Fuck The End Records (rant inside)

[Doomcifer]

Originally Posted by Krigloch the Furious

every single person I know downloads music. they never buy cds.

That is fucking HORRIBLE.

[MadeInNewJersey]

Originally Posted by JayKeeley

You own an iPOD, so:

Eventually you'll get a car stereo that comes with an iPOD adapter. One day, all car stereos will have this feature whether you want it or not.

People travel more and more for work and they don't want to carry a carry case full of CDs (like I used to). And what happens if you lose that CD carry case?

Listening at home is nice, but now people are buying speaker systems to plug into the iPOD device.

The concept of a physical device spinning on a pivot with an optical reader converting those bits and bytes into sound is archaic. Static memory isn't prone to scratches either.

I'm not disputing any of that (and I had a means of using my iPod in the car; it sucked).

I'm just saying these people are the vast minority right now, and will be so for longer than you think - I'm just guessing the same as you though.

[JayKeeley]

Originally Posted by MadeInNewJersey

MOST people buy magazines, newspapers & books. MOST people buy CDs or whatever.

Oh man....this couldn't be more wrong.

The internet took off in the early 90's and it's only 2006. Look at where we are today compared to back to when websites were just text pages.

Are you saying that alongside this increasing trend of digital information sharing, there has been a steady incline of people buying physical media?

Did you know there are more cellphones now than there are "landline" phones? These phones are becoming more and more incredible where one day you might get a phone, PDA, & MP3 player all in one. But you know, that might not happen for another 50 years.

[Erik]

one day you might get a phone, PDA, & MP3 player all in one.

you mean like 5 years ago?

[MadeInNewJersey]

Hey, I personally welcome and almost always take advantage of new technologies. That doesn't mean I don't buy CDs or buy books or magazines, does it?

Do you know how much the circulation and readership of major daily newspapers has declined in the past 30 years?

[unhinged]

I don't own an ipod

i don't even have a cd player in my car

tapes all the way!

[Nate The Great]

I'm not saying I don't like having the CD. I'm just saying I spend so much money on buying music, that I'd love to find a good way to cut that cost in half . . . or more likely, I'd double the music I bought.

[Doomcifer]

There is a happy medium. Technology should also be our #1 most feared enemy. It, in the wrong hands, is devastating. I, personally, feel that it is getting way out of hand lately.

[Erik]

Originally Posted by Doomcifer

There is a happy medium. Technology should also be our #1 most feared enemy. It, in the wrong hands, is devastating. I, personally, feel that it is getting way out of hand lately.

q4t

i mean there are obviously great sides to it but i wonder if the price we're going to have to pay isn't too fucken high

[Thanatopsis123]

Originally Posted by Doomcifer

There is a happy medium. Technology should also be our #1 most feared enemy. It, in the wrong hands, is devastating. I, personally, feel that it is getting way out of hand lately.

So shouldn't the people those hands belong to be our most feared enemy?

[Nate The Great]

Originally Posted by Doomcifer

There is a happy medium. Technology should also be our #1 most feared enemy. It, in the wrong hands, is devastating. I, personally, feel that it is getting way out of hand lately.

Good point. I'm worried about androids from the future coming back to kill me because of all the work I've been doing. I can't say much, but it involves stopping this massive computer the military operates. The computer is starting to tell the military what to do. It's only a matter of time before . . . well, I shouldn't go there.