You can get top 40 MP3s in higher quality simply by plugging your radio's headphone jack into your sound card, sampling a top-40 station for a couple of hours, then spending ten minutes making MP3s. Less trouble, better quality than this OR eDonkey.
Not CD quality, but as good as an MP3 you can make from a CD and far better than iMeem or eDonkey.
Meanwhile, the talent on the major labels was.... crap... to say the least, and it has nothing to do with the inevitable backlash that occurs between generations.
I'm a geezer, but when I go into a bar downtown to listien to some live music from cover bands, do I see people my age? No, the geezers are all down at the bar down the street shooting pool. The audience at the live shows is nothing but people in their twenties.
Are the bands covering Britney Spears, Finger Eleven, Jay-Z, T-Payn, Shop Boys, Tori Amos, Hinder, Stayned?*
No, they're playing ACDC, Steve Miller, Zepplin, Stones, Nugent, Van Halen, Quiet Riot.
The young people are listening to the same music I listened to when I was their age! There is no longer any generational gap when it comes to music. IMO the only decent band to come from an RIAA label this century is Buckcherry, and what's more, my young friends all agree with me.
Low quality streaming with loads of ads and a "download" button that sends you to the iTunes store or amazon. The annoying registration box that pops up after listening to 30 seconds of a song (you must register to hear the rest)
New at Amazon.Com: "How to win friends and influence people" by Gene Simmons and Lars Ulrich!
They all think current hardware should support anything without any hassle and if not, then it's programmers' fault.
And they're right. I built the PC under my desk at home five years ago, and it's still orders of magnatude more powerful than a supercomputer made when my last car (a 1988 Chevy) was built. I keep stuff for a long time; waste not, want not.
Trading your car or computer every couple of years when it's perfectly servicable is for rich idiots. If one can afford to waste money, one should give to charity instead.
I'm not really sure what you mean by that. Vista hasn't changed my computing experience at all. Of course, I'm not running it, I'm running XP and Mandriva. My home PC with dual boot and my work PC with XP haven't changed a bit.
When you have to have Vista to run new non-Microsoft programs (I was really pissed when DOOM 3 required XP and I was running 98) you can make the statement and I'll agree with you, but as of now I'm scratching my head. Huh?
I used XP for 5 years and now I have about 6 months using Vista. Vista is much better
I really wish you would elaborate, because you seem to be the first person in the world that didn't say Vista was dogshit. What does it do that you wanted XP to do but wouldn't? What doesn't it do that XP did that you didn't want?
Sorry, but you sound like a shill. Please enlighten me, all I know about Vista is what I've read, which has all been bad.
-mcgrew
PS- the mods are on crack today. That AC post was modded "informative" but it didn't tell me jack shit.
Jesus, I've been saying that file sharing is GOOD PROMOTION forever (just check my slashdot comment history). I've also been saying that these goobs can't be stupid enough to understand that, that they're against file sharing to keep the indies out of their ears. (So maybe I shouold be modded "redundant?)
Yesterday I posted that the indies were going to eat the dying RIAA labels' lunch (not in those words).
As soon as you see some asshat saying in print or especially on the internet that something is "the next big thing" you can bet your left nut it isn't.
10. Garnered excellent slashdot karma, and what's more did it accidentally 9. Showed up at work enough times to not get fired 8. Showed up at work on time enough times to not get fired 7. Avoided house fires 6. Drank like a fish 5. Avoided hospititalization after falling on my head 4. Got my nerd license suspended by getting a really good looking female roomate 3. Avoided DUI by walking home from the bars 2. Didn't get murdered despite the fact that a lot of guys think i'm fucking their wives and girlfriends 1. Got laid by seven different woman in a single year!!!
Oh shit what happened to my slashdot karma? Where's that damned nerd license? Oh hell...
But, as I also said, he doesn't carry the same stigma of the secret police tag
Which is why you have so much trouble with the term. "Sexual assault" doesn't carry the same stigma as "rape". And why do you think gays decided on that particularly unoffensive word?
Personally you can call it a "pointy shovel" all you want, but a spade's a spade. If you don't like the fact that we have secret police, work to change reality. If you would prefer to ignore the reality you would do better to filter out my slashdot comments, because I call 'em as I see 'em. I don't deliberately piss people off but I won't mince words, either.
They're secret. And they're police. Ignor it or deal with it, it's pointless arguing with you.
databases are setup to protect my right and your right to be safe and protected
You have no right to be safe and protected. In fact, you aren't safe and you will never be safe. You WILL die. Most likely you will die from cancer, heart disease, auto accident, if you are a construction worker you are in the most dangerous profession there is. Safety is an illusion.
Your chances of being harmed by a faceless stranger or a terrorist or about as great as winning a state lottery, which is damned close to zero.
keep the citizens safe and the sick and mentally disturbed out of our society anyways
You, sir, are a heartless bastard. And an incredibly stupid one at that. Mentally ill people don't ask to be nuts any more than cancer victims ask for cancer. In fact, most cancer patients are there because of their own activities - smoking tobacco. Crazy people didn't do anything to cause their disease. You are an incredibl;y selfish asshole and I hold you in utter contempt.
I've talked to crazy people; there are a hell of a lot of nuts in this cartoon city I live in. Their stories would chill you to the bone.
Again, it's NOT your right to be safe, and it's NOT your right to defend your young by murdering someone.
Shut off that goddamned TV for crissake! It's poisoning your mind.
Agreed; murder is murder. It's sad that there are a hell of a lot of people who don't feel that way; you should see the paper here in Springfield. In the last few months there have been too many homeless people losing their lives; one was a hit-and-run where a well to do woman ran over a homeless woman, another was a homeless man murdered by a concrete block smashed on his head.
I know slashdot isn't the place to say this (-1 troll) but it bears saying (and my karme can take a hit): "There but for the grace of God go I". The sentiment stands whether you believe in God or not; change "god" to "evolution" or "luck" if you wish, you've heard the quote before.
The language changes so much. a "pedophile" used to be someone who liked children in a non-sexual way; a pervert who wanted to fuck them was referred to as a "pederast".
"Gay" used to mean happy and carefree, now it means a member of a subculture who has half its members attempting suicide. "Don we now our gay apparrel" now obviously means wearing a pink shirt with ruffles one our way to slitting our wrists.
"Hacker" used to mean someone who modified hardware, or wrote quick and dirty software programs. Now it means a cyberburgler.
"Loose" used to mean "set something free". Oh wait, it still does, everywhere but slashdot. Give it time!
I'm not conflicted a bit; I'm against such easily accessable public lists. All I'm saying is that in this case, the kid's lucky because if Dad hadn't killed the geezer he'd probably have killed Mom.
You might want to read my latest journal or two; I know a few less than reputable people. Actually there are few people at all in this cartoon town that are reputable.
I don't disagree with you. As I said, once you've done your time (and most criminals aren't caught anyway) you should be able to integrate yourself into siciety. Hard enough as it is, because employers don't like giving jobs to ex-cons.
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Mods have a sense of humor today. Good job!
You can get top 40 MP3s in higher quality simply by plugging your radio's headphone jack into your sound card, sampling a top-40 station for a couple of hours, then spending ten minutes making MP3s. Less trouble, better quality than this OR eDonkey.
Not CD quality, but as good as an MP3 you can make from a CD and far better than iMeem or eDonkey.
-mcgrew
Meanwhile, the talent on the major labels was.... crap... to say the least, and it has nothing to do with the inevitable backlash that occurs between generations.
I'm a geezer, but when I go into a bar downtown to listien to some live music from cover bands, do I see people my age? No, the geezers are all down at the bar down the street shooting pool. The audience at the live shows is nothing but people in their twenties.
Are the bands covering Britney Spears, Finger Eleven, Jay-Z, T-Payn, Shop Boys, Tori Amos, Hinder, Stayned?*
No, they're playing ACDC, Steve Miller, Zepplin, Stones, Nugent, Van Halen, Quiet Riot.
The young people are listening to the same music I listened to when I was their age! There is no longer any generational gap when it comes to music. IMO the only decent band to come from an RIAA label this century is Buckcherry, and what's more, my young friends all agree with me.
-mcgrew
Low quality streaming with loads of ads and a "download" button that sends you to the iTunes store or amazon. The annoying registration box that pops up after listening to 30 seconds of a song (you must register to hear the rest)
New at Amazon.Com: "How to win friends and influence people" by Gene Simmons and Lars Ulrich!
-mcgrew
There is no download and pass along a copy.. well not without some google searching on how to D/L a copy in violation of the DMCA.
You can only violate the DMCA if you live in the USSA.
-mcgrew
No, because they can't shut indies out of P2P like thay can radio. They have no principles or morals.
Give them a way to keep indie music off of Morpheus and they'll embrace it.
They all think current hardware should support anything without any hassle and if not, then it's programmers' fault.
And they're right. I built the PC under my desk at home five years ago, and it's still orders of magnatude more powerful than a supercomputer made when my last car (a 1988 Chevy) was built. I keep stuff for a long time; waste not, want not.
Trading your car or computer every couple of years when it's perfectly servicable is for rich idiots. If one can afford to waste money, one should give to charity instead.
The entire PC ecosystem has been broken by Vista
I'm not really sure what you mean by that. Vista hasn't changed my computing experience at all. Of course, I'm not running it, I'm running XP and Mandriva. My home PC with dual boot and my work PC with XP haven't changed a bit.
When you have to have Vista to run new non-Microsoft programs (I was really pissed when DOOM 3 required XP and I was running 98) you can make the statement and I'll agree with you, but as of now I'm scratching my head. Huh?
-mcgrew
I used XP for 5 years and now I have about 6 months using Vista. Vista is much better
I really wish you would elaborate, because you seem to be the first person in the world that didn't say Vista was dogshit. What does it do that you wanted XP to do but wouldn't? What doesn't it do that XP did that you didn't want?
Sorry, but you sound like a shill. Please enlighten me, all I know about Vista is what I've read, which has all been bad.
-mcgrew
PS- the mods are on crack today. That AC post was modded "informative" but it didn't tell me jack shit.
This is starting to look like a horror movie
Starting? You haven't been using Microsoft products very long, have you?
-mcgrew
The caveat is that you have to let them monitor your use of the program.
I have to actually use the program? Uh, no thanks man, I'm happy with XP and Mandriva (but I was happier with 98 and Mandriva)
-mcgrew
Jesus, I've been saying that file sharing is GOOD PROMOTION forever (just check my slashdot comment history). I've also been saying that these goobs can't be stupid enough to understand that, that they're against file sharing to keep the indies out of their ears. (So maybe I shouold be modded "redundant?)
Yesterday I posted that the indies were going to eat the dying RIAA labels' lunch (not in those words).
Is it April already?
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iPhone? iPhooey! I say we make TORPEDOS out of them damned photons!
-mcgrew
As soon as you see some asshat saying in print or especially on the internet that something is "the next big thing" you can bet your left nut it isn't.
-mcgrew
That was on the 2002 list iinm
Like a 405 year old chicken, of course
10. Garnered excellent slashdot karma, and what's more did it accidentally
9. Showed up at work enough times to not get fired
8. Showed up at work on time enough times to not get fired
7. Avoided house fires
6. Drank like a fish
5. Avoided hospititalization after falling on my head
4. Got my nerd license suspended by getting a really good looking female roomate
3. Avoided DUI by walking home from the bars
2. Didn't get murdered despite the fact that a lot of guys think i'm fucking their wives and girlfriends
1. Got laid by seven different woman in a single year!!!
Oh shit what happened to my slashdot karma? Where's that damned nerd license? Oh hell...
Troll? Here in Springfield, where Gail Simpson is Aderman, we do our trolling offline.
-mcgrew
But, as I also said, he doesn't carry the same stigma of the secret police tag
Which is why you have so much trouble with the term. "Sexual assault" doesn't carry the same stigma as "rape". And why do you think gays decided on that particularly unoffensive word?
Personally you can call it a "pointy shovel" all you want, but a spade's a spade. If you don't like the fact that we have secret police, work to change reality. If you would prefer to ignore the reality you would do better to filter out my slashdot comments, because I call 'em as I see 'em. I don't deliberately piss people off but I won't mince words, either.
They're secret. And they're police. Ignor it or deal with it, it's pointless arguing with you.
Oklahoma City and the first WTC attack didn't happen in this century.
databases are setup to protect my right and your right to be safe and protected
You have no right to be safe and protected. In fact, you aren't safe and you will never be safe. You WILL die. Most likely you will die from cancer, heart disease, auto accident, if you are a construction worker you are in the most dangerous profession there is. Safety is an illusion.
Your chances of being harmed by a faceless stranger or a terrorist or about as great as winning a state lottery, which is damned close to zero.
keep the citizens safe and the sick and mentally disturbed out of our society anyways
You, sir, are a heartless bastard. And an incredibly stupid one at that. Mentally ill people don't ask to be nuts any more than cancer victims ask for cancer. In fact, most cancer patients are there because of their own activities - smoking tobacco. Crazy people didn't do anything to cause their disease. You are an incredibl;y selfish asshole and I hold you in utter contempt.
I've talked to crazy people; there are a hell of a lot of nuts in this cartoon city I live in. Their stories would chill you to the bone.
Again, it's NOT your right to be safe, and it's NOT your right to defend your young by murdering someone.
Shut off that goddamned TV for crissake! It's poisoning your mind.
-mcgrew
Agreed; murder is murder. It's sad that there are a hell of a lot of people who don't feel that way; you should see the paper here in Springfield. In the last few months there have been too many homeless people losing their lives; one was a hit-and-run where a well to do woman ran over a homeless woman, another was a homeless man murdered by a concrete block smashed on his head.
I know slashdot isn't the place to say this (-1 troll) but it bears saying (and my karme can take a hit): "There but for the grace of God go I". The sentiment stands whether you believe in God or not; change "god" to "evolution" or "luck" if you wish, you've heard the quote before.
Agreed, if he reoffends he can be reincarcerated.
The language changes so much. a "pedophile" used to be someone who liked children in a non-sexual way; a pervert who wanted to fuck them was referred to as a "pederast".
"Gay" used to mean happy and carefree, now it means a member of a subculture who has half its members attempting suicide. "Don we now our gay apparrel" now obviously means wearing a pink shirt with ruffles one our way to slitting our wrists.
"Hacker" used to mean someone who modified hardware, or wrote quick and dirty software programs. Now it means a cyberburgler.
"Loose" used to mean "set something free". Oh wait, it still does, everywhere but slashdot. Give it time!
I'm not conflicted a bit; I'm against such easily accessable public lists. All I'm saying is that in this case, the kid's lucky because if Dad hadn't killed the geezer he'd probably have killed Mom.
You might want to read my latest journal or two; I know a few less than reputable people. Actually there are few people at all in this cartoon town that are reputable.
I don't disagree with you. As I said, once you've done your time (and most criminals aren't caught anyway) you should be able to integrate yourself into siciety. Hard enough as it is, because employers don't like giving jobs to ex-cons.