Hmmm... surely the bitrate on the mp3s it serves isn't going to be full quality? If it was then the abuse potential for this "app" is huge! I wouldn't mind betting it serves only radio quality mp3s to still leave some incentive for CD spoofers to purchase the CD. Haven't tried it yet tho so can't say for sure...
Right, first things first - I agree with most people here about the whole "geeks being picked on" thing. When you're growing up as a teenager you're very vunerable to other peoples negativity, and too much of that can definately mess you up in the head, of that I have no doubt. But what people here seem to be overlooking is that this wasn't a simple case of "The Geek Strikes Back". These guys were Nazis. They struck on Hitler's birthday. They targetted racial minorities in their massacre for God's sake! Before all the geeks here (of which I may well be one!) jump on the bandwagon and use this whole episode as a platform for airing their own insecurities, they'd be well to make note that they sound like their siding with Nazis. Sure, let's examine the whole school culture - I definately think there's room for improvement there - but let's not link it in with the Littleton massacre. They're two quite distinct issues, and you'll only do the geek cause harm by trying to tie the two things together.
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Hmmm... surely the bitrate on the mp3s it serves isn't going to be full quality? If it was then the abuse potential for this "app" is huge!
I wouldn't mind betting it serves only radio quality mp3s to still leave some incentive for CD spoofers to purchase the CD. Haven't tried it yet tho so can't say for sure...
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Right, first things first - I agree with most people here about the whole "geeks being picked on" thing. When you're growing up as a teenager you're very vunerable to other peoples negativity, and too much of that can definately mess you up in the head, of that I have no doubt.
But what people here seem to be overlooking is that this wasn't a simple case of "The Geek Strikes Back". These guys were Nazis. They struck on Hitler's birthday. They targetted racial minorities in their massacre for God's sake!
Before all the geeks here (of which I may well be one!) jump on the bandwagon and use this whole episode as a platform for airing their own insecurities, they'd be well to make note that they sound like their siding with Nazis.
Sure, let's examine the whole school culture - I definately think there's room for improvement there - but let's not link it in with the Littleton massacre. They're two quite distinct issues, and you'll only do the geek cause harm by trying to tie the two things together.