las wrote:
> I changed the alternator and main fan belt in my car last week. But I suppose
> that "old" people are supposed to know how to do that kind of stuff. As long
> are there are no buttons that you have to push and the "plugs" can only go in
> one way .
>
So, does that make you an AC
This email was delivered to you by The Free Internet,
a Business Online Group company. http://www.thefreeinternet.net
---
Well, I stay off the computer for a week, and when I come back theres a war.
There are many points which have bee
las wrote:
>
> Shawn Lin wrote:
>
> > True, but are computer illiterates techno-savvy enough to want to buy MD
> > equipment in the first place? I know many computer illiterates (usually
> > parents of my friends, people in their 50's), and they stick to old
> > audio media, like LP's and cass
>Almost all of the white collar workers not only own computers but use them
>at work
>every day. Most of the kids I know in their teens can only copy cassettes
>because
>they have dual decks and all they have to do is push one button. They
>could never
>copy a CD to an MD having to use two s
Isn't it amazing that someone as old as I am was able to type this e mail? And
I did it all by myself with no help from any of my "kids" (youngest will be 20
and all have moved out anyway, so if I couldn't figure it out myself I'm have
to wait until one of them came to visit .
I changed the alt
ROFL
At 11:52 AM 5/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
[snip]
>As someone "in their 50's", it seems to me that by some coincidence, most
>of your
>friends must have parents that are retarded! Most of the people I know in
>their
[snip]
-Jeffrey
-
Shawn Lin wrote:
> True, but are computer illiterates techno-savvy enough to want to buy MD
> equipment in the first place? I know many computer illiterates (usually
> parents of my friends, people in their 50's), and they stick to old
> audio media, like LP's and cassettes. They have enough t
> > Having said all that, it does seem childish and pathetic that a
technology
> > which uses random access MO disks can't use some sort of faster than
real
> > time PC integration. In this day and age! Imagine if yo could buy an
> > internal IDE MD drive for £90, including drag and drop softwar
Alan Dowds wrote:
>
> You guys certainly have a point about the ease of MP3 transfer to CDR/RW
> compared to MD. But do remember how many computer illiterates there are out
> there. Most of the people in my work can't fill the laser printer with
> paper, much less download the latest LAME ripper
> Hmmm, as I never get tired of repeating (being a smug Brit), MD is
>*huge* more-or-less everywhere other than the US. MD hasn't died, and
>neither is it about to. Its just that unlike the rest of the world,
>Americans (with a few enlightened exceptions) seem unable to grasp a
>good th
Las wrote...
>It's been very quiet around here lately, so either this is going to
>be one more boring post or stir some controversy. I suppose that MD
>could stand for "Miracle that it Died".
Hmmm, as I never get tired of repeating (being a smug Brit), MD is
*huge* more-or-less every
"Using version 4 (either Sony or Sharp's) as a reference point, I think that
the
sound of an MD will be better than a Cassette and even better than vinyl
that
has been played several times. I've owned some pretty high end turntables
and
cartridges in my days, but even right out of the sleeve
Hi,
You guys certainly have a point about the ease of MP3 transfer to CDR/RW
compared to MD. But do remember how many computer illiterates there are out
there. Most of the people in my work can't fill the laser printer with
paper, much less download the latest LAME ripper, sort out a broadband
i
> MD failed because Sony (and other manufacturers) didn't update MD to
> take advantage of new trends in digital audio. More
> specifically, MP3.
> I think most of us saw MD as a good, inexpensive storage medium for
> storing MP3's's as early as 1996. Did Sony? Did any other big
> company?
las wrote:
>
> It's been very quiet around here lately, so either this is going to be one more
> boring post or stir some controversy. I suppose that MD could stand for
> "Miracle that it Died".
>
> Having owned an MD recorder almost since their introduction in the US and
> having even sold MD
It's been very quiet around here lately, so either this is going to be one more
boring post or stir some controversy. I suppose that MD could stand for
"Miracle that it Died".
Having owned an MD recorder almost since their introduction in the US and
having even sold MD on the Net for a brief pe
16 matches
Mail list logo
