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CA-AB-Downtown Edmonton-Help Desk Tier 1 & 2 - Bilingual French<br> Description:<br> 5 Tier 1 & 2 Helpdesk candidates required for our downtown, Fortune 500 client. Must be Bilingual French. Must know Windows XP, MS Office Professional, Office 2000, Lotus Notes, and Novell. WINNT is nice to have. 2-4 years experience in technical PC support and/or Helpline operations in a client/server environment. Experience supporting Intel based operating system. Good soft skills required (positive attitude, team player/self starter, communication skills, excellent listening skills, flexible, strong personal time management, task oriented, must be eager and willing to learn.) Fluency in the English language, articulate, and flexible with duties. Diploma or degree preferred- Microcomputer Specialist (GMCC), Computer Systems Technologist (NAIT), Computing Science (UofA), etc. Must be available for varying shifts in this 24/7 environment. All applicants must be bilingual French, or you need not apply.<br> Requirements:<br> Diploma or degree from a recognized institution, preferrably in relevant field, or equivalent working experience.<br> Software List: Some or all would be preferred.<br> Integral ? Benefits<br> Integral - Payroll<br> SAP and SAP Client<br> AOD (Access On Demand DB)<br> AIP ? Aspect integrator Platform<br> ASCC - Advanced Supply Chain Collaboration<br> AutoCAD<br> AutoCa d Lite<br> AutoVIEW<br> BAAN System ( Canada )<br> BOL ? Business OnLine<br> CADKEY<br> CAWP Helpdesk<br> CCRP process owner for Canada.<br> Chameleon (Xwindows)<br> CIT ? application<br> CIT - Cash In Time Notes Database (server issues)<br> Coach - Time keeping software<br> Columbus Citrix;<br> CompSCOT, MQ Queries, MQ Series,<br> Cosmos<br> CRS<br> C RS - Customer Reporting System<br> CSP (Commerce Solutions Project)<br> CSP and OMCT, If it is determined to be a database problem<br> CTI Admin Support; BOL - Business OnLine; Commerce Engine;<br> CTI Applic. Support<br> EDMS<br> EDS - Electrical design software<br> eSMART<br> eTB complaint/problem; eTB (Easy To Buy)<br> FAS US-PCS-Norwalk<br> FDTN - All Others<br> FDTN - Installation<br> FDTN - New User<br> FDTN - ODBC Error<br> FDTN - SPIN Website<br> First View<br> FTP Site - Canada<br> GAD Server issues<br> Global License Server Triad-Flex/LM, Pro-E<br> Global Notes Database<br> GP Time Entry - Electronic Timesheet System (ETS) - password resets<br> Greco CNC Software<br> Group Processes Project Information database<br> Hummingbird ExCeed<br> Hyperion Retrieve - WINFORM<br> IS Supportline US-Notes Support-Americas Database<br> JMIP Notes Database<br> MACPAC ViewNow<br> MANMAN (VIMS)<br> Masterfile - server issues<br> Masterfile ( same as above)<br> MAXIMO server<br> Microstation CAD<br> Minitab<br> MDS - Mechanical design software<br> ME10 - 2D Cad system - Canda<br> MQ Queries, MQ Series,<br> Netscape Communicator<br> Netting -Notes A Zurich supported Notes accounting database<br> New CA network accounts<br> New GIA/SRA account requests, Defective token returns<br> Norton Anti Virus 4.5 Corp edition to 2003<br> Notes file restore requests for Canada, Columbus, Raleigh and Windsor<br> Nuclio (also known as '7-space' to monitor our network)<br> NuTCracker - Runs Unix apps in NT<br> OMCT - Open Content Merging Technologies ( same is CSP )<br> Open Connect (Java VT Terminal Emulation) (Warminster)<br> Oracle, Remedy database,<
I wanted emusic for the same reasons as you - to discover things I would not otherwise have had access to.
But I'm assuming that people can still preview songs. I know that it doesn't provide the same sort of listening experience as downloading, listening, and then deciding to delete, I'm sure it will help emusic on two fronts: Bandwidth and profitability. I don't know their licensing scheme, but I can't imagine that they were making much money.
And with pointed discussions from their current subscribers to "new management", I'd be interested to see if they change their tune. So to speak.;)
So, let me get this straight. Some months, you don't download anything. So you're paying US$9.99 for nothing. And yet some months, as you say, you average 3 albums. That's within their parameters.
Why are you going to cancel? Just because they eliminated the "unlimited" downloads?
That makes absolutely no sense.
People should still be keeping their accounts and *encouraging* this type of non-DRM service. It's still cheaper (much!) than the next-best alternative, iTunes. Although I understand that their new "Privacy policy" leaves something to be desired.
Disclosure: No, I don't have an account, but have long wanted one. $10 may not seem like much to you, but it's a lot to a working family.
For instance, I used to go to CDNow.com for all of my music info needs - tracklisting, release dates, etc. I forget the exact details (I've written a previous rant about it), but I searched for either a song or album and the relevant search was 68 results in. Their engine seems to search word for word.
Okay, here you go. Went to amazon.com, searched for song title "The Ocean". There might be a few, but I'm looking for the Zeppelin song. Out of 4686 results, you can only sort by alpha, A-Z or Z-A. That. Sucks. Result #2 does not have any song called "the ocean", but rather a song called "(More Like An Ocean That A) Bathtub" - I'm assuming they mean "Than" instead of "That" but whatever.
CDNow would return a list with all songs called "The Ocean", then return songs with the word "Ocean" in the title. Amazon's search engine sucks, and I think they're in way over their head on this one, but I could be wrong. I have been before.
Additionally, if they're targeting a narrower audience, then they're not going up against Google, now, are they?:)
How's this for a cop out: Agreed, on all points.:) With caveats, of course. But my preferred method for Marathon was the keyboard. I never quite got the hang of the Quake-style mouse and keyboard for FPS. Works fine for DII for me, but never got there for the shooters.
Consoles have other issues - networking games, getting people to buy into those services, etc.
My point was when people complain that there weren't enough games for the Mac. Well, there might not be that many, but there are a hell of a lot of console games, and the Mac games tend to be labours of love (Marathon *sigh*) and very well done. You can do more with a PC, but if you're looking for the latest FPS or whatever, you can find a lot going on a console.
Me, I just have my PSX, still. And I'm still trying to gather money together for a keyboard and mouse for my TiBook, 'cause touchpad and laptop keyboard are worse than console controllers, IMO.;)
They had 2 versions of Myst under their belt, already, so it's not like they haven't had experience developing for the Mac.
I agree with T4D above, not only are there many factors (that I'm sure you're aware of) but if the original developers have left, it's probably a crapshoot. See: Bungie, and their promise that Halo would be released for Mac. Even after they were bought by Microsoft. The short answer is that there's no *good* reason for not developing for the Mac from the get-go. But, that said, I can't imagine that this game will be any fun.
Also, I'd probably say what I said 8 years ago, which is if you want a gaming machine, get a PS2 (well, 8 years ago I said PSX;) or GameCube (I'm omitting one large gaming system here for obvious reasons:). The games and graphics are much better quality than you'll get on a PC, as it's a dedicated system, and it's cheaper than a PC, too. Or Mac.:)
Anecdotally, I knew a story about a guy who charged very little for his computer services and wasn't getting much business. He wondered aloud to another tech who said "It's because you charge so little that they don't think you know what you're doing." He raised his rates and started getting more calls. So, if you do good work, charge close to what the MCSE guys do (or closer, not "way less") and you'll get more calls. At least you'll make more money.
Maybe. I did say it was an anecdote, but it makes sense.
Not sure about the encryption. I think so, though.
Weird is what you make of it. Incomplete? How so? It's like any other interface, it takes a bit to learn, but once you've got it, you don't think about it.
Those '30 MB' files are the database that it uses to know which files have changed and where to pull a file from a backup set, if you want to restore just one file. It's a very powerful program that people who are used to tower of hanoi or full backups take a while to get used to. Oh, and the file only gets to be 30MB after a lot of backups. I think probably quite a bit. The starting file is probably a couple of megs.
If you feel it was primitive, you probably didn't understand what it was doing. Seriously. I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm saying that it's got a lot going on that people don't "get". The argument isn't 'make it simpler' but 'how to make the complex simple'.
Dantz has not been bought, but has been "invested in" by VC. Which has changed the corporate culture and made for some interesting decisions, but not the strength of the program. $100 is cheap for pure peace of mind.
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I forgot they switched to paid support. Can be expensive. I'm not sure if they still have the Retro-Talk mailing list and for free, community help.
Pricing is confusing on their website. Retrospect "Pro" is only $80 on PC Zone.
You can back up to lots of different media - CD, DVD, HD, tape, zip, etc, etc, etc. I'd probably suggest a couple of rotating backup sets. sobiloff of the grandparent post was also correct, you can do a full backup, including the registry, and do a full restore of your PC. You can also designate which files you do *not* want to back up, like MP3s (if you have a large collection on your computer that was ripped from a large CD collection), temp files, etc. It's powerful stuff, and has a 30-day trial. Check it out.
I LOVE my Ext.Kbd ][. I still use it on my 8600/300. When I use it, which isn't often, but with RCA in/out, it definitely has it's uses.
And I'd love to have a puck for my laptop. I should buy a cheapo USB mouse but I forget to remember whenver I'm in a place where I can buy one for cheap. For that matter, I'd like an external keyboard, games suck on laptop keyboards without full fkey support (meaning you need to press the fn key to use them. Diablo II is unplayable. Almost.;)
But this was actually the "point" of my tutorial. People complain about the UI, but then point to *NIX, where, for the most part, they use the command line. I was using Linux a lot at work when OS X came out, and when I first saw it, it was different enough from OS 9 that I was somewhat lost as well. Then I found the Terminal, and started logging in to my remote servers using ssh (already installed), right there from the Apple store. I felt more at ease and comfortable right there, knowing I could get my work done while I learned the graphical side of things, which I like better than KDE.
To your point on servers, I think you'd find that the Apple Xserve was engineered to be a better all-in-one solution than some machines out there, but that's not all that important. I think what's important is that it's the point Cringely was making, is that people don't know enough about the hardware/software to recommend it, and don't want to know because it might make their jobs too easy.
Go to whichever computer looks the most like a PC (to assuage your discomfort level). Don't worry, few look like a PC.
Use the mouse and go down to the dock, usually located at the bottom of the screen.
Click on the Finder icon.
Click on the Applications icon at the top of the window that opens.
Open the Utilities folder within that window.
Double click on Terminal.
End tutorial. Should all be familiar from there.
Sort of facetious, but, well, not really. Try it. Take a half hour out of your time. If it's not that easy, well, then you now know you're making the right decisions instead of wondering "if".
The RIAA's president was not sure what advice to offer because he never imagined downloaders could be identified until Internet providers turned over subscriber records, as the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires them to do.
"It's not a scenario we had truthfully envisaged," Sherman said. "If somebody wants to settle before a lawsuit is filed it would be fine to call us, but it's really not clear how we're going to perceive this."
Okay, first of all, this doesn't make any sense: "If somebody wants to settle before a lawsuit is filed it would be fine to call us, but it's really not clear how we're going to perceive this." What? What are you percieving?
Second, it sounds like they're just subpoenaing people to scare them without a real plan. I mean, I know that's what they're doing, but with no plan to back it up? Some lawyer out there should start a website with what to do if you're charged, basic stuff that people can do, every single person charged, so that the RIAA has to respond to every person in every state. Basically, make them spend as much money as possible on litigation while keeping costs low for the people that are being sued so that soon it becomes financially irresponsible for them to continue with litigation.
Or something like that. This stuff really burns my biscuits!
I may be the 100th person to reply to you, but I'd rather order my burger from a kiosk where I *know* some 16 year old kid who's pissed as his girlfriend/boyfriend/parents/teacher/life isn't going to spit on my burger.
And no, I did not work at a burger joint, so I never spit on anyone's burger. I worked at a high-class restaruant.;)
I'm not sure if my friend has downloaded more than 2K tracks in a month (I think he did mention the 35 song queue), but I know he's been able to download enough to keep him happy.:) If you figure that an album is about 10 songs on average (probably more, but just for comparison's sake), then that's 200 albums worth in a month, which is a LOT of music. If you sign up for a year subscription, I believe it's $10/month. For that, you could get 120 songs from iTunes Music Store or, it sounds like less from BuyMusic.
Personally, I was excited by all the Jazz I saw up there. I'd like to hear more, but I don't really want to just plunk down money on stuff I don't know if I'll like. If I can download and listen at my leisure, that's the kind of deal I'm looking for, and emusic fits the bill there. Plus the fact that I'd be able to get a lot of older music that's hard to find on CD for cheaper than I could probably find on CD, it really sells itself (to me).
One of my friends belongs to emusic and is loving it, especially since they added the beggar's banquet catalog (bauhaus, Love & Rockets, etc). But I remember the first time I visited the site and browsed all the music (which you don't need IE to do...), it was jaw-drop after jaw-drop at all the good, quality music they had there, and all the different genres, as well. I think most of the rips are 128, but unlimited downloads for $10/month? It's a crazy good (legal) deal if you're a music fan.
emusic is what I'd do if I had the money to join a service. I haven't downloaded from the iTMS, but that's a money issue, too. 99 cents isn't too expensive, it's just a slippery slope I don't want to start myself on. Hopefully, one day, I'll have the dough. Oh, and I'll probably need a firewire drive to store all my music, too. And a DVD burner to back them all up.... And so it goes.:)
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CA-AB-Downtown Edmonton-Help Desk Tier 1 & 2 - Bilingual French<br>
Description:<br>
5 Tier 1 & 2 Helpdesk candidates required for our downtown, Fortune 500 client. Must be Bilingual French. Must know Windows XP, MS Office Professional, Office 2000, Lotus Notes, and Novell. WINNT is nice to have. 2-4 years experience in technical PC support and/or Helpline operations in a client/server environment. Experience supporting Intel based operating system. Good soft skills required (positive attitude, team player/self starter, communication skills, excellent listening skills, flexible, strong personal time management, task oriented, must be eager and willing to learn.) Fluency in the English language, articulate, and flexible with duties. Diploma or degree preferred- Microcomputer Specialist (GMCC), Computer Systems Technologist (NAIT), Computing Science (UofA), etc. Must be available for varying shifts in this 24/7 environment. All applicants must be bilingual French, or you need not apply.<br>
Requirements:<br>
Diploma or degree from a recognized institution, preferrably in relevant field, or equivalent working experience.<br>
Software List: Some or all would be preferred.<br>
Integral ? Benefits<br>
Integral - Payroll<br>
SAP and SAP Client<br>
AOD (Access On Demand DB)<br>
AIP ? Aspect integrator Platform<br>
ASCC - Advanced Supply Chain Collaboration<br>
AutoCAD<br>
AutoCa d Lite<br>
AutoVIEW<br>
BAAN System ( Canada )<br>
BOL ? Business OnLine<br>
CADKEY<br>
CAWP Helpdesk<br>
CCRP process owner for Canada.<br>
Chameleon (Xwindows)<br>
CIT ? application<br>
CIT - Cash In Time Notes Database (server issues)<br>
Coach - Time keeping software<br>
Columbus Citrix;<br>
CompSCOT, MQ Queries, MQ Series,<br>
Cosmos<br>
CRS<br>
C RS - Customer Reporting System<br>
CSP (Commerce Solutions Project)<br>
CSP and OMCT, If it is determined to be a database problem<br>
CTI Admin Support; BOL - Business OnLine; Commerce Engine;<br>
CTI Applic. Support<br>
EDMS<br>
EDS - Electrical design software<br>
eSMART<br>
eTB complaint/problem; eTB (Easy To Buy)<br>
FAS US-PCS-Norwalk<br>
FDTN - All Others<br>
FDTN - Installation<br>
FDTN - New User<br>
FDTN - ODBC Error<br>
FDTN - SPIN Website<br>
First View<br>
FTP Site - Canada<br>
GAD Server issues<br>
Global License Server Triad-Flex/LM, Pro-E<br>
Global Notes Database<br>
GP Time Entry - Electronic Timesheet System (ETS) - password resets<br>
Greco CNC Software<br>
Group Processes Project Information database<br>
Hummingbird ExCeed<br>
Hyperion Retrieve - WINFORM<br>
IS Supportline US-Notes Support-Americas Database<br>
JMIP Notes Database<br>
MACPAC ViewNow<br>
MANMAN (VIMS)<br>
Masterfile - server issues<br>
Masterfile ( same as above)<br>
MAXIMO server<br>
Microstation CAD<br>
Minitab<br>
MDS - Mechanical design software<br>
ME10 - 2D Cad system - Canda<br>
MQ Queries, MQ Series,<br>
Netscape Communicator<br>
Netting -Notes A Zurich supported Notes accounting database<br>
New CA network accounts<br>
New GIA/SRA account requests, Defective token returns<br>
Norton Anti Virus 4.5 Corp edition to 2003<br>
Notes file restore requests for Canada, Columbus, Raleigh and Windsor<br>
Nuclio (also known as '7-space' to monitor our network)<br>
NuTCracker - Runs Unix apps in NT<br>
OMCT - Open Content Merging Technologies ( same is CSP )<br>
Open Connect (Java VT Terminal Emulation) (Warminster)<br>
Oracle, Remedy database,<
Wait, you wrote to Apple or to puretracks.com?
Unfortunately, most every site doing downloads now looks like the iTunes music store. Save emusic, but it was around before the iTMS.
So I'm sure puremusic.com was happy to hear that their ripoff of the iTMS was the right decision. Unless you really did write to Apple. ;)
I wanted emusic for the same reasons as you - to discover things I would not otherwise have had access to.
But I'm assuming that people can still preview songs. I know that it doesn't provide the same sort of listening experience as downloading, listening, and then deciding to delete, I'm sure it will help emusic on two fronts: Bandwidth and profitability. I don't know their licensing scheme, but I can't imagine that they were making much money.
And with pointed discussions from their current subscribers to "new management", I'd be interested to see if they change their tune. So to speak. ;)
Why are you going to cancel? Just because they eliminated the "unlimited" downloads?
That makes absolutely no sense.
People should still be keeping their accounts and *encouraging* this type of non-DRM service. It's still cheaper (much!) than the next-best alternative, iTunes. Although I understand that their new "Privacy policy" leaves something to be desired.
Disclosure: No, I don't have an account, but have long wanted one. $10 may not seem like much to you, but it's a lot to a working family.
I can get more off topic than you and say that that's where I do all of my music browsing now. ;)
Okay, here you go. Went to amazon.com, searched for song title "The Ocean". There might be a few, but I'm looking for the Zeppelin song. Out of 4686 results, you can only sort by alpha, A-Z or Z-A. That. Sucks. Result #2 does not have any song called "the ocean", but rather a song called "(More Like An Ocean That A) Bathtub" - I'm assuming they mean "Than" instead of "That" but whatever.
CDNow would return a list with all songs called "The Ocean", then return songs with the word "Ocean" in the title. Amazon's search engine sucks, and I think they're in way over their head on this one, but I could be wrong. I have been before.
Additionally, if they're targeting a narrower audience, then they're not going up against Google, now, are they? :)
Consoles have other issues - networking games, getting people to buy into those services, etc.
My point was when people complain that there weren't enough games for the Mac. Well, there might not be that many, but there are a hell of a lot of console games, and the Mac games tend to be labours of love (Marathon *sigh*) and very well done. You can do more with a PC, but if you're looking for the latest FPS or whatever, you can find a lot going on a console.
Me, I just have my PSX, still. And I'm still trying to gather money together for a keyboard and mouse for my TiBook, 'cause touchpad and laptop keyboard are worse than console controllers, IMO. ;)
Thanks for replying-
If you try, you can think of another story that won't die, I bet. C'mon. Try.
*cough*SCO*cough*
Nah, I guess you're right. I can't think of one either.
I agree with T4D above, not only are there many factors (that I'm sure you're aware of) but if the original developers have left, it's probably a crapshoot. See: Bungie, and their promise that Halo would be released for Mac. Even after they were bought by Microsoft. The short answer is that there's no *good* reason for not developing for the Mac from the get-go. But, that said, I can't imagine that this game will be any fun.
Also, I'd probably say what I said 8 years ago, which is if you want a gaming machine, get a PS2 (well, 8 years ago I said PSX ;) or GameCube (I'm omitting one large gaming system here for obvious reasons :). The games and graphics are much better quality than you'll get on a PC, as it's a dedicated system, and it's cheaper than a PC, too. Or Mac. :)
Maybe. I did say it was an anecdote, but it makes sense.
Thanks, michael. Seriously! :)
modbomb at will.
Not sure about the encryption. I think so, though.
Weird is what you make of it. Incomplete? How so? It's like any other interface, it takes a bit to learn, but once you've got it, you don't think about it.
Those '30 MB' files are the database that it uses to know which files have changed and where to pull a file from a backup set, if you want to restore just one file. It's a very powerful program that people who are used to tower of hanoi or full backups take a while to get used to. Oh, and the file only gets to be 30MB after a lot of backups. I think probably quite a bit. The starting file is probably a couple of megs.
If you feel it was primitive, you probably didn't understand what it was doing. Seriously. I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm saying that it's got a lot going on that people don't "get". The argument isn't 'make it simpler' but 'how to make the complex simple'.
Dantz has not been bought, but has been "invested in" by VC. Which has changed the corporate culture and made for some interesting decisions, but not the strength of the program. $100 is cheap for pure peace of mind.
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I forgot they switched to paid support. Can be expensive. I'm not sure if they still have the Retro-Talk mailing list and for free, community help.
Pricing is confusing on their website. Retrospect "Pro" is only $80 on PC Zone.
You can back up to lots of different media - CD, DVD, HD, tape, zip, etc, etc, etc. I'd probably suggest a couple of rotating backup sets. sobiloff of the grandparent post was also correct, you can do a full backup, including the registry, and do a full restore of your PC. You can also designate which files you do *not* want to back up, like MP3s (if you have a large collection on your computer that was ripped from a large CD collection), temp files, etc. It's powerful stuff, and has a 30-day trial. Check it out.
And I'd love to have a puck for my laptop. I should buy a cheapo USB mouse but I forget to remember whenver I'm in a place where I can buy one for cheap. For that matter, I'd like an external keyboard, games suck on laptop keyboards without full fkey support (meaning you need to press the fn key to use them. Diablo II is unplayable. Almost. ;)
Well, hopefully you'll have one closer sometime this year.
Ok, now *that's* funny. :) But something must be wrong with your browser. The copyright text at the bottom isn't in English. ;)
To your point on servers, I think you'd find that the Apple Xserve was engineered to be a better all-in-one solution than some machines out there, but that's not all that important. I think what's important is that it's the point Cringely was making, is that people don't know enough about the hardware/software to recommend it, and don't want to know because it might make their jobs too easy.
This is where mine lives, too, but I was trying to keep it simple for him to get it going. :)
End tutorial. Should all be familiar from there.
Sort of facetious, but, well, not really. Try it. Take a half hour out of your time. If it's not that easy, well, then you now know you're making the right decisions instead of wondering "if".
Scratch that. I prefer all runners up to the winners.
Ah, well, everyone's a critic.
"It's not a scenario we had truthfully envisaged," Sherman said. "If somebody wants to settle before a lawsuit is filed it would be fine to call us, but it's really not clear how we're going to perceive this."
Okay, first of all, this doesn't make any sense: "If somebody wants to settle before a lawsuit is filed it would be fine to call us, but it's really not clear how we're going to perceive this." What? What are you percieving?
Second, it sounds like they're just subpoenaing people to scare them without a real plan. I mean, I know that's what they're doing, but with no plan to back it up? Some lawyer out there should start a website with what to do if you're charged, basic stuff that people can do, every single person charged, so that the RIAA has to respond to every person in every state. Basically, make them spend as much money as possible on litigation while keeping costs low for the people that are being sued so that soon it becomes financially irresponsible for them to continue with litigation.
Or something like that. This stuff really burns my biscuits!
And no, I did not work at a burger joint, so I never spit on anyone's burger. I worked at a high-class restaruant. ;)
I'm not sure if my friend has downloaded more than 2K tracks in a month (I think he did mention the 35 song queue), but I know he's been able to download enough to keep him happy. :) If you figure that an album is about 10 songs on average (probably more, but just for comparison's sake), then that's 200 albums worth in a month, which is a LOT of music. If you sign up for a year subscription, I believe it's $10/month. For that, you could get 120 songs from iTunes Music Store or, it sounds like less from BuyMusic.
Personally, I was excited by all the Jazz I saw up there. I'd like to hear more, but I don't really want to just plunk down money on stuff I don't know if I'll like. If I can download and listen at my leisure, that's the kind of deal I'm looking for, and emusic fits the bill there. Plus the fact that I'd be able to get a lot of older music that's hard to find on CD for cheaper than I could probably find on CD, it really sells itself (to me).
emusic is what I'd do if I had the money to join a service. I haven't downloaded from the iTMS, but that's a money issue, too. 99 cents isn't too expensive, it's just a slippery slope I don't want to start myself on. Hopefully, one day, I'll have the dough. Oh, and I'll probably need a firewire drive to store all my music, too. And a DVD burner to back them all up.... And so it goes. :)
My apologies.