Whatever you do, don't get a Zune - Page 2

11-15-2006, 08:20 PM

I have a 3g Zen. If given an Iplod I would give it away, same goes for this piece of crap.

Pangloss62 · 11-16-2006, 05:53 PM

Having had to use Microsoft Word at work for years now, I would NEVER patronize Microsoft anything.

Microsoft has gone from being a leader to a follower. Screw them.

I don't have an iPod either. Here's what I do:

I take my battery-operated TURNTABLE down to the record bins at the thrift stores and church rumage sales. I then sample records from the 50s 60s and early 70s that I don't own, then spend a few bucks and bring them home where I record them directly from my home system to my mini-disc player. Friends send me contemporary music on CDs which I record the same way.

And "the social" is such a fuckin lame promotion.

SteveDallas · 11-17-2006, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

What's next? Genetically engineering people so their ears won't hear a song unless they've paid?

One can only imagine where you'll have to put the credit card.

Flint · 11-17-2006, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

What's next? Genetically engineering people so their ears won't hear a song unless they've paid?

How about: producing, exclusively, stereo amplifiers that will only accept an input from a source that is licensed to only play licensed material?

Flint · 02-13-2007, 10:25 AM

Overheard at Target: (lady on cellphone, calling for expert advice) "iPods are called Zunes, right?"

Elspode · 02-13-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

How about: producing, exclusively, stereo amplifiers that will only accept an input from a source that is licensed to only play licensed material?

Actually, I believe I've read where that technology actually exists, but hasn't yet been put into play.

Flint · 02-13-2007, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Actually, I believe I've read where that technology actually exists, but hasn't yet been put into play.

I read an article, back when Napster was still up, that predicted the hardware-type DRM we're starting to see, IE Vista disabling your outputs of certain signal types, unless it approves their source; or what we'll see next, monitors that won't even display those un-clean signals, etc.

Griff · 02-13-2007, 05:05 PM

I got Pete a 4gig Sansa (Sandisk) it works beautifully for a lot less than ipod.

11-16-2006, 05:53 PM	#17
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Zune? No Way! Having had to use Microsoft Word at work for years now, I would NEVER patronize Microsoft anything. Microsoft has gone from being a leader to a follower. Screw them. I don't have an iPod either. Here's what I do: I take my battery-operated TURNTABLE down to the record bins at the thrift stores and church rumage sales. I then sample records from the 50s 60s and early 70s that I don't own, then spend a few bucks and bring them home where I record them directly from my home system to my mini-disc player. Friends send me contemporary music on CDs which I record the same way. And "the social" is such a fuckin lame promotion. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

02-13-2007, 10:25 AM	#20
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Overheard at Target: (lady on cellphone, calling for expert advice) "iPods are called Zunes, right?" __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

02-13-2007, 05:05 PM	#23
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I got Pete a 4gig Sansa (Sandisk) it works beautifully for a lot less than ipod. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-15-2006, 08:20 PM	#16
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I have a 3g Zen. If given an Iplod I would give it away, same goes for this piece of crap.

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