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| Outsyder
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|  "Rantings about lack of VG MP3s...."
, posted Sun 7 Sep 20:33
Time for this old schooler to get on his soapbox for a while....
Perhaps it's my lack of understanding or perhaps it's my bad luck. But one thing I dislike is finding a lack of VG MP3s to many classic stuff out there. Back before I even had cd-burning technology such MP3's were there at a click of a button. Now when I just recently have such CD burning capabilities, I try to find those long-sought MP3s of VG classics I so want to keep for posterity...and they're gone for good. Even through countless search engine scourings, I found not such good sites that had everything I would find. Why are there no more MP3s??
Oh sure, we have the "music industry excuse" where sales of CDs have gone down due to CD burning technology. Sure, that is partially true but that applies to those that just plain abuse the system. I know friends who download over 100 MBs of easily-obtainable music from all genres just to save lousy money. That is the sort of people that give those who want to find those hard-to-obtain music pieces a bad name. Now cus of that, file trasnfer services and egenral placing of MP3s in website are becoming scarcer and scarcer. it really angers me.
People then tell me "Just go to a file transfer program like Kazaa or an ftp site! You'll find what you need right there" Sad to say File transfer systems are a hassle to me. Everytime I sign to find or download stuff, my computer gets FUBAR'd. I thought it was just mine that had bugs, but after trying the same transfer systems on both my brothers' and other family members' computers they are also FUBAR'd. And they all blame me. Of course, they are right. So I gave up on file transfer systems.
Ftp's are also a pain. Just trying to sign into one is too much trouble for lack of better wording. And the download rate (even with me with a CABLE modem) makes a snail look like Sonic.
Still, I feel saddednd whenever sites that used to have VG MP3s soon are found out and are ordered to shut down. One such case coming to mind? www.media-zero.com
I found about this website a little too late. I knew back then this was a VG music maniac's paradise. billions of music files in easy-to-burn formats, and then...first the site closed down and now apprently the domain name is now up for grabs. I wish I knew what happened, but most likely it was the old "stop MP3 file sharing" tripe.
Sure, people would finally tell me, "Then don't be so cheap and buy yourself some VG soundtracks!" How I wish that would be even possible, like some, international shipping from the US to lower standing Latin American countries (especially where I live, Honduras) is both a pain and a hassle. Not to mention near impossible with the high tariff and taxes they impose upon you.
Just recently, I recieved a package that was at least 5 pounds fo weight, but the hungry-grubbing courier service decided to pay me through VOLUME size than package weight..and I wound up paying over 1000 lempiras (that's like 50-something dollars) for such a small weight, but sadly big looking package.
So you see, with finally having CD burning capabilities but sites out there lacking, I guess I'm just plain unlucky.
I know I'm not exactly a member of the highest standing but even long-time lurkers who finally have an entry pass to post here have to be heard once in a while. This was one such time. My soapbox is now empty.
Hasta la vista, amigos....
"I wish I were what I was when I was trying to become what I am now"
-Anon
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2248th Post
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|  "Re(1):Rantings about lack of VG MP3s...."
, posted Sun 7 Sep 21:02
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Time for this old schooler to get on his soapbox for a while....
Perhaps it's my lack of understanding or perhaps it's my bad luck. But one thing I dislike is finding a lack of VG MP3s to many classic stuff out there. Back before I even had cd-burning technology such MP3's were there at a click of a button. Now when I just recently have such CD burning capabilities, I try to find those long-sought MP3s of VG classics I so want to keep for posterity...and they're gone for good. Even through countless search engine scourings, I found not such good sites that had everything I would find. Why are there no more MP3s??
Oh sure, we have the "music industry excuse" where sales of CDs have gone down due to CD burning technology. Sure, that is partially true but that applies to those that just plain abuse the system. I know friends who download over 100 MBs of easily-obtainable music from all genres just to save lousy money. That is the sort of people that give those who want to find those hard-to-obtain music pieces a bad name. Now cus of that, file trasnfer services and egenral placing of MP3s in website are becoming scarcer and scarcer. it really angers me.
People then tell me "Just go to a file transfer program like Kazaa or an ftp site! You'll find what you need right there" Sad to say File transfer systems are a hassle to me. Everytime I sign to find or download stuff, my computer gets FUBAR'd. I thought it was just mine that had bugs, but after trying the same transfer systems on both my brothers' and other family members' computers they are also FUBAR'd. And they all blame me. Of course, they are right. So I gave up on file transfer systems.
Ftp's are also a pain. Just trying to sign into one is too much trouble for lack of better wording. And the download rate (even with me with a CABLE modem) makes a snail look like Sonic.
Still, I feel saddednd whenever sites that used to have VG MP3s soon are found out and are ordered to shut down. One such case coming to mind? www.media-zero.com
I found about this website a little too late. I knew back then this was a VG music maniac's paradise. billions of music files in easy-to-burn formats, and then...first the site closed down and now apprently the domain name is now up for grabs. I wish I knew what happened, but most likely it was the old "stop MP3 file sharing" tripe.
Sure, people would finally tell me, "Then don't be so cheap and buy yourself some VG soundtracks!" How I wish that would be even possible, like some, international shipping from the US to lower standing Latin American countries (especially where I live, Honduras) is both a pain and a hassle. Not to mention near impossible with the high tariff and taxes they impose upon you.
Just recently, I recieved a package that was at least 5 pounds fo weight, but the hungry-grubbing courier service decided to pay me through VOLUME size than package weight..and I wound up paying over 1000 lempiras (that's like 50-something dollars) for such a small weight, but sadly big looking package.
So you see, with finally having CD burning capabilities but sites out there lacking, I guess I'm just plain unlucky.
I know I'm not exactly a member of the highest standing but even long-time lurkers who finally have an entry pass to post here have to be heard once in a while. This was one such time. My soapbox is now empty.
Hasta la vista, amigos....
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that was good
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