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    Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling

    Walmart Offers $100 Gift Card With Any BlackBerry Purchase on November 14th - 21st

    It's Almost 2010 and CDs Are Not Dead Yet?

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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    They are still calling the loss leaders "doorbusters"... kinda signifies the intention. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling

    Let us not forget Jdimytai!
    [consumerist.com] #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    I'll be borrowing a certain iron bar from Jesus for all of my Black Friday shopping. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: No need. Just take my advice. When you go into the door, body check the old lady next to you into one of the end displays...

    "Why the old lady?" you may ask. Let me explain. A teenager or young adult will take at least 3 or 4 hits to take down, and they will likely get up within a few seconds. The old woman on the other hand will likely only take one hit and stay down. Eliminating the weaker members of the herd will increase the likelihood that you will get the deal you were looking for, as well as cull the weak from the gene pool.
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    Edited by Bigbadbikernerd at 11/11/09 10:53 PM Bigbadbikernerd was starred Bigbadbikernerd was unstarred
    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Part of the plan: Every associate working when the sales go into effect had to watch an 1 3/4 hour video on crowd management. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/11/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Please, for the love of crap, tell me you're kidding.

    Used to work at Wal-Mart. I'm convinced you're telling the sad, sad truth. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    dammit elparto beat me to it.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @nutbastard: Wow, I definitely italicized the wrong part of that headline in my mind for the supposed pun. I'm a terrible person. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards:

    eh? tell me you didn't italicize the word "black". #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @nutbastard: ... ...well, you can't blame me, I was trying to find the pun and when I saw the word pun and I remembered the pictures and... yeah, there's no getting out of this hole. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards:

    indeed. your hole is deep, and gaping. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    This is that time of year that I lose another bit of my faith in humanity.

    Fuck decency, it's all about the BARGAINS! #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Spread the word to those mindless buffoons that push their way into stores to get shit they don't need. Happy Holidays, you credit-guzzling jackholes. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Toastie Toastie
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: And can't afford. Can't forget the fact that most of them are buying crap with welfare checks. #blackfriday2009
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Toastie was starred Toastie was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @Toastie:

    on that note - you know how you can't buy beer with food stamps?

    well, why the fuck CAN you buy an HDTV with motherfucking welfare checks? or unemployment checks?

    it came to me the other day how obvious of a loophole that is. as a Libertarian i'm fundamentally opposed to social programs like welfare, but given that it already exists, i'd at least like to see some sort of regulation on the spending of that money. the fact that somewhere, someone on the dole is playing CoD MW2 on a bigger TV than i have while I'm at work rather sickens me. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ITLawMan ITLawMan
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well, last year, wife made me go get a Dyson Vacuum.

    Sometimes you can find deals on stuff you DO need. Or your wife says you need it.

    Is there a difference? #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    @ITLawMan: The difference lies in whether or not you stomped over someone else to get something you intended to buy.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/11/09 8:00 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    New Headline: Wal-Mart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling By Not Offering Sales Worth Trampling Anybody For #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    @met2art: lol, unfortunately people don't read the fliers before trampling, only afterwards.

    Damn, my bad! Shit hot pockets were 3 for 10? Who cares? #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Did someone say hot pockets?!?!?! #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Scratic Scratic
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    They are also going to have crappier deals this year:
    Ramen noodles-$14
    Pringles-4/$139
    16TB of cloud storage-$4096
    Bananas-$87/lb
    It's a shame too, there's not much there for the kids. =( #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Full-height turnstiles. That should take care of em. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    11/11/09

    @ripfire: Imagine how many people would be crushed between the poles separating each section.

    Heck, that happens to me whenever I follow somebody too closely. <_< #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/11/09

    @sonicsurge: Like I said, "That should take care of em." #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @ripfire: You're assuming they (and their Rascal scooters) could fit through that. You have to remember, this is WalMart we're talking about. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/09/09

    In reply to It's Almost 2010 and CDs Are Not Dead Yet?
    People like having hard copies of things. Even medium-less media.
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/09/09

    In reply to It's Almost 2010 and CDs Are Not Dead Yet?
    My local CD/Record store closed it's doors last week - over the course of the past 5 years I've been going there, I estimate I got about 250 CDs.

    I will continue buying CDs until digital music surpasses CDs in quality, and/or the prices are significantly cheaper. #retailmusic
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    Image of Ghoti4 Ghoti4
    11/09/09

    @Lizard_King: +1. With a CD and a booklet, there is at least something to justify the cost. Paying the same or more for a bunch of bits is just absurd. #retailmusic
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/09/09

    @Ghoti4: Yeah, I generally purchase CDs at about $10-$12 a piece. With digital format, be it MP3 or even lossless, there is no inventory risks, printing or material costs, just hosting services - there is no reason why digital format should cost the same as a CD. For the same price, I would need better quality than lossless and the iTunes LP syle of presentation for digital downloads. #retailmusic
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    @Lizard_King:
    You can't really have higher-than-lossless quality. Lossless is just that - lossless.

    Sampling rate aside, lossless audio perfectly replicates the original recorded waveform. It's potentially higher-that-CD quality. #retailmusic
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/09/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Lossless generally refers to CD-audio quality, and yes, you can certainly have higher than that. Ripping a CD in FLAC will produce a lossless quality copy, but you can certainly increase the sample rate above 44.1kHz if you have better source material than a CD.

    DVD-A and SACD come to mind, but I think the portability of a lossless 192KHz file would be at stake. What would a 4 minute song be? 100MB? uhhg. #retailmusic
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    @Lizard_King:
    I'm pretty sure 100 MB for 4 minutes would be a raw audio file.

    Anyhow, I personally just use VBR encoding. Saves a lot of space and I've yet to meet someone that could tell the difference between that, high bitrate lossy, and lossless. #retailmusic
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/09/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: I have a raw audio file of a 192kHz recording, 3:51 in length. just about 200MB.

    It doesn't matter what you can hear or can't. I rip in lossless and create an MP3 verison of my choosing - VBR, high bit rate usually. The point is, lossless is the same quality as CD - with HD space so damn cheap and most people's entire library is able to fit on a single flash drive (or a phone), it's getting close to the point where CDs may get passed, in terms of quality, by digital sources. When that point comes, I may switch. Until then, the benefits of owning a CD far outweigh the convenience of getting the 'album' through a download. #retailmusic
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/10/09

    @Lizard_King:
    I'd say that for me, the benefit to digital audio is no physical clutter. I don't look at CDs as something to hold onto, but rather something that just takes up a lot of space.

    To each his own. #retailmusic
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    11/09/09

    In reply to It's Almost 2010 and CDs Are Not Dead Yet?
    I like having CDs, when I can. No worries about compatibility or having them magically unable to be played. #retailmusic
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    Image of Chris Vandevelde Chris Vandevelde
    11/09/09

    @Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach: Until your sister takes your CD out of the car and tosses it in the glove compartment without putting it in the case first.

    Goodbye, Big Shiny Tunes 2, you will be sorely missed. #retailmusic
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    11/09/09

    @Chris Vandevelde: @mat: Yes, but for those cases, I still have the digital copy that I get for free, having ripped the CD first thing. Best of both worlds, unless you're really that much of a sucker for 'convenience' of having restrictions. #retailmusic
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    Image of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo
    11/09/09

    In reply to It's Almost 2010 and CDs Are Not Dead Yet?
    I still buy some CDs, but I used to buy so much more before my two local music stores closed. #retailmusic
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    Image of navogel navogel
    11/09/09

    In reply to It's Almost 2010 and CDs Are Not Dead Yet?
    I burn MP3s to a data CD for car listening. Best of both worlds? Yes.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/09/09

    @navogel:
    Since I buy CDs to import into iTunes, does that mean we cancel each other out? #retailmusic
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    Image of mat mat
    11/09/09

    @Purple Dave: nope - he don't have to buy nothin'. #retailmusic
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment mat was starred mat was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/10/09

    @mat:
    Right...so that means I'm worth more. Gotcha. #retailmusic
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    11/10/09

    @Purple Dave: well - to a record company...or whatever copyright enforcing deity you might be into. #retailmusic
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