Back in the old Digital days.
Im not quite sure what these "tape" things are. But I do remember back in the day when everyone was messing around with the MP3 files.
Wow they were funny, I remember getting my old girlfriend an MP3 player for her birthday. Stupid little thing it was. You had to actually plug it into a "computer" and download songs off the old Internet. Half the time you could get bad copies of them. Have to delete them and start again.

Do you remember the devices? You had to scroll through the list of songs you had put on it till you found the one you wanted to listen to. Not like these days where you just think about the song you want to hear and it is instantly transmitted to you and played.

I remember spending at least a whole hour downloading and copying on a list of songs for her. She looked so ridiculous walking around with wires hanging off her face with those horrible plug things you used to stick in your ears. Eeeew! Other people could even make out what you were listening to if you had it too loud! lol

She liked it though, as she would get all frustrated if she left the stupid thing at home. You couldnt imagine it now could you? You leave your device at home so cant listen to any music! hehehe! Thank god for modern DHI technology (Direct Human Integration).

I did stick on some proper classics for her though, like that Chasing cars song and some Mika stuff. Wow remember him? Whatever happened to him? Think that Amy Macdonald lass screwed him up big style when they got together. His music was never the same after they revealed he was gay and she was actually a man. I remember it being a huge deal at the time and now nobody even remembers them.

I bet ive still got an old mp3 player and a box of those stupid usb drives in the stasis chamber in the loft. Theyll probably still work but doubt i could find anywhere to plug them in. Besides, gee what could you do with only 8gig these days? Bugger all. And why would I want to? The sound quality was rubbish. It didnt even sound anything like it was playing live right infront of you.

Ah well happy days, but I could never go back.



You could say I posted this on a "Mixed Date"
(Miggyman, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 14:57, 4 replies)

I clicked
because several years of my academic life have been spent writing cautionary papers on digital obsolescence. I refer you to the BBCs ill-fated Doomsday Project of the 1980s and nod sagely in agreement.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 15:02, closed)

^ is digital obsolescence such an issue these days?
Modern media is far less proprietary, (laserdisc was analogue anyway for video, whilst domesday did have data for the beeb master to toy with). Most media players are computer enough to be programmed how to deal with new formats (the ps3 is a good example) (even a chipped xbox with xbmc is fairly adaptable).

In terms of domesday it wouldn't be an issue these days with the internet and server side applications / web 2.0.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 15:33, closed)

^yes
Still an issue, though dissemination over the Interweb removes some of the dangers. It's still estimated that within 5 years of its creation, digital data will be obselete given changes such as file format, software upgrades, hardware migration, media disintegration, etc.

The European PS3 isn't entirely backwards compatible - there are only certain PS2 titles it will play.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 15:45, closed)

In the future there will be gel.
Nothing compares to the modern gel-based tentacle systems.
(Zupper, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 17:29, closed)