On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Adam Piontek wrote:
quoted 6 lines People actually use MS products to create/encode their music? I mean, sure,> People actually use MS products to create/encode their music? I mean, sure,
> I use Windows on my PC, but I've never used a MS program to rip/encode MP3s,
> and I don't intend to start, even if theirs *wasn't* going to be crippled.
> And if I wanted to actually make music, I was under the impression that all
> the usual culprits (max/msp/fruityloops/rebirth/whateverthelatestthingis)
> were made by companies other than MS.
You still have to install CODECS to encode mp3s, and Windows XP suppresses
THAT, too. Yes, it does.
quoted 5 lines It's a valid point that, if MP3 were to completely disappear, it would> It's a valid point that, if MP3 were to completely disappear, it would
> remove an attractive option, but I don't think there will ever come a time
> when there are not alternatives.
>
> Even MP3 must be replaced/deprecated someday...
I also agree with this, as I tried to illustrate in my "they did it with
DVD" section of my rant. Teh computers that RUN whatever new encoding
formats that come out are equally capable of BREAKING said formats; the
arguement itself is a red herring in the information age, because the very
technology that reproduces the sound can, and will, be used to redefine
it.
quoted 1 line And what about Macs?> And what about Macs?
That reminds me -- when we played with Marumari, his PC-usin' white ass
said, direct quote, "Steve Jobs licks my nuts." And you thought the BoC
as pedophiles rumor was ridiculous...
m@2zo
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