Do you really want to call sad the makers of Hardware Wars, Recorded Live, Porklips Now, Troops, Duality, The Killer Bean 2: The Party, and 405: The Movie?
The only one I know out of that list is "Troops" - and, no, I wouldn't call the makers of "Troops" sad, what they created is original and funny. But that's a whole lot different to recording somebody playing a computer game...
s the tendency of record companies to promote crap.
Much worse are the mindless zombies of the populace who insist on buying the crap, thus justifying the record companies producing more of it.
There is a lot of good music out there if you go look for it - plus if you do your research, listen before you buy and search for the best prices, a CD of a great piece of music turns out to be great value for money.
Although there's no way in hell I'm ever buying my music several times over again - I did it once going from vinyl to CDs.
First of all their selection was pathetic, I don't want to listen to that mainstream crap, luckily they did have some techno and drum & bass that somewhat interested me.
I fail to see the distinction between the two.
My experience of drum and bass is that you can get a similar effect by kicking a metal bucket down some stone steps - and get a bit of exercise in the process.
Why don't you just spend a little more money and get some "guitar and vocals" also?
Personally I've no interest in digital downloads - as long as I can buy the CD and can rip it, I'm happy.
I'm a Radiohead fan but I think it's irresponsible of the band offering a box that contains both the vinyl and CD versions - how many people these days actually need both? Why not just create two versions of the box, one with the vinyl LP and the other with the CD, and save on some of the waste?
Incidentally, I don't need gimmicks either. Extra tracks are sometimes nice but I research my music well and never end up buying duff albums - therefore every CD I buy these days I consider great value for money.
It would not be Nokia honouring a warantee for a locked phone - it would be the cellphone contract provider who would provide just another locked phone.
... Rather than making the car intelligent through electronic & computer wizardry, they should instead make the new car "alive" as though it's posessed by a benevolent demon.
And because of global warming, they should consider using a small economical car rather than a great big racy gas-guzzler - say something like a Volkswagen Beetle.
And because the VW Beetle isn't known for its speed, they should paint it white and put a big racing stripe down the whole length of the car and a number, say a "53", to make it look like it's just been in a race!
Not to mention, of course, that the "free" license given to the charity by Microsoft will be very heavily inundated with provisos - things like Windows/Office/etc. given under a charity license can only be used for working within the charity, not copied for home use to play Quake on.
I am more than happy for people to compare FOSS software to commercial software as long as they compare "like-for-like" - but the fact is, when people praise MS Office, for example, it's because they've made a copy at work for home use and officially should be paying a couple of hundred dollars/pounds for a proper license.
Force that fact on the "freely pirating Microsoft" home users and all of a sudden, Linux and OpenOffice look a lot more appealing to them...
When you activate the iPhone in iTunes, enter all 9's for your Social Security number. You'll fail the credit check (duh!) and you will be told you can either go to an AT&T store to talk to a representative or you can go month-to-month.
Not that I own an iPhone anyway (or ever intend to) but it seems a somewhat convoluted way of being able to do this.
You can be locked in for as long as the contract you've signed specifies you're locked in for. And even if you hack the phone after 6 months, Apple are under no onus to support you with firmware updates because they will argue that you have invalidated a warranty by doing the mod anyway.
If you don't want the vendor lock in then don't by the product, it's that simple. I've never owned a single Apple product and I probably never will.
...are the people who think they are being really "cool" and "in" by sitting their criticising Microsoft products but who never actually DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!
Sorry, but it my book, if ANYTHING that costs you money does NOT do the job you believe it was meant to do, then it is "NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE" and you have a right to get your money back.
But what do Microsoft care if you just sit there whinging on? They have achieved what they set out to do, they have your money.
Can we not have more people with guts who are prepared to have the strength of their convictions and DO something? Rather than just sitting there spewing out what they believe to be clever diction?
With all respect, Linux has has a *HUGE* growth rate.
No-one's denying for one minute that the visibility of Linux may be low because of it still being a minority on the desktop, but Linux has had a huge impact on displacing commercial UNIX systems like HP-UX and Solaris in the server space - not to mention in the embedded space also.
I myself work for a fairly major US-owned telecoms equipment supplier and the move to Linux-based platforms away from those based on commercial UNIXes and, to a smaller degree, Windows is truly startling.
Just because you cannot see it does not mean it isn't there...
but in general, being a male avatar gives me a far greater opportunity to meet, talk to and flirt with women than I would otherwise
Yes, if you stay inside your house playing computer games, the chances are that you will not meet any real-life women. Have you thought about maybe going out and hitting a few nightspots to meet some?
Then I suggest that you do not care passionately enough about music to be able to justify the time to go and find good music which lasts for a complete album.
I view CDs as absolutely **EXCELLENT** value for money because:
1. I have a reasonable hifi and spend time **JUST** listening to music without doing anything else - thus I appreciate it more.
2. I do a lot of research into music. I read reviews, yes I "illegally" download music from Usenet or Bittorrent but then either by the CD if I like it or delete the MP3s without wanting to even waste disk space. That way I know I will really like an album before I buy it.
3. I spend time looking for the cheapest CD prices - eBay, the Web, second-hand and charity shops - I'm always getting best value for money.
Anybody who complains about albums having "one/two good tracks" either does not have the attention span to cope with any single album or is just allowing him/herself to be forcefed the commercial tripe that infects the pop charts at the moment.
Even though I know you won't ever agree, i'm sure in that 100GB of music there are plenty of songs that you can't remember when you last listened to them.
I can tell you that I've listened to them all at some point, I can't tell you an exact day. My collection's a bit fluid anyway, in as much as there's the occasional CD I've lost interest in that I resell on eBay but I do get through them. Sure, having an album on in the background isn't truly "listening" to it but I do have music on around 4 hours a day.
Yeah, sure you bought all that music.. if you dont earn enough to buy an entire back catalogue, you dont earn enough to have 100GB which, is probably over 1000 albums..
I'm in my 40s, I've been listening to the likes of Yes, Genesis, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd since I was about 13 years of age, as well as rock I now listen to blues, Motown, some electronic stuff like Tangerine Dream and Mark Shreeve and even a bit of classical.
I never buy CDs in high street shops, look for the best prices and buy used on eBay and in local shops. I can ***100%*** guarantee you that I have 900+ original, non-copied CDs. With that size of collection, there is no point my downloading and hoarding stuff because I just wouldn't find the time to listen to it - like I said, it's a great way of previewing stuff that I can't hear on the radio, nothing more.
Anyone thats says they "need" to carry around 100GB of music is talking utter crap.
I don't "need" to carry around 100GB of music with me - I "like" to have it with me because I listen to a lot of music, it sits in a small DVD case on 25 DVDs alongside my laptop so I can copy stuff off to my MP3 player any time I like.
I'm willing to bet that most people with more than 30GB haven't listened to every song they own.
Wrong. I don't watch much TV, I have music on in the background most of the time and generally find an hour or two each day to just sit and listen to some music.
To be honest I think it's more of an ego thing for people like the parent poster, they need to have as much music as possible with them at all times.
Wrong again. 25 DVDs in a small case is simple enough to stick in a laptop bag and forget about. It's just "easy" to have my music collection with me most times, it makes no odds what other people think.
These type of people download the entire discography of the doors (about 30 albums) just to say they have it, not because they love the doors..
Who said anything about downloading? Yep, I download from BitTorrent or Usenet occasionally to preview an album - but if it's good, I buy the CD and make my own MP3s, if it's crap then I delete it. MP3s are just a convenience for me, I much prefer the disc to play in a reasonably good hifi - but I've never paid to download music and never will.
Suffice it to say, I don't earn enough to buy the entire catalogue of an artist. I buy what I like, and that's it.
$400 for 16 gigabytes of storage is simply not good enough for a lot of people with large music libraries who like to have 30-40 albums to listen to on command.
Buddy, I have 900+ original CDs that I've MP3ed up that takes up around 100GB of disk space.
30-40 albums is not a large music collection, believe me!
If you're someone with patience and won't, like me, pay for TV with advertising in it (satellite/cable), then the cheapest legal way to watch a TV show is to buy the series on DVD, watch it, and then sell it on used on eBay - or indeed, buy it used on eBay, watch it, then sell it again.
If I buy a TV series on DVD for £30 over here in the UK, someone on eBay will generally buy it for £20 if it's sold on relatively quickly. In effect, that means I get around 25 hour-long episodes for £10, which works out to about 40 pence (80 US cents) an episode.
So if they want to sell me downloadable episodes for 40 pence each or less, then I'll happily pay for them. Otherwise I'll do it my way or, if I want to be mega-patient, just wait for it to hopefully come on the BBC advert free (since I already pay for a TV license anyway).
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The only one I know out of that list is "Troops" - and, no, I wouldn't call the makers of "Troops" sad, what they created is original and funny. But that's a whole lot different to recording somebody playing a computer game...
Much worse are the mindless zombies of the populace who insist on buying the crap, thus justifying the record companies producing more of it.
There is a lot of good music out there if you go look for it - plus if you do your research, listen before you buy and search for the best prices, a CD of a great piece of music turns out to be great value for money.
Although there's no way in hell I'm ever buying my music several times over again - I did it once going from vinyl to CDs.
I fail to see the distinction between the two.
My experience of drum and bass is that you can get a similar effect by kicking a metal bucket down some stone steps - and get a bit of exercise in the process.
Why don't you just spend a little more money and get some "guitar and vocals" also?
And here are my rules. Get out the house a bit more, socialise with some real people and get a girlfriend.
The only thing sadder than those people watching videos of someone else playing a game are those people making the damn things.
Fans of hip-hop and "RnB" are already well-versed in doing just that.
I'm a Radiohead fan but I think it's irresponsible of the band offering a box that contains both the vinyl and CD versions - how many people these days actually need both? Why not just create two versions of the box, one with the vinyl LP and the other with the CD, and save on some of the waste?
Incidentally, I don't need gimmicks either. Extra tracks are sometimes nice but I research my music well and never end up buying duff albums - therefore every CD I buy these days I consider great value for money.
It would not be Nokia honouring a warantee for a locked phone - it would be the cellphone contract provider who would provide just another locked phone.
And because of global warming, they should consider using a small economical car rather than a great big racy gas-guzzler - say something like a Volkswagen Beetle.
And because the VW Beetle isn't known for its speed, they should paint it white and put a big racing stripe down the whole length of the car and a number, say a "53", to make it look like it's just been in a race!
And then... oh wait.
I am more than happy for people to compare FOSS software to commercial software as long as they compare "like-for-like" - but the fact is, when people praise MS Office, for example, it's because they've made a copy at work for home use and officially should be paying a couple of hundred dollars/pounds for a proper license.
Force that fact on the "freely pirating Microsoft" home users and all of a sudden, Linux and OpenOffice look a lot more appealing to them...
Not that I own an iPhone anyway (or ever intend to) but it seems a somewhat convoluted way of being able to do this.
You can be locked in for as long as the contract you've signed specifies you're locked in for. And even if you hack the phone after 6 months, Apple are under no onus to support you with firmware updates because they will argue that you have invalidated a warranty by doing the mod anyway.
If you don't want the vendor lock in then don't by the product, it's that simple. I've never owned a single Apple product and I probably never will.
Sorry, but it my book, if ANYTHING that costs you money does NOT do the job you believe it was meant to do, then it is "NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE" and you have a right to get your money back.
But what do Microsoft care if you just sit there whinging on? They have achieved what they set out to do, they have your money.
Can we not have more people with guts who are prepared to have the strength of their convictions and DO something? Rather than just sitting there spewing out what they believe to be clever diction?
Wow! I just felt a coldly chilling disturbance in The Force...
No-one's denying for one minute that the visibility of Linux may be low because of it still being a minority on the desktop, but Linux has had a huge impact on displacing commercial UNIX systems like HP-UX and Solaris in the server space - not to mention in the embedded space also.
I myself work for a fairly major US-owned telecoms equipment supplier and the move to Linux-based platforms away from those based on commercial UNIXes and, to a smaller degree, Windows is truly startling.
Just because you cannot see it does not mean it isn't there...
Yes, if you stay inside your house playing computer games, the chances are that you will not meet any real-life women. Have you thought about maybe going out and hitting a few nightspots to meet some?
Then I suggest that you do not care passionately enough about music to be able to justify the time to go and find good music which lasts for a complete album.
I view CDs as absolutely **EXCELLENT** value for money because:
1. I have a reasonable hifi and spend time **JUST** listening to music without doing anything else - thus I appreciate it more.
2. I do a lot of research into music. I read reviews, yes I "illegally" download music from Usenet or Bittorrent but then either by the CD if I like it or delete the MP3s without wanting to even waste disk space. That way I know I will really like an album before I buy it.
3. I spend time looking for the cheapest CD prices - eBay, the Web, second-hand and charity shops - I'm always getting best value for money.
Anybody who complains about albums having "one/two good tracks" either does not have the attention span to cope with any single album or is just allowing him/herself to be forcefed the commercial tripe that infects the pop charts at the moment.
And that hurts precisely who on Slashdot? The 75% that run Linux? The 0.0001% that use Macs? Or the 24.9999% that have copied versions of Windows?
Somehow you've managed to find room to type on a keyboard so far up Steve Job's ass!
I'll get my coat...
Yes, but I don't own an iPod.
And Apple users are a nice easy target because they always bite! :-)
I can tell you that I've listened to them all at some point, I can't tell you an exact day. My collection's a bit fluid anyway, in as much as there's the occasional CD I've lost interest in that I resell on eBay but I do get through them. Sure, having an album on in the background isn't truly "listening" to it but I do have music on around 4 hours a day.
Yeah, sure you bought all that music.. if you dont earn enough to buy an entire back catalogue, you dont earn enough to have 100GB which, is probably over 1000 albums..
I'm in my 40s, I've been listening to the likes of Yes, Genesis, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd since I was about 13 years of age, as well as rock I now listen to blues, Motown, some electronic stuff like Tangerine Dream and Mark Shreeve and even a bit of classical.
I never buy CDs in high street shops, look for the best prices and buy used on eBay and in local shops. I can ***100%*** guarantee you that I have 900+ original, non-copied CDs. With that size of collection, there is no point my downloading and hoarding stuff because I just wouldn't find the time to listen to it - like I said, it's a great way of previewing stuff that I can't hear on the radio, nothing more.
I don't "need" to carry around 100GB of music with me - I "like" to have it with me because I listen to a lot of music, it sits in a small DVD case on 25 DVDs alongside my laptop so I can copy stuff off to my MP3 player any time I like.
I'm willing to bet that most people with more than 30GB haven't listened to every song they own.
Wrong. I don't watch much TV, I have music on in the background most of the time and generally find an hour or two each day to just sit and listen to some music.
To be honest I think it's more of an ego thing for people like the parent poster, they need to have as much music as possible with them at all times.
Wrong again. 25 DVDs in a small case is simple enough to stick in a laptop bag and forget about. It's just "easy" to have my music collection with me most times, it makes no odds what other people think.
These type of people download the entire discography of the doors (about 30 albums) just to say they have it, not because they love the doors..
Who said anything about downloading? Yep, I download from BitTorrent or Usenet occasionally to preview an album - but if it's good, I buy the CD and make my own MP3s, if it's crap then I delete it. MP3s are just a convenience for me, I much prefer the disc to play in a reasonably good hifi - but I've never paid to download music and never will.
Suffice it to say, I don't earn enough to buy the entire catalogue of an artist. I buy what I like, and that's it.
...with big designer coffee tables.
Buddy, I have 900+ original CDs that I've MP3ed up that takes up around 100GB of disk space.
30-40 albums is not a large music collection, believe me!
If I buy a TV series on DVD for £30 over here in the UK, someone on eBay will generally buy it for £20 if it's sold on relatively quickly. In effect, that means I get around 25 hour-long episodes for £10, which works out to about 40 pence (80 US cents) an episode.
So if they want to sell me downloadable episodes for 40 pence each or less, then I'll happily pay for them. Otherwise I'll do it my way or, if I want to be mega-patient, just wait for it to hopefully come on the BBC advert free (since I already pay for a TV license anyway).