@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.
@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
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
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
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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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.
@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
@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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Let us not forget Jdimytai!
[consumerist.com] #blackfriday2009
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"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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Used to work at Wal-Mart. I'm convinced you're telling the sad, sad truth. #blackfriday2009
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eh? tell me you didn't italicize the word "black". #blackfriday2009
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indeed. your hole is deep, and gaping. #blackfriday2009
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Fuck decency, it's all about the BARGAINS! #blackfriday2009
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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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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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Damn, my bad! Shit hot pockets were 3 for 10? Who cares? #blackfriday2009
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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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Heck, that happens to me whenever I follow somebody too closely. <_< #blackfriday2009
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I will continue buying CDs until digital music surpasses CDs in quality, and/or the prices are significantly cheaper. #retailmusic
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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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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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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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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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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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Goodbye, Big Shiny Tunes 2, you will be sorely missed. #retailmusic
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Since I buy CDs to import into iTunes, does that mean we cancel each other out? #retailmusic
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Right...so that means I'm worth more. Gotcha. #retailmusic
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