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Well, I stay off the computer for a week, and when I come back theres a war.
There are many points which have
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 G.
So, does that make you an AC/DC
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
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
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 G.
I changed the
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
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 cassettes.
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
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
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
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,
snip
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 software,
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
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 on the
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? Not
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