Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 07:16:59 -0600 From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> Subject: Re: What happened to AS2 & AS3?
...and I guess we'll leave it at that. Since you don't like the sound of MiniDiscs, I would expext that you really hate MP3's since they deviate from the "true" sound even more. Walt Kienzle "Kalman Rubinson" <kr4nopsamnyu.edu> wrote in message news:f6oN5.48$cW4.342nopsamoon.nyu.edu... > Walt Kienzle <wkienzlenopsam.com> wrote: > > And just think, if you switched to MiniDisc, you wouln't be creating all > > that garbage from CD-R's that you have thrown out. Don't we get enough of > > that from AOL with their subscription mailings? > > And if I tried to use minidiscs, I'd have to buy players/recorders to > hear them outside of the car. Besides, and this is really getting us off-topic, > I don't like how they sound. > > Now, I have no objection to your strategy but mine works just fine, especially since > there is a CD player in my dash, I have a CD burner in my computer that permits me > to use the cheaper discs, and I can play them on my big systems without cringing. > > > BTW, I pay about $3 per CD-R (and $10 per CD-RW) because of the special CD's > > that an audio system CD burner requires, thanks to the RIAA. Even though I > > am recording programming that went into the public domain years ago, I still > > have to pay royalties to some unknown entity. Since I go through about 2 > > CD's worth of material a day, that would be about $1,500 a year -- and a lot > > of filled up landfills. If you are wondering why I don't just use the > > cheaper CDs and burn them on my computer. It's like you said: "...it comes > > down to convenience." > > My use is about one CD-R per week. To each his own. > > Kal
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