and the problem with driving along and losing the Bob and Tom show won't be a problem anymore!
Why the FUCK is this -1 offtopic?
What the fuck is your problem, moderators???