Re: [SLUG] Novell's CTO Blog - new entry

From: steve szmidt (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Mon Apr 24 2006 - 23:01:39 EDT


On Monday 24 April 2006 21:13, michael hast wrote:
> <snip>
>
> I lost my resource on current vinyl several years ago when the
> shopkeeper had to close shop to go on welfare because his medical bills
> were higher than his profit margin and he couldn't get insurance. (see
> my previous post for info on my mixed feelings there.) Trent Reznor of
> Nine Inch Nails announced that as long as it is possible to have his
> music printed on vinyl, he would continue to offer it that way. I have
> a decent collection of later nineties music on 33's and 45's as they
> sound better than cd's when they are in good condition; plus, records
> do not in any way support DRM! In fact, one of my long-term plans is to
> rip them all to mp3 so I can really play with them then. There is still
> a lot of current music that is released on vinyl if you just know where
> to get it. Like I said, unfortunately, I do not currently. Anyway,
> that's all for now.

I did just that for my neighbor. He had a ton of albums and I burned a bunch
of CDs for him. I had a good collection in Europe. It just did not make sense
to travel with them. :)

-- 

Steve Szmidt

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