quoted 16 lines I hate to contribute to this CD vs. vinyl debate, but I should point
>I hate to contribute to this CD vs. vinyl debate, but I should point
>out that your reasoning's a bit off. People are still playing records
>that were made in the '30s. I read in several places (WIRED and the
>Dead Media list, among others) that the expected lifespan of CDs is
>fairly short (the info's stored on aluminum, after all). Sure, you
>could make MP3s of the CDs, but then you're left with gigs of
>muddy-sounding music that you have to repeatedly copy from computer
>to computer and back-up (all the while hoping MP3-playing software
>isn't non-existent thirty years from now.)
>
>Here's a couple of sources:
>
>http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.09/saved.html?pg=3&topic=
>http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/32/324.html
>
>Maybe you'll want to keep those old Bee Gees LPs.
One solution to "copying the MP3s to every new computer":
http://www.snapserver.com
$500, 15 gig Ethernet drive.
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