Originally posted by bodachCause if you were 12 or something, maybe you only knew of the option to download music. Since you are not, I don't understand why you would ask me how I obtain my music if not for downloading, because I believe there's only CDs really. Well, I guess there are options for Radio Cuts and tape and record to computer. CD is easiest though.
22. Why?
Triple post for the win.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Cause if you were 12 or something, maybe you only knew of the option to download music. Since you are not, I don't understand why you would ask me how I obtain my music if not for downloading, because I believe there's only CDs really. Well, I guess there are options for Radio Cuts and tape and record to computer. CD is easiest though.Triple post for the win.
I thought you knew about something that wasn't common knowledge... I guess not.
Originally posted by bodachHaha, nah. Just standard CD to Mp3.
I thought you knew about something that wasn't common knowledge... I guess not.
Originally posted by bodachI also have all Audioslave. Prefer RATM too though
Rage Against the Machine = nice!Audioslave just doesn't compare, you need De La Rocha!
Re: Why iTunes sucks...
Originally posted by bodach
Before I start, let me state for the record that I love my iPod shuffle and I buy lots of music on iTunes...However, I have a number of grievances with iTunes and I'm curious what you guys think of iTunes...
Firstly, the music selection sucks. Anything even remotely obscure is simply not on iTunes and that's BS. You can't sell music and ONLY cater to the mainstream, that's just plain discriminatory.
Second, it slows your PC down like crazy. iTunes is massive for what it actually accomplishes and slows down games, web browsers, and even basic in-computer navigation to a ridonkulous level.
Third, the new version only runs on XP or Vista... Vista? Are you ****ing kidding me? I don't know anyone who runs Vista. I know a few people who tried it out and switched back, and XP is all well and good for the richers out there who can afford a good PC, but what about us college students?
Finally, (and this isn't really about iTunes but more about Apple) iPod accessories are stupidly expensive. Replacement earbud headphones will run you almost $50 and the in-ear version nearly $70! Don't even get me started on the arm bands etc...
In short, I hate Apple and I hate the way they monopolize markets by aggressively establishing their brand and then pussying out and offering sub-par services and products in the long run...
/rant.
What do you guys think about iTunes, iPods, Apple, and Steve Jobs?
I hate ituns to ,but like since my dad is a cop i can't use limewire.I baught over 1000 songs.Ihad a ipod nano 2 gb...then i got a new nano black 8 gb which can hold 2000-3000.But the thing is ,since i can put vidios mucies and that stuff it erase MY WHOLE playlist.Ituns is gay.It really slows down my new laptop.And they dont got the good mucie,its really anoying.
Re: Re: Why iTunes sucks...
Originally posted by SceneReactionx
I hate ituns to ,but like since my dad is a cop i can't use limewire.I baught over 1000 songs.Ihad a ipod nano 2 gb...then i got a new nano black 8 gb which can hold 2000-3000.But the thing is ,since i can put vidios mucies and that stuff it erase MY WHOLE playlist.Ituns is gay.It really slows down my new laptop.And they dont got the good mucie,its really anoying.
I used to "share" music when I was younger, then I grew up a bit and realized how lame that is.
I mean, stealing a "Soulja' Boy" is one thing because no one actually worked hard or dedicated much time to creating that crap. However, stealing music by dedicated artists who work hard to produce something meaningful is a pretty damn atrocious thing to do.
If I could buy music directly from the artists, I would, I hate to think that 99% of the money I spend on music goes to some fat suit who just sits around drinking martinis and porking hookers all day while the artist tries to create.
Originally posted by SceneReactionx
I hate ituns to ,but like since my dad is a cop i can't use limewire.I baught over 1000 songs.Ihad a ipod nano 2 gb...then i got a new nano black 8 gb which can hold 2000-3000.But the thing is ,since i can put vidios mucies and that stuff it erase MY WHOLE playlist.Ituns is gay.It really slows down my new laptop.And they dont got the good mucie,its really anoying.
Holy shit, are you for real?
Originally posted by ragesRemorse
Maybe these are new features, because ive tried numerous times to transfer a few songs from my ipod to the itunes of friends. Every time i would connect my ipod to their mac. A notification would appear telling me that itunes could not recognize my ipod and that it is because (according to a Mac tech) Itunes can only identify and authorize one ipod at a time.So, about authorizing up to five computers, im thinking you mean a new computer or an itunes program not already familiar with an ipod.
I exceeded burning ten cd's worth of one album and received a notification telling me so. Hopefully this has changed, but i doubt it. I have heard that there is now a way to transfer music from ipod to ipod and itunes to itunes, pertaining to purchased music. I have not had these rumors verified by mac techs though.
So, if my mac crashed, i could transfer the music form my ipod to another itunes program on a new computer?
Well, I don't know anything about the Mac version of it as I have a Windows computer.
But I currently have the latest version of iTunes - had to update it as I got a new iPod for Christmas and it needed the newest one to work. Everything I said it does, though, does work - and I know it's not just it only being able to recognize one iPod, as it recognizes my old one fine, as well as my sister's.
Nice taste in music there, Bardock 😛
Re: Why iTunes sucks...
Originally posted by bodach
Firstly, the music selection sucks. Anything even remotely obscure is simply not on iTunes and that's BS. You can't sell music and ONLY cater to the mainstream, that's just plain discriminatory.
I don't use iTunes for this very reason - none of my favourite bands are there. 🙄
Here's another thing I hate about iTunes:
When I put music (which I legally purchased on iTunes) on my iPod shuffle, the first thing the iTunes program does is check with the iTunes store that I did, in fact, legally purchase said songs BEFORE it will allow me to put them on the iPod.
Don't get me wrong; Apple SHOULD have the right to make sure I'm not stealing music. HOWEVER, (and this is a big HOWEVER) it should check AFTER I have loaded my iPod.
If Apple discovers that some of my music has been obtained illegally, sure, Apple has the right to sue/charge me with theft or whatever. However, Apple does not have the right to ASSUME I am guilty of a crime and therefore hinder my ability to use the program which I have legally obtained and which I pump my own hard-earned money into...
Is America not built on the theory that I am innocent UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY?
If so, Apple has the right to investigate suspicious iPod activites. However, it is ILLEGAL for Apple to ASSUME that I am committing a crime when there is no evidence, and to only allow me to use their goods/services (which I have already paid for) AFTER they have first validated my rights...
In short, as an American citizen (granted I NOW live in Canada), Apple is violating my civil liberties and my basic human rights by ASSUMING I am a criminal (without evidence) and thus CRASHING my old-school operating system mid-file transfer with no evidence.
Explain that, Apple defenders...
Originally posted by Bardock42
Why iTunes doesn't suck:
I don't want to be a dick, but how ironic is it for someone to list Rage Against the Machine while simultaneously defending iTunes, a company which Zach would have RIPPED TO ****ING SHREDS if he was still with Rage today? I mean, iTunes literally stands for everything that Zach and Rage spoke against...
Originally posted by bodachIt's easy if you like them for their music.
I don't want to be a dick, but how ironic is it for someone to list Rage Against the Machine while simultaneously defending iTunes, a company which Zach would have RIPPED TO ****ING SHREDS if he was still with Rage today? I mean, iTunes literally stands for everything that Zach and Rage spoke against...
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I remember when Bardock owned about...an album.How they grow.
-AC
Yeah, I bought my first album about early 2005 I think.
Originally posted by Nellinator
I love Rage, but their political ideals are a bit on the silly side imo.
Please explain.
Rage stood up against the homogenization of American culture and gave voice to the oppressed in the supposed land of the free. When did they EVER lean toward "silliness?"
Rage was the last true American political band. They make System of a Down look like a George Bush fund-raiser by comparison.
If you're so jaded that you don't think America can NEVER go back to it's roots as "The Land of the Free" then that's your problem. Rage stood for a return to America's roots: A country where anything was possible, even for the minorities, as opposed to what it has become today: A tool of the institution to keep the poor poor and increase the wealth of the super-elite...
Originally posted by bodach
Please explain.Rage stood up against the homogenization of American culture and gave voice to the oppressed in the supposed land of the free. When did they EVER lean toward "silliness?"
Rage was the last true American political band. They make System of a Down look like a George Bush fund-raiser by comparison.
If you're so jaded that you don't think America can NEVER go back to it's roots as "The Land of the Free" then that's your problem. Rage stood for a return to America's roots: A country where anything was possible, even for the minorities, as opposed to what it has become today: A tool of the institution to keep the poor poor and increase the wealth of the super-elite...
Their ideas are a bit (lot) on the leftish side of things. They have some good ideas imo, but they are still filthy hippie communists....just joking...they are though. You don't have to agree with their political thoughts to see what immensely great music they created. Otherwise you would for example have huge problems liking Zappa and RATM at the same time...that's not the case though. At least not with people having taste.
Originally posted by bodachBasically what Bardock said. A little too left sided for my tastes. I'm not jaded, but I think RATM thinks more people are oppressed than are. I'm not against everything they stood for, but I think realism escaped their political stances.
Please explain.Rage stood up against the homogenization of American culture and gave voice to the oppressed in the supposed land of the free. When did they EVER lean toward "silliness?"
Rage was the last true American political band. They make System of a Down look like a George Bush fund-raiser by comparison.
If you're so jaded that you don't think America can NEVER go back to it's roots as "The Land of the Free" then that's your problem. Rage stood for a return to America's roots: A country where anything was possible, even for the minorities, as opposed to what it has become today: A tool of the institution to keep the poor poor and increase the wealth of the super-elite...
Re: Why iTunes sucks...
Originally posted by bodach
What do you guys think about iTunes, iPods, Apple, and Steve Jobs?
I'm a bit of a Mac fan so.. well here's my opinion.
iTunes is awesome if you have a lot of music, and a lot can mean like 40Gb or so, because you are free to organize anyway you want to keep trak of you music. It's easy to browse trough a huge library in iTunes. The same thing goes for iPods. They're not better than any other mp3-player in playing music, but they're heaven compared to others in organizing you music. Because they sync with iTunes you can find the music you looking in a lot of places, like artists, albums, song names and genres. And you're in total control of it and can make up you own genres that fits with your opinions.
If you hate apple..well ok do so. However I think they kinda deserve they hype since they've been making great products for a long time and haven't succeeded financially until now.