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Recently I had to format my c: drive and lost all my data, except, fortunately, I transfered all my mp3s to my d: drive a few days before the crash. I was thinking about how happy I was that I had saved the mp3s, while I had lost my documents, images, digital camera pictures. The only thing that was replaceable had the most valuable to me. So I was just wondering, how much would you pay for your mp3 collection, if you were to lose the whole thing, or would you just fuckit and download it again. Pretty stupid question, just bored in Astronomy class. |
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I have my mp3s on a 45 G drive. Only about 5% are downloaded, I have CDs of thr rest. Even so, since 45 G drives are under $100 I went out and bought another one and mirrored the drives, so I don't have to worry about that sort of thing. |
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I don't have to worry either... I have my entire collection on data-cd. I had to use them several times,cuz my computer crashes about twice a year. |
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...i have to update my mirror |
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I'd be pretty pissed off, but I wouldn't pay to get them back. I'd rather just download 'em again. Most of them are stuff ripped from my cds anyway. I'd probably pay to get my artwork and porn back though :( |
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I'd be pissed about losing all my own music and music related files!! taken me ages to make, and probably never make them again! |
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I've been thinking about the amount of time I sevite to downloading MP3s and backuping em up etc... Can't help feeling that once Cable/ hignspeed/WiFi connections are the norm & our connections to the net are 24/7 then the net itself would become one huge distrubted Hard Disk and anything will be available whenever you want without having to wait... This isn't that far away...I know several Linux hackers (and I mean hacker in the proper way, not the malcious way; true hackers are the lifeblood & creators of our future...), I digress...anyway I know several hackers who have been working on this sort of setup for a long time & they have systems like this up n running... Obviously, this shit ain't ready for the mainstream or even non-techhead use but it does make you wonder & , to me antice................................................patio personally, salivate in n... |
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I also wonder if our desire to posess digital data is some sort of refection of the way we consider digital data to have some physical form & so treat as we would a CD or Video or any phsycal item.... An interesting area...sorry if I sound a little intellectutal tonight but these things are worth a good discussion and I'd love to hear how d'ya feel about this kinda stuff.... (p.s. FUCK....sorry, it's in my soul never to post without swearing at least once..;)..gotta keep my image as an IDM Yob going... |
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LOL @ "(p.s. FUCK....sorry, it's in my soul never to post without swearing at least once..;).." "I also wonder if our desire to posess digital data is some sort of refection of the way we consider digital data to have some physical form & so treat as we would a CD or Video or any phsycal item.... " Sorry i don't follow tou there? |
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Sorry jand, you lost me on your second post. :) The first thing you talked about is already here. I can listen to my music collection anywhere in the world (as long as there is a phone line + internet) from my streaming server at home. I also listen to it throughout the house with wi-fi and modified laptop computers ... |
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oops i wasn't goona reply yet....hit reply by accident.......now it looks messy : ( I like having lots of mp3's on my computer , its so easy to switch music when you feel like it , just a couple of clicks. Sometimes thats a hassle with cd and vinyl ....finding it....take it out....put it on. |
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Wi-Fi ?? |
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in summer of 2000 i lost 18 gigs of mp3's. i've prolly re-downloaded 7 gigs of that and bought (cd's) a gig or so of them back. the lesson is to back up your mp3's, or at least keep a list of mp3's you have (which i didn't have after my computer crashed). |
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wi-fi is cheap, fast wireless networking gear. It's really taking off in the States. |
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Erm, what exactly MAKES your computer crash and burn like that? A virus? It happened to me right after I got my computer in the summer, but my uncle put anti-virus software on it. And how do you back up your MP3s, just put them on a data CD or something? |
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buy an expensive fire wire hard drive or spend a couple hundred dollars and a few DAYS time on cd-r's. |
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To clarify, is it not somehow skewed to own (possess) something that has no phisical form of itself...and is something that is availble to everyone/anywhere... Does that make better sense?...someone less stoned help me out..;)...(rest assured, I was straight when I posted the above couple of posts....)... |
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Usually the drive will just have mechanical failure and it's game over, but I remember at least one virus that specifically targeted and erased mp3s and jpgs. |
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it wouldn't bother me that much. i would start all over again. who knows what direction my collection would take. |
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cornbread |
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Hard drives contain moving parts, so they're prone to mechanical failure after a while. Interesting analogy - the heads that read the data are so close to the spinning disks, that it'd be like flying a 747 at top speed 3 feet off the ground. If you notice a high-pitched whine coming from your hard drive, back up your data! You could be in for a hard crash on the drive...i know some people who found this out the hard way... |
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EEEEEEKKKK!!!! Now I'm paranoid... I don't want to lose the porn and the music and the movies and the programs and the games and the roms and everything else... |
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yeah, i have a few HD platters (the steel circle that contain the actual data..imagine a Hard ticker version of a uncased floppy disk)... just to remind me that at the end of the day, HD technology is really just a evolution of the good old record player but spining at 5000+ RPM....sure, they use magnatic fluctuations in the mangetive material on the HD platter rather than the actual gooves of vinyl...but the parallels between the 2 are obvious; you are trusting your data to a physical device & these will always be prond to decay & mechnical issues.... In other news.... I must made an entire track from the sound of 2 8" harddisk platter being hit together etc....created some wonderful noises and, as I'm sure most of you soundboffs know, you can practically take any sound and create any other sound from it.... Still, I've always believed that most art thrives the odd limitation or two (witness Acid House, Stencil Grafetti)...remeber that next time you're proud of your sample collection or you find your HD full of more plug-ins than compositions.... Shite, I am a little wordy tonite....apologies... |
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where do i get these vst plugins? |
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try backing up your mp3s to cdr. then you wont have a heart attack every time you get blue death. i have 12 cdrs full of mp3s. jesus, it doesn't take einstein to work this out. |
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