Well thanks for playing the game, but getting snarky because you disagree with the adjective I chose to describe my music collection is a little over the top. Lets just agree to end it?
By the way, did you register a username? I'm obviously NoPantsJim...
I'm probably not explaining my thought process very well. Here's another shot at it...
Have you ever seen the episode of Futurama where Fry starts dating a Lucy Liu robot? They show an educational film titled "Don't Date Robots!" that explains if you could just hook up with a beautiful robot woman all day who didn't care what you looked like, what your personality was like, how smart or successful you were, or what your hygiene habits were like, you wouldn't be motivated to ever do anything else. Hell, if I could be a fat slob and buy myself a pair of Carmen Electra robots who didn't care if I brushed my teeth or not, I'd be one happy guy. When things that used to take effort to achieve are suddenly handed out, people become lazy and sedentary.
I know that's probably very abstract, I hope I'm getting my point across effectively.
Hard work is good, effort is good, trying to succeed and surpass is good. Expecting others to figure out solutions for you to avoid all of this is bad. But that's just my opinion.
I tend to buy music on eBay. I find tons of cds still wrapped in their original cellophane, but with a slightly cracked case that keeps them from being sold in stores. I buy the cds (usually under $5) and then replace the jewel cases with ones I buy in bulk. Much cheaper that way, I still get a disk that is in perfect condition that I can rip to my own specifications, and no stealing online.
Again, I was never trying to claim that I was the king of having digital music, nor that I have more than any other Slashdotter ever. I was saying that streaming digital music still makes sense for someone who has all the music they already want at their disposal.
I'm not sure I understand, what made you decide to turn this thread into some absurd superiority battle over who has more music? My initial post was trying to explain to someone else why streaming still makes sense in this day and age, and you turned it into a dick measuring contest. Go troll someone else.
Well also consider this. What happens when everyone is either nice and skinny or super ripped? Our human nature is still to be competitive, so there will be plenty of us still striving to be physically better than the guy standing next to you. When does it end?
Your argument about how children are raised is pretty weak. There was always junk food available in my home growing up, and I turned out fine. My brothers on the other hand are morbidly obese. I chose to ask my parents to let me play ice hockey, and they did. Several players from my team came from the forceful parents who only served healthy food types of homes, and they all turned into fat slobs when they left for college. I know dozens of people who were terribly fat as children, and made the conscious choice to change themselves for the better. It's all about personal choice once you become an adult. Blaming your parents for making you fat once you've passed the age of 25 is complete and utter BS.
I suppose I just don't like the idea of fat, lazy people sitting around thinking "Oh I can have another dozen donuts, it's ok, smart scientists will figure out a way to make me skinny." It's like not working because you know you can get welfare from the taxes of the people who do.
Someone just posted the following to another thread of mine:
"I moderated in the myspace thread, so i cant comment there, and you don't have your email listed, but 5400 songs is what i had after a two years of dialup on napster/audiogalaxy back in my high school days. i think 30 gigs for a "serious" music collection is pretty small given all things considered."
I think we've gotten to a point where quality takes a back seat to quantity in these mp3 hoarding days. Honestly, I can't say for certain that I really love every single one of the 5400 songs on my iPhone. I could probably stand to delete quite a few, and I'm sure anyone who claims 30 gigs isn't a sizable music collection probably has tons of stuff they could easily delete without missing.
I have the 32gig iPhone 3gs. Currently there are over 5400 songs on it, spanning 15 solid days of music. Maybe it's not "massive" in your eyes, but it's enough to keep me entertained.
I hate listening to the radio, so for awhile I tended to miss out on most new stuff. A couple of times, my absolute favorite bands released a cd without me even knowing because I wasn't paying attention.
Pandora fixed everything I hate about normal radio. Now I enter in all my stuff, and still get recommendations on new music. If I don't like a new song, I just skip it. Pandora has introduced me to many new bands which I love.
And yes, I have a massive cd collection, all ripped to mp3 and carried on my iPhone, so streaming does make sense for people with a large collection.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a prescription version for people with a legitimate medical need. I would just hate to see it sold over the counter.
I'm probably going to get modded flamebait for this one, but here goes...
I work hard to keep my physique. I lift heavy daily. I choose what I eat very carefully, and I don't give in when I crave crappy food. I keep my beer intake to a minimum. I have earned the right to look the way I do.
Far, far too many people in this country just want something for nothing. They want the instant fix without any hard work, and this isn't limited to physical fitness. The idea that someone could pop a pill and suddenly look like a dedicated weight lifter makes me angry. It's like those damn diet pills you see everywhere. When the day finally comes that a diet pill really does work, I'll be furious.
Maybe I'm being too critical, but my opinion boils down to this: If you work hard at something, you deserve to reap the benefits. If you do not work hard at something, you deserve nothing.
Man did that game ever drag on and on. I did enjoy the slower pacing of the gameplay, and the feeling that you're trudging through molasses while your enemies are rollerblading down a smooth asphalt hill. It really added to the tension.
The overwhelming feeling of "Yeah, I've been here before, at least three times" just killed it for me. I never progressed past the Leviathan because I had just had my fill of spending an hour in an area where every single room looked exactly the same. It's weird, because I love movies like Alien, 2001, Moon, Sunshine, etc.
Give me a game like GOW2, with cinematic pacing and an environment that is consistently changing and moving from one dynamic location to another.
Damnit, I had no idea there was that much demand, and that this thing won't be available til January. I guess that kills my plans for my mom's "Atheist People Give Presents" day gift. Maybe a gift certificate and a picture of the Nook...
I find it has everything to do with the artistic integrity of the musician, and almost nothing to do with money. Pickup a cd from a band like Mastodon and you'll find it's exquisitely mixed and a real experience to listen to. The 10 minute song "The Czar" from their most recent cd is nothing short of amazing. Conversely, buy something from most big name bands with huge label contracts and it sounds like it's being played through a tin wall on guitars made out of a sponge.
"With the curious resurgence of vinyl, a parallel revival has emerged: The turntable"
What did you expect would happen, people would start buying vinyl records, but just look at them instead of playing them? Is there some iPhone vinyl add-on I'm not aware of?
Tomorrow on Slashdot: A sudden increase in the sale of left shoes curiously correlates to a parallel increase in the sale of right shoes.
I dunno, I've found Google's targeting to be pretty spot-on, with the exception of Gmail (which is still pretty accurate). I find if I search for something, I'll get ads related to that search, not previous searches.
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Well thanks for playing the game, but getting snarky because you disagree with the adjective I chose to describe my music collection is a little over the top. Lets just agree to end it?
By the way, did you register a username? I'm obviously NoPantsJim...
I'm probably not explaining my thought process very well. Here's another shot at it...
Have you ever seen the episode of Futurama where Fry starts dating a Lucy Liu robot? They show an educational film titled "Don't Date Robots!" that explains if you could just hook up with a beautiful robot woman all day who didn't care what you looked like, what your personality was like, how smart or successful you were, or what your hygiene habits were like, you wouldn't be motivated to ever do anything else. Hell, if I could be a fat slob and buy myself a pair of Carmen Electra robots who didn't care if I brushed my teeth or not, I'd be one happy guy. When things that used to take effort to achieve are suddenly handed out, people become lazy and sedentary.
I know that's probably very abstract, I hope I'm getting my point across effectively.
Hard work is good, effort is good, trying to succeed and surpass is good. Expecting others to figure out solutions for you to avoid all of this is bad. But that's just my opinion.
I tend to buy music on eBay. I find tons of cds still wrapped in their original cellophane, but with a slightly cracked case that keeps them from being sold in stores. I buy the cds (usually under $5) and then replace the jewel cases with ones I buy in bulk. Much cheaper that way, I still get a disk that is in perfect condition that I can rip to my own specifications, and no stealing online.
Again, I was never trying to claim that I was the king of having digital music, nor that I have more than any other Slashdotter ever. I was saying that streaming digital music still makes sense for someone who has all the music they already want at their disposal.
I'm not sure I understand, what made you decide to turn this thread into some absurd superiority battle over who has more music? My initial post was trying to explain to someone else why streaming still makes sense in this day and age, and you turned it into a dick measuring contest. Go troll someone else.
Well also consider this. What happens when everyone is either nice and skinny or super ripped? Our human nature is still to be competitive, so there will be plenty of us still striving to be physically better than the guy standing next to you. When does it end?
Your argument about how children are raised is pretty weak. There was always junk food available in my home growing up, and I turned out fine. My brothers on the other hand are morbidly obese. I chose to ask my parents to let me play ice hockey, and they did. Several players from my team came from the forceful parents who only served healthy food types of homes, and they all turned into fat slobs when they left for college. I know dozens of people who were terribly fat as children, and made the conscious choice to change themselves for the better. It's all about personal choice once you become an adult. Blaming your parents for making you fat once you've passed the age of 25 is complete and utter BS.
I suppose I just don't like the idea of fat, lazy people sitting around thinking "Oh I can have another dozen donuts, it's ok, smart scientists will figure out a way to make me skinny." It's like not working because you know you can get welfare from the taxes of the people who do.
Someone just posted the following to another thread of mine: "I moderated in the myspace thread, so i cant comment there, and you don't have your email listed, but 5400 songs is what i had after a two years of dialup on napster/audiogalaxy back in my high school days. i think 30 gigs for a "serious" music collection is pretty small given all things considered." I think we've gotten to a point where quality takes a back seat to quantity in these mp3 hoarding days. Honestly, I can't say for certain that I really love every single one of the 5400 songs on my iPhone. I could probably stand to delete quite a few, and I'm sure anyone who claims 30 gigs isn't a sizable music collection probably has tons of stuff they could easily delete without missing.
I have the 32gig iPhone 3gs. Currently there are over 5400 songs on it, spanning 15 solid days of music. Maybe it's not "massive" in your eyes, but it's enough to keep me entertained.
I hate listening to the radio, so for awhile I tended to miss out on most new stuff. A couple of times, my absolute favorite bands released a cd without me even knowing because I wasn't paying attention.
Pandora fixed everything I hate about normal radio. Now I enter in all my stuff, and still get recommendations on new music. If I don't like a new song, I just skip it. Pandora has introduced me to many new bands which I love.
And yes, I have a massive cd collection, all ripped to mp3 and carried on my iPhone, so streaming does make sense for people with a large collection.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a prescription version for people with a legitimate medical need. I would just hate to see it sold over the counter.
I'm probably going to get modded flamebait for this one, but here goes...
I work hard to keep my physique. I lift heavy daily. I choose what I eat very carefully, and I don't give in when I crave crappy food. I keep my beer intake to a minimum. I have earned the right to look the way I do.
Far, far too many people in this country just want something for nothing. They want the instant fix without any hard work, and this isn't limited to physical fitness. The idea that someone could pop a pill and suddenly look like a dedicated weight lifter makes me angry. It's like those damn diet pills you see everywhere. When the day finally comes that a diet pill really does work, I'll be furious.
Maybe I'm being too critical, but my opinion boils down to this: If you work hard at something, you deserve to reap the benefits. If you do not work hard at something, you deserve nothing.
Man did that game ever drag on and on. I did enjoy the slower pacing of the gameplay, and the feeling that you're trudging through molasses while your enemies are rollerblading down a smooth asphalt hill. It really added to the tension.
The overwhelming feeling of "Yeah, I've been here before, at least three times" just killed it for me. I never progressed past the Leviathan because I had just had my fill of spending an hour in an area where every single room looked exactly the same. It's weird, because I love movies like Alien, 2001, Moon, Sunshine, etc.
Give me a game like GOW2, with cinematic pacing and an environment that is consistently changing and moving from one dynamic location to another.
Yep, kind of what I was going for there.
You got that right.
Actually, I love XKCD but that hadn't actually crossed my mind. Thanks for posting the comic, though.
Nope, I'm Jim.
Damnit, I had no idea there was that much demand, and that this thing won't be available til January. I guess that kills my plans for my mom's "Atheist People Give Presents" day gift. Maybe a gift certificate and a picture of the Nook...
You must be a fucking blast at parties.
You're absolutely right. I'm a shithead for implying that most people have one left foot and one right foot.
I find it has everything to do with the artistic integrity of the musician, and almost nothing to do with money. Pickup a cd from a band like Mastodon and you'll find it's exquisitely mixed and a real experience to listen to. The 10 minute song "The Czar" from their most recent cd is nothing short of amazing. Conversely, buy something from most big name bands with huge label contracts and it sounds like it's being played through a tin wall on guitars made out of a sponge.
What's so pretentious about audiophiles and hipsters?
It was definitely meant as a joke, but I get what you mean. My dad has cases and cases of vinyl records from his youth just rotting away in the attic.
As impractical as that would be, the existence of that credit card scanner attachment makes me think it could be done.
What did you expect would happen, people would start buying vinyl records, but just look at them instead of playing them? Is there some iPhone vinyl add-on I'm not aware of?
Tomorrow on Slashdot: A sudden increase in the sale of left shoes curiously correlates to a parallel increase in the sale of right shoes.
I dunno, I've found Google's targeting to be pretty spot-on, with the exception of Gmail (which is still pretty accurate). I find if I search for something, I'll get ads related to that search, not previous searches.