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From | "bob" <segarini@rogers.com> |
Subject | Re: Why no iPod? (was Re: an iPod question (xposted)) |
Date | Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:17:27 -0400 |
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I don't think iPods are evil, and I don't think there's anything wrong with
wanting to hear what you like and know.
We've had one in the house for a year...a Nano. I don't think either one of
us has ever used it.
The SatRad, however, is on 24 hours a day. In the car, and at home.
Lots of, "OMG...I haven't heard that in years", and, "Check the scroll...who
IS that?!"
Wonderful age we live in...they've got us ALL covered.
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
> So those of you who (Bob Segarini, I'm looking at you right now) who are
> resisting getting into iTunes, thinking that it's some kind of evil
> system which could destroy the way you listen to your music....well, it
> doesn't. It makes it easy to enjoy your own music collection...yeah, it
> takes some time loading all those CDs into the library, but in the end,
> you can REDISCOVER your own music collection.....all those CDs you've
> got filed away....the ones you probably don't dig out and play all the
> time.
> It's so easy to click on a file and GO.
>
> And hey, you can d/l the iTunes library FOR FREE -- try it and see:
> http://www.apple.com/ipod/start/) you can always uninstall it if you
> don't
> like having the iTunes library on your computer).
>
>
>
> My responses re the esteemed Mr. Segarini's comments:
>
> 1. It makes all the music in your computer unplayable except on an iPod or
> the computer. (aac) -- *actually, I don't understand what you mean -- for
> me the iTunes library of mp4s are easily burned to discs, playable on any
> CD player....
>
> 2. There are no surprises. -- *actually, I am constantly suprised by
> tracks
> coming up in shuffle that I forgot I owned...
>
> 3. It doesn't turn you on to new music. -- *well, that's what radio (I
> know, not
> too often anymore) and blogs and podcasts are for...you can sample mp3's
> just as easily wherever they're available the same way you can listen to
> Window's Media or Real Player files...and you can save them...
>
> 4. The one you just bought will be obsolete in 6 months when the
> widescreen movie/video one with more storage comes out. -- *well, this is
> true: Apple are heavily competitive (even though they control 88% of the
> current digital
> market) and are constantly revising and coming out with new models,
> offering
> TV and film and soon "widescreen" iPods, etc. etc.
>
> 5. I can't imagine being in public unable to hear oncoming traffic,
> trains, mudslides, etc. Same reason I never used a walkman or
> discman...just how do all those people that walk on train tracks not hear
> a friggin' train? -- *this seems
> to be a complaint about being plugged in and ignoring life going on all
> around
> you...which is sorta my complaint about people and their cell phone use,
> so
> I understand...
>
> 6. They are the number one cause of street robbery...the white earbuds are
> a giveaway. -- * and so are Nike shoes, or whatever the latest thing
> is...criminals
> want popular things....what are you going to do about it?
>
> 7. To watch or listen to something on a phone, PDA, or iPod is to exclude
> yourself from your friends and your environment. -- *see #5
>
> 8. When it crashes, there goes your music. -- *I actually bought an
> external hard drive (200gb for less than $200) to store the mp4 files on
> (I burn them
> from CDs using 160kbps, so they're a bit larger than 128kbps mp3 files,
> but they sound much better!), but yeah, the files will take up room on
> your
> hard drive...you have to make adjustments for that...
>
> 9. Anybody that uses one in public that is over 30 years old looks
> silly. --*
> Bob, that's a matter of personal opinion (I kinda agree but then again, I
> think us older curmudgeon types are probably not happy with a lot of
> things
> like this). Again, you think people over 30 with iPods look silly, I think
> most
> people look silly anyway.
>
> 10. Your friends can talk about you while you're listeneng to the latest
> Pink Eye track. -* Paranoid a little bit, Bob?:-)
>
> Bryan
>
>
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