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flatluigi posted:foone makes me wish people still had blogs because I'd absolutely follow their blog but I could only take 30-40 tweet threads for so long Foone addressed this in the past: Twitter works well for their ADHD in that you can do a deep dive, but broken into chunks. It's like the one exception for this sort of thing to me (And I agree about blogs. It used to be nice to see what Mr jalopy was up to, etc)
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Lowen SoDium posted:I can't see why it would be cheaper. The new style one has everything that the old version had, parts wise, except for the metal cone and the disk having the pegs on them to pluck the comb. The old one required more tooling for manufacturing to make the different disks. I wouldn't be surprised if that would much more expensive than crapping out yet another microcontroller+sound pcb of the sort that's in hundreds of other toys. EDIT: NVM, I read further and I guess each record is still physically different. This is surreal. I'm sure there must be some reason why this is cheaper because why else would they do it but 
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https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 That hard drive maxed out at around 200 megs.
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 it looks like a robot snail that is holding out his hands, full of buttons, to you!
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Code Jockey posted:it looks like a robot snail that is holding out his hands, full of buttons, to you! FATHER GIVE ME LEGS
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20
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Trabant posted:FATHER jesus lmao
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 I bet that machine would be great at determining a Numberwang monolithburger has a new favorite as of 07:07 on Nov 9, 2021 |
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that robot snail abomination would make a great av
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9JPF3pn5O4
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 I'm the dual Stalin's organs.
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 I'm trying to imagine how much you could store on a drive platter that size built using modern tech and the only number I can think of is one whole internet.
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 When progressive rock bands like Rush and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were writing songs about people fighting computers, that’s the computer they were thinking of.
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Angry snailputer has its dukes up.
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Kwyndig posted:I'm trying to imagine how much you could store on a drive platter that size built using modern tech and the only number I can think of is one whole internet. with a seek time measured in years
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Kwyndig posted:I'm trying to imagine how much you could store on a drive platter that size built using modern tech and the only number I can think of is one whole internet. Modern hard drives are around 1.3 terabits per square inch in areal density (from a very cursory google search; this number goes back to 2015, and it may be closer to 2 tbit now). That drive has 39 inch diameter platters. The inner spindle ring seems to be around 9 inches from a quick measurement on an image. The area of the platter is therefore pi*(39^2 - 9^2) = 4524 square inches. 4524*1.3/8 = 735 terabytes. So if it's double sided, 1.47 petabytes per platter.
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Scarodactyl posted:To continue reading this file, flip the platter over to side B. Do I have to cut a new write-protect notch for the other side using a hole punch?
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Powered Descent posted:Do I have to cut a new write-protect notch for the other side using a hole punch?
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/ValerieH137/status/1457814779284885511?s=20 HATE
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Weatherman posted:I'd really like to know what inspired that redtext. I actually don't know. I really wish I did and I really wish it was a funny story. I did create a thread about Frasier many years ago and I'd love for you to post in it! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3814064
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No one ever called me out and said this is why I spent money to buy this no one ever insulted me. It just happened. And I never had any meltdown or any fun thing like that. I just had a thread about Frasier.
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Sweevo posted:Minidisc failed because it was full of DRM bullshit and because it didn't include a way to use them for data. It could have cleaned up in the post-floppy era when CD-R drives were still expensive (and prone to making coasters) and people were trying things like ZIP, Jazz, and LS120 drives to fill the gap. If there had been a standard way of storing a few hundred MB on a minidisc then they could have eaten into the early USB stick market, and been used instead of CDs to play MP3s from. Those gaps were just later refined and way cheaper versions of tech that had been big for publishing in the 80s and 90s. I’ve been getting into light restoration of vintage Macs and it’s amazing that the formats that were really expensive for publishing still have a bit of a premium on them when hunting for working drives. I guess anyone selling feels that if you’re looking for the item you may be trying to salvage old files that haven’t been archived in a better format yet and will pay what is needed. Meanwhile I just want as period correct a setup for some of my wilder finds and am shocked to see $100 plus prices for these drives.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:It really died because of Sony's obsession with proprietary formats and DRM (before DRM was even a term).
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:It really died because of Sony's obsession with proprietary formats and DRM (before DRM was even a term). Again, though, at one time the RIAA was absolutely desperate for unbeatable DRM, or a media that was uncopyable, and would have crowned the first person to produce it and make it publically popular as God-King of the Earth. And Sony, by god, threw everything at the wall and prayed something would stick. Apple eventually won this battle, but not through unbeatable DRM, but by making music essentially too cheap to pirate.
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rndmnmbr posted:too cheap to pirate. Lmao lol. Too cheap to pirate for a profit you mean.
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"too cheap/easily available for pirating to remain an issue". I remember those weird years, where the tech and expectations for mp3 were there, but when you couln't _buy_ digital music (mp3 or serious alternatives).
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Collateral Damage posted:I'll say it every time the topic comes up, Sony really is its own worst enemy. When Guitar/Song Hero was the hottest poo poo the biggest blockage in their content production pipeline was negotiating licensing with... Sony BMG, lol.
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Wipfmetz posted:"too cheap/easily available for pirating to remain an issue". Metallica and Madonna spearheading the crusade against digital formats and later, digital distribution. Also misreading the room by accusing the people who wanted digital formats or get this, use their computer or phone to listen to music, for being "loser nerds and pirates".
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Der Kyhe posted:Metallica and Madonna spearheading the crusade against digital formats and later, digital distribution. Also misreading the room by accusing the people who wanted digital formats or get this, use their computer or phone to listen to music, for being "loser nerds and pirates". People who wanted to listen to Metallica were loser nerds and still are 
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3D Megadoodoo posted:People who wanted to listen to Metallica were loser nerds and still are Guilty as charged. But damnit, it ain't right
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I had a midi of Metallica on my MySpace page. What up nerds.
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Sweevo posted:Also nobody has given a poo poo about Madonna since ~1990. It was her late 90s experimental poo poo like Power of Goodbye and Frozen.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:People who wanted to listen to Metallica were loser nerds and still are Yes, I also listen to Viikate and Kotiteollisuus for their uplifting messages and positive looks of life.
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