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CNN special on Digital Music and mp3

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tunes-on-demand dept.

BOredAtWork writes "CNN.com is running a special on mp3 and digital music. A new article on Rio is here, and an interesting one about groups getting started with mp3 here, to point out two of the newest articles. "

18 comments

  1. You didn't get it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ha! You did NOT get first post!

  2. FIRST POST!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    YAHOO!!!

  3. damn, i was filling it out at same time you were by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    o well....

  4. re: mp3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are there any (modern) MP3 encoders for Unix with source available?

    Well, BladeEnc is going to release the source Real Soon Now (TM), and there are lots of Unix binaries already.

  5. NINTH COMMENT!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    woohoo!!!

  6. okay something seriously must be done to stop this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Aint going to work.

    First posters will just jerk off on /. some other way. Oddly enough I've need seen any serious ascii art on /. yet. Where is it?

  7. okay something seriously must be done to stop this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    who cares who posts first? whats the big dealio? WHY is it always sooooo great to get 1st posties?

  8. okay something seriously must be done to stop this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I propose to start "The Coilition Against First Post Nick User's". Some tactics I can think of to rid /. of this scum:

    Insert code into the comments coding check the first 10 or so comments posted.

    If any of these messages...

    (1) are from a Nick User
    (2) contain any of the following words:
    "first, post, 1st, yahoo, whoopie, loser, lamer"
    (3) are less than 100 characters

    ...then delete the message entirely.

    I also propose that /. run a Poll asking what to do about these obviously pathetic forms of life with nothing better to do than to abuse a wonderfully informative website.

  9. Typical Clueless CNN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    And I've never used it to play anything but music by bands who don't have label contracts anyway. Of course, I wouldn't expect CNN to understand that real indie bands might actually exist and that some people might actually be interested in them.
    Music from bands without big label distribution deals is the real story of MP3s effect on the music industry. It brings the whole house of cards tumbling down.

  10. whats wrong with "first posting" ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What is wrong with posting "first post" ??
    Personally I find it funny, and think it actually
    adds something to the whole site.
    I also think its funny as an option in the poll.
    And anyway it doesnt interfere with any real discussion which starts irrespectively.

  11. mp3 by drwiii · · Score: 1

    Are there any (modern) MP3 encoders for Unix with source available?

  12. How do people manage their mp3s? by John+Campbell · · Score: 1

    I organize mine using a highly advanced cataloging system called "ext2fs". :) I've got a directory structure set up such that it's "/usr/data/music/Artist Name/Album Name/Song Name.mp3".

    If I want to random-play through all my songs, I can just do a "splay -s /usr/data/music/*/*/*.mp3". Playing all songs by a given artist or on a given album, or even playing all songs by the same name ("Learning To Fly", by Floyd, ELP, and Tom Petty, for example) are all almost as trivially easy. With a little creative symlinking, it's possible to match on just about any other criteria with nothing more complex than wildcard matching.

  13. How do people manage their mp3s? by Paul+Carver · · Score: 1

    I've started ripping some of my CDs with cdparanoia and bladeenc, but I haven't really organized the resulting files. How do those of you with huge collections deal with them? I just have them all in the same directory. I go to the playlist (I use GQmpeg) and add all.

    It would be really great if there were some kind of database interface that would generate playlists based on search criteria. Kind of like the Windows softare for the empeg car player.

  14. okay something seriously must be done to stop this by falser · · Score: 1

    I propose to start "The Coilition Against First Post AC's". Some tactics I can think of to rid /. of this scum:

    Insert code into the comments coding check the first 10 or so comments posted.

    If any of these messages...

    (1) are from an AC
    (2) contain any of the following words:
    "first, post, 1st, yahoo, whoopie, loser, lamer"
    (3) are less than 100 characters

    ...then delete the message entirely.

    I also propose that /. run a Poll asking what to do about these obviously pathetic forms of life with nothing better to do than to abuse a wonderfully informative website.

  15. Typical Clueless CNN by wolfen · · Score: 1

    I found it rather annoying that CNN claimed that
    the only ones interested in mp3 up until now were
    file swapping music pirates. (or something of that sort)
    I've been using mp3 and I've never swapped mp3 files with anyone. It's a great way to load all your music collection onto a couple hard drives and then play it back however you want.
    Who needs one of those ridiculous 200 cd players when you've got mp3?

  16. MEEPT!! by The+Glorious+Meept!! · · Score: 1

    Poor old Richard Stallman.

    MEEPT!!

  17. You didn't get it! by mmoore · · Score: 1

    I don't really remember what section I read it in-but I believe Rob was talking about randomizing the first few posts-very good idea-make the first 5-10 posts randomized, that way you won't get any IFPO's. I think it may have been the /. FAQ that was talking about that...

  18. FIRST POST!!!! by mmoore · · Score: 1

    Hey Rob-maybe you should name them: by Anonymous POS-you figure it out.