Does anyone use "old school" technology much?
Such as dvds, cds, vinyl etc? I use film for most of my high-end photo work, it still pisses on digital. Favourite camera is a 1950's 120 format Twin Lens Reflex, amazing quality. Or are you just hard drive all the way now?
Alt, anyone use Picasa? Not a great fan.
Alt alt, lunch I suppose. I was rebuked yesterday for my lunch thread being too late. Cheese on toast here, nice Red Leicester.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:27, 119 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I'm going to have coffee and fags for lunch.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:28, Reply)

The Lunch of Champions

( Locus213 Slightly to the left of Bakunin, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:29, Reply)

I might have some doritoes or something as well.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:36, Reply)

Sometimes I use a pen and paper.
Sometimes I still phone people.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:29, Reply)

My writing's got awful, since I use a computer so much.
Apart from diary and the odd bookie's slip, most stuff is either phone, tablet or PC. Longest I've written for ages was passport application form, took ages and a few rewrites.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:34, Reply)

I have this trouble with my handwriting.
Also, I have to practice my signature before signing anything important as I hardly ever do it anymore.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:36, Reply)

although, of course ironically it doesn't matter any more
as there will be almost nothing to compare it against so you can sign what you like.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:38, Reply)

I know, but I still like to be able to *spell* my name right in a signature.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:40, Reply)

F
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( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:44, Reply)

H
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( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:47, Reply)

My boss says I should have been a doctor with my scrawled writing.
I said my parents probably would have been happier.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:40, Reply)

Well me and BP are Doctors so we can get away with it.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:41, Reply)

You fucking tell 'em Doc.
Medical high fives.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:44, Reply)

*reciprocates*
*nods, knowingly*
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:48, Reply)

that's the only reason I got a doctorate.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:43, Reply)

and the money, obvs

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:51, Reply)

I'm not the kind of doctor that gets paid well.
well, not that well.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:00, Reply)

I still use a dictaphone.
I should use my finger like everyone else.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:30, Reply)

badum tish.
I'm going to use that in my standup.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:31, Reply)

Old Skool is best. And is harder to lose.
Altalt: Red Leicester? What's wrong with you? 13.50 lunch thread yesterday and now this "red leicester" nonsense.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:31, Reply)

What time are we meeting later?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:32, Reply)

when the little hand meets the big hand
ie when you shake hands hello
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:34, Reply)

A Red Leicester and cheddar mix on toast is the stuff of magic.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:33, Reply)

what, DVD and CD are old school?
really?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:37, Reply)

I'd say so, I don't use either and I'm hardly "tech savvy" or an "early adopter"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:38, Reply)

I'd say something is only "old school" once there is a comparable, better technology to replace it.
Granted, maybe Blu Ray for DVD. But there's nothing comparable replaced CDs yet. I don't think mp3 is directly comparable.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:40, Reply)

FLAC ftw

( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:41, Reply)

Oh stop it.
Of course it is.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:44, Reply)

I don't mean anything to do with quality.
I don't buy into that bollocks. And most of my music is digital.

I just think the lack of a physical "presence" makes it a kind of step change in format and therefore doesn't render the previous one (CDs) "old school" in the same way my Kindle doesn't register the contents of my bookshelves "obsolete".
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:48, Reply)

Oh fair enough.
You're right there.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:49, Reply)

I think PJ is spot on below
there will probably never be a replacement, directly, for CDs
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:51, Reply)

Although increasingly that is the format that is tending to be dropped on new releases.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:53, Reply)

Is it really?
I'm sure I read some shizzle that CDs still make up the massive majority of album sales, so that would seem an odd thing to drop...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:56, Reply)

I dunno, I'm not basing this observation on any verifiable source.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:59, Reply)

Hang on a second
- honesty
- reasonable behaviour
- sensibleness
- agreement

we're totally fucking failing at THE INTERNET here, people.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:00, Reply)

YOUR WORSE THAN HITLER

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:02, Reply)

totes.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:15, Reply)

You still have books! Print is dead man! Has been since 1984

( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:51, Reply)

My books work after I drop them in the bath, though.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:52, Reply)

or wank on them.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:53, Reply)

I think its unlikely that any physical media will replace CD
People are so used to carrying their entire music library in their pocket. To be honest I'm shocked Bluray didn't flop. I know 2 people with a bluray player. DVD worked because people also used it on their computers for increased storage before USB keys came along. I have a BluRay writer on my PC and I have never used it for a bluray, not once.
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:47, Reply)

It's all about the streaming now old man.
Oh and by the way, Applebite late of this parish is going to do her Phd at your university by the way. It's some microbiology stuff.
Can you follow her around shouting about how empowering she's being plz?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:39, Reply)

Is she really?
Do you know who her supervisor is?

/Yeah, I do that as well. Streaming, I mean. I just don't think it's "comparable" so I don't think it renders either format "old school". Probably sematics but, meh.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:41, Reply)

No idea yet, I'll ask her next time I see her online.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:42, Reply)

see stalk

Oh, now you're single you can get really rapey with her.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:47, Reply)

I ain't going to scotland.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:48, Reply)

It's almost like she planned this...

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:51, Reply)

She's totally stalking me.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:04, Reply)

I still buy the odd one, although most stuff is downloaded and stuck on usb hard drives.
Saying that, I back everything up on laptop, desktop and dvds too. Belt 'n' braces innit.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:41, Reply)

Are dvd's old school now? :(
All music is MP3 but I will still buy an album on CD on occasion.

Alt. Is this like Instacunt? Do you take loads of pouty selfies? (I do, on occasion, but not on instagram)

altalt. fucking fruit again.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:39, Reply)

about 80% of music sales (albums) are still CD
I'm pretty sure that means it's still the main format for purchasing music.

Ditto books vs eBooks.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:45, Reply)

Since I think that we all know singles don't count because, y'know, One Direction.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:49, Reply)

I thought about this when I read that statistic.
I assume its because a lot more singles than albums are purchased and I bet the stat for Singles would be more than reversed
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:57, Reply)

I think almost no singles are bought on "hard formats" any more
but I think, financially, albums still hugely dominate. I could be wrong.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:01, Reply)

No singles are bought on hard formats because there are no shops in which to buy them.
So in order to get hold of a 7" you have to add on £2-£3 postage on top of the £3-£5 price of the single.
Not really worth it for two songs when you can download them for 50p or whatever it is these things cost.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:05, Reply)

In order to get hold of a 7" I'd have to cut off an inch and a half
LOLLERs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:08, Reply)

I meant most of MY music :)

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:55, Reply)

NONE of which is One Direction

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:55, Reply)

NONE MOST
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:57, Reply)

NO!!!!
I have dubious tastes, for sure but none of that tat.

I really don;t get the hype? The songs are shit and every video looks knocked up on a green screen
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:19, Reply)

alt alt
Hey buddy you made your lifestyle choice stop moaning about it...
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:56, Reply)

I wouldn't be doing it right if I didnt moan...

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:20, Reply)

Sometimes I play a six stringed acoustic guitar
which is stupid really what with all the technological advances in guitars.
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:41, Reply)

Something hilarious about a single stringed guitar.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:42, Reply)

He spend a long time plucking his banjo string.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:45, Reply)

Bought it at the five and dime?
Played until your fingers bled?

Masochist.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:42, Reply)

69 lols

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:43, Reply)

meal for two, with a terrible view

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:44, Reply)

Can't beat an acoustic mate.
At pub's lamb roast the other week, we had a couple of banjo players, acoustic guitarist and a violinist jamming all afternoon. Yours truly attempted the drunken spoons. Good stuff.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:43, Reply)

how big/far away were the banjos?

( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:48, Reply)

This one is very small
this one is far away.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:52, Reply)

They were banjos.
No strings were broken.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:54, Reply)

Where I work, we still make occasional use of 'the fax'.
I still watch stuff I recorded on video twenty years ago. I also have cassettes, though I'm in the process of converting them to digital.

Alt: No, never. HTH.

Alt Alt: just back from the hospital and had the breakfast I didn't have beforehand, so lunch is probably going to be a 4pm thing.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:42, Reply)

Yeah, loads of people do.
What a silly question.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:45, Reply)

Isn't it something like a quarter of the population have never used the internet?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:46, Reply)

of the world or the UK?
Some people are very young and some people are very old where do they come in?
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:49, Reply)

I suppose Waterstones are doing well with books.
I'd never get rid of nay of my books. Still not got round to getting a Kindle.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:53, Reply)

I would get rid of most of my books if I didn't have to buy them all again to have digital versions.
These days if I want a new book, I buy the e-book version, and print it out.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:55, Reply)

This is actually one of the things that pisses me off but I can't see how there is a way around it.
If I own the actual book, why can't I have the e-version of it for free?

I realise this is probably a stupid argument, before anyone calls me on it. It just makes sense in my head.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:59, Reply)

I understand why this isn't the case, but I do think if you buy a dvd, or cd, or book, these days the digital version should be available free with it too.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:00, Reply)

You get that with Blu-ray.
Buy one and it gives the download code for your digital device.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:01, Reply)

I have seen this, however I rarely buy physical media
Because I'm not in the 90's anymore.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:05, Reply)

Most decent record companies will give you a free download of an album if you buy it on vinyl.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:01, Reply)

I don't see that it is a stupid argument.
It's like downloading stuff I own on CD because I can't be bothered to go into the loft and get the CD down and rip it.

Or downloading TV series that I know someone who has watched as they would have described it to me anyway so there is nothing wrong with me watching it.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:01, Reply)

I think the problem with books is the ownership model
as in, how do I prove it for a book I bought 20 years ago?

Edit - I didn't read the last line of you post properly. SneakyROFFLE.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:02, Reply)

Send the publisher a photo of you in your house with a cup of tea and a copy of the book.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:06, Reply)

THIS CANNOT FAIL.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:07, Reply)

This is the sensible answer we have been searching for.
*applauds*
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:09, Reply)

Just take a photo of every page.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:03, Reply)

This argument can go back and forth for ages though
I felt it was a bit shit to have to pay for all my movies again to get them on DVD, but I did. But I didn't feel bad downloading a copy of a movie I already owned on DVD to put it on my media centre. I feel less bad when it comes to downloading TV shows because at the click of a button on my remote I can record every episode of a TV show on my media centre anyway when its on TV. The downloads are just smaller file sizes.
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:10, Reply)

I don't particularly like the change from buying a physical object
to purchasing a licence to watch/listen to something, which can then be changed or even withdrawn from me at any time without my consent.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:28, Reply)

This is true
but for every person like yourself there are many more who like the convenience.
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:31, Reply)

Adults in the UK.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:57, Reply)

I think.
I'm just making up stats here, but it is a sizeable chunk of the population given that we're all supposed to be "online" these days.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:57, Reply)

I found this
www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/may/15/internet-office-for-national-statistics Old ladies skew the stats a bit. Fucking old biddies
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:18, Reply)

I certainly haven't ever used it.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:50, Reply)

Neither have I.
Heard all the people who use it are either paedos or rapists.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:51, Reply)

And the rest are cunts.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:01, Reply)

Rolf Harris has been charged with 4 counts of making indecent images.
This is funny.

Can you tell what it is yet?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:54, Reply)

a joey with an massive cock?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:55, Reply)

That's Rolfarood.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:56, Reply)

The Savile Squad has definitely got him.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:55, Reply)

Well, they say art is subjective.
Can this not be a defense?

"It wasn't illegal to paint nude kids back then"

*wobbles wobbleboard and heavy breathes*
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:57, Reply)

Oooh! ooooh! I know this one, pick me sir!
is it "two little boys?"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 11:57, Reply)

with their two little sex toys?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:00, Reply)

Who had him on the sweepstake?
It just HAS to be Edmonds next.
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:03, Reply)

Hmmmmmm Hahhhhhhhhhh hmmmmmmmm hahhhhhhhhh..... is it a summons ?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:35, Reply)

Im having Kung Po Pork today!
Pork two days in a row!
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:13, Reply)

It's like you don't even know what day it is.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:13, Reply)

The bank holiday threw me off.

( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:15, Reply)

bank holiday wife
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:20, Reply)

Nah, my wife and I are fine now
Its battered and chompy we're mocking for the relationship woes. I'm being mocked for shit bike technology this week.
( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:21, Reply)

Ah, in that case
wife bike
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:24, Reply)

POTAYTO PATAHTO

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:32, Reply)

Living the dream bro.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:16, Reply)

I might have bacon tomorrow

( Peej, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:16, Reply)

Has anyone said 'b3ta' yet?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:28, Reply)

Can someone start a new thread plz xxx

(PsychoChomp, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 12:33, Reply)