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Redbeard wrote:, but as a distribution mechanism, it really is a dated concept.
Nostalgia for things lost is a natural thing, and has nothing to do with the quality of the options that replace said thing. Nostalgic things take us back to times in the past that we remember fondly.
Yes all of our current electronic/web-based ways to find and collect music are quick and user friendly, but that does nothign to change the fact that record stores (especially the kind that used to have massive collections of LPs that some people enjoyed leafing through, looking at album art, reading lyric sheets, etc., etc, It wasn't about the efficiency of the process, it was the atmosphere, and the love of the hunt, and hanging out talking about music with fellow collectors, and the tactile stimulation that was so enjoyable.
Redbeard wrote:, but as a distribution mechanism, it really is a dated concept.
Nostalgia for things lost is a natural thing, and has nothing to do with the quality of the options that replace said thing. Nostalgic things take us back to times in the past that we remember fondly.
Yes all of our current electronic/web-based ways to find and collect music are quick and user friendly, but that does nothing to change the fact that record stores (especially the kind that used to have massive collections of LPs that some people enjoyed leafing through, looking at album art, reading lyric sheets, etc., etc, It wasn't about the efficiency of the process, it was the atmosphere, and the love of the hunt, and hanging out talking about music with fellow collectors, and the tactile stimulation that was so enjoyable.
Very true...I for one miss the smell of vinyl,the atmosphere of the record shops..hanging out and discussing bands and such...the feeling of "contact".
Downloading may be more "efficient"...but it certainly isn't as interesting.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
2011/02/19 21:05:18
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
Good cartoons. Now I know someone is going to say "Your just looking through rose tinted glasses", but I am going to Internet Slap anyone who says that Sponge Bob compares to Animaniacs......
In all fairness, up until Animaniacs, there was nothing that could compare to it, and after it, there's still nothing that can compare to it. It did so much that you just can't normally do with children's cartoons because it had the balls to do so. It's not a sign of an exceptional generation, it's a sign of an exceptional studio and production team.
I presume you never saw ren and stimpy? that was a great cartoon.
Ren and Stimpy where great!!! +1000
"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
2011/02/19 21:13:32
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
hey, i don't drink/smoke or do drugs, I have good friends and am doing well at school. I also hold a provisonal bike license and i'm a part time scout leader, an idiot couldn't manage all that, trust me I know alot of idiots
__ i had one just like this, then it 'dissapered' (parents)
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I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
FM Ninja 048 wrote:hey, i don't drink/smoke or do drugs, I have good friends and am doing well at school. I also hold a provisonal bike license and i'm a part time scout leader, an idiot couldn't manage all that, trust me I know alot of idiots
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i had one just like this, then it 'dissapered' (parents)
Ah, ye olde gameboy. My sister had the original, I had (and still have) a pocket, colour and advance (my brother also has a colour and advance (normal and SP) and also a DS.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2011/02/20 01:50:30
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
FM Ninja 048 wrote:hey, i don't drink/smoke or do drugs, I have good friends and am doing well at school. I also hold a provisonal bike license and i'm a part time scout leader, an idiot couldn't manage all that, trust me I know alot of idiots
Well argued, although you did manage to demonstrate the second biggest problem with teenagers: they take themselves way too seriously.
2011/02/20 19:55:37
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
Another mission, the powers have called me away. Another chance to carry the colours again. My motivation, an oath I've sworn to defend. To win the honour of coming back home again.
Laughter has been replaced by lolling.
Lounging around has its merits but cannot replace the shot of endorphines released by a good old fashioned belly laugh.
2011/02/21 13:26:34
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
Good cartoons. Now I know someone is going to say "Your just looking through rose tinted glasses", but I am going to Internet Slap anyone who says that Sponge Bob compares to Animaniacs......
I'm both orderly and rational. I value control, information, and order. I love structure and hierarchy, and will actively use whatever power or knowledge I have to maintain it. At best, I am lawful and insightful; at worst, I am bureaucratic and tyrannical.
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2011/02/21 13:51:11
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
Good cartoons. Now I know someone is going to say "Your just looking through rose tinted glasses", but I am going to Internet Slap anyone who says that Sponge Bob compares to Animaniacs......
Spongebob is surprisingly witty.
Spongebob has side effects. And yes, Bad Side effects.
It may be "witty" but it is also in poor taste. In older cartoons, you had to actually get the jokes they threw at you, in Spongebob, all the episodes I've seen are "HEY GUYS, LOOK! WE HAVE A MILE LONG SPANKING TUNNEL!". You know, where you crawl under peoples legs and get spanked as you pass them.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Redbeard wrote: I don't know anyone who would rather get in the car and drive to a bookstore, hoping they have a book in stock, than just download it to their eReader, or order it online.
Well, now you do.
I got a nook for Christmas and I hate the damn thing. Read one book on it and haven't used it since.
Reading isn't just about the words. It's also a tactile experience, with the feel of the paper and the act of turning the pages; an experience that eReaders fail to replicate. And staring at that screen for hours on end isn't exactly easy on the eyes.
And one of my favorite things to do on a sunday afternoon is get in the car and drive to B&N and peruse the shelves picking out books that look interesting. Sitting on my ass in front of the computer just can't compare to actually walking through the rows and picking up and touching the books that I'm looking at. And the mixed smells of paper and coffee is intoxicating.
So yeah, eReaders are really just all flash and no substance. Give me a real book.
Another mission, the powers have called me away. Another chance to carry the colours again. My motivation, an oath I've sworn to defend. To win the honour of coming back home again.
I got a Sony one a couple of years ago when they were launched -- there was a staff special offer so I got it half price.
You do lose the tactile experience of paper, but the screen is amazingly good. The key benefit for me is being able to carry hundreds of books on holiday in a package the size and weight of a medium paperback.
You do lose the tactile experience of paper, but the screen is amazingly good. The key benefit for me is being able to carry hundreds of books on holiday in a package the size and weight of a medium paperback.
This. Being able to carry your Library with you is too much of a benefit.
That said, I've yet to get one and no plans for the foreseeable future. I really don't read much anymore.
You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
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I use the heck out of my Kendle now that I'm traveling for work so much. It's a 5 hour plane ride from Houston to Portland. Angry Birds gets old after a while...
kronk wrote:I use the heck out of my Kendle now that I'm traveling for work so much. It's a 5 hour plane ride from Houston to Portland. Angry Birds gets old after a while...
Try moving countries every 2-3 years knowing it'll be 2 months till your stuff catches up with you. Right now my Kindle is nice, but I can see it becoming essential real fast.
