@bosskev: And why do most of the photos I submit under this new, screwed up photo submission system get...well...screwed up? Once again, the picture is chopped up with random, stupid cropping (and to see the whole pic, you have to click on it and load it separately).
We are how many weeks into the new commenting system and this is still not working? Regardless, could we at least get back the ability to put our photos inline via HTML tags as we used to be able to do?
@bosskev: I'm going to give a hearty "Seconded!" to the request for in-line HTML tags for images. Can't be the lack of HTML in the system, because you can still do it with links, so what gives? Don't crop my photos, Gizmodo-everybody knows that all the funny stuff is on the edges!
@Lupus_Yonderboy: What do you mean? Nothing funny or important is ever at the edges, that's crazy talk. I mean, just look at this picture of the "space baby" from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
@@heyart: Who said anything about stretching comments boxes? How about just allowing the full photo to appear as-is, no dumbo-cropping, fitting it within the allotted space?
I bet you are one of those people who, when they see a widescreen movie presented uncropped on a standard TV, thinks the black bars mean something is wrong with the set.
Sheesh - that's more cheap-generic than the crappy Memorex tapes they had at the grocery store.
Gimme a Maxell High Bias Metal 60-Minute tape. I say 60-Minute because the 90-Minute was a little thinner so that it was more prone to getting eaten by the Walkman.
I used to love those mix tapes from guys. I still do, but its now an MP3 they e mail me or a CD they burn for me. It shows a lot about not only their musical tastes, but its a thoughtful, personal gift. Very romantic.
@Kaiser-Machead: "Nothing wrong with emailing a small mix of tracks. Heck, I've done it myself." As have I. However, the women I email never seem to get back to me. I don't understand why?
Here is just a few of the songs that I email -
1. Blondie "One Way or Another"
"One way or another, I’m gonna find ya’, I’m gonna get ya’, get ya’, get ya’, get ya’" 2. Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" 3. Clay Aiken "Invisible"
"If I was invisible. Then I could just watch you in your room. If I was invincible. I’d make you mine tonight. 4.The Police "Every Breath You Take"
Every move you make
Every step you take
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you...
@Kaiser-Machead: I cant speak for all of woman kind, but the personal gifts are the best. A guy bought me software (that he knew I wanted) for Valentines Day one time and its still the most memorable present ever!
@Curves: To this day, my wife maintains that the hand blender I got her for her birthday one year was one of the best gifts ever. I know...I KNOW. Sorry, ladies - I'm taken.
(In my defense, though, I do usually try to go a LITTLE more romantical than that...)
@Gilbert Capulong: The key word here is "writing". As long as human beings have been around, chances are good we've been making music in some fashion, but it wasn't being written.
@10:02am: It's also "lossy" from a physical perspective. The grooves get worn down and lose their fidelity. I know, I have New Order- Substance record that skates because I played it until it was smooth.
Great article, but it seems to blur the line between media and format. "Magnetic tape", for instance, is a media, while MP3 is a format. You could technically put MP3 data on magnetic tape - it would just be horribly inefficient.
don't we also have a broadcast sent into outter space? i know it's not a recording per se, but it seems pretty permanet as it is gonna travel forever. when did we start doing that?
@PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDave: That was exactly the first thing I thought of when I saw this article crop up. :) Bravo sir, you're really on the ball!
My first album (yes, even in vinyl) was Loverboy's Get Lucky, which I got at almost the exact same time as (Ana-Frid) Frida Lynstaad's Threnody, with the classic "I Know There's Something Going On".
@raleel: Hey, I like 3eb and chumbawumba (ok, maybe their single Tubthumping) even though my first album was B-52s. I like music in general as long as its good. Now if it was country, that's another story..
07/27/09
For a better trompe l'oeil styling, they need to add a handle/neckstrap. I mean, every cassette tape I've ever had eventually looked like this.
07/27/09
We are how many weeks into the new commenting system and this is still not working? Regardless, could we at least get back the ability to put our photos inline via HTML tags as we used to be able to do?
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@Lupus_Yonderboy: What do you mean? Nothing funny or important is ever at the edges, that's crazy talk. I mean, just look at this picture of the "space baby" from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Oh. Wait. What space baby?
*grrr grumble grumble*
07/27/09
@bosskev: No problem, here's a different pic of the space baby, with its source clearly identified by the headline above and title/caption below.
Oh. Wait again. What headline and title/caption?
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@bosskev:
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I bet you are one of those people who, when they see a widescreen movie presented uncropped on a standard TV, thinks the black bars mean something is wrong with the set.
07/27/09
Sheesh - that's more cheap-generic than the crappy Memorex tapes they had at the grocery store.
Gimme a Maxell High Bias Metal 60-Minute tape. I say 60-Minute because the 90-Minute was a little thinner so that it was more prone to getting eaten by the Walkman.
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Here is just a few of the songs that I email -
1. Blondie "One Way or Another"
"One way or another, I’m gonna find ya’, I’m gonna get ya’, get ya’, get ya’, get ya’"
2. Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up"
3. Clay Aiken "Invisible"
"If I was invisible. Then I could just watch you in your room. If I was invincible. I’d make you mine tonight.
4.The Police "Every Breath You Take"
Every move you make
Every step you take
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you...
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(In my defense, though, I do usually try to go a LITTLE more romantical than that...)
07/27/09
Or a long time anyway.
05/02/09
It was mainly used to play an Elton John 8-Track, though.
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04/20/09
Feel of the cardboard sleeve of a
Mediocre 1986 VHS tape.
Maybe it's the way the edges and corners fray,
Exposing their white innards, or
The way the graphic flecks away.
I remember countless viewings of
Krull. They all recall afternoons spent
Wasting quarters at the local pizzeria.
Playing the stand-up video game.
DVDs in their perfect cases
So neatly lined up like
So many toy soldiers lack that
Near human-feeling of imperfect analog.
The mortality of a medium that breaks down.
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Wasn't that released in 1997?
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My first album (yes, even in vinyl) was Loverboy's Get Lucky, which I got at almost the exact same time as (Ana-Frid) Frida Lynstaad's Threnody, with the classic "I Know There's Something Going On".
ffs, 3eb and chumbawumba? *cry*
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