Quoting Roon to Phigan <=-

Do you think it's acceptable to call a PC optical drive a
"player"? I feel like that's not even really accurate, because
when you're watching

It totally bugs me when it's acceptable to call things what they
aren't!

like calling something 'milk' when it's not coming from a mammal? :)

Let me explain for Phi - he means it totally irritates (=bugs) him when
it's acceptable to call (or use as a description in a sentence) things
what they aren't.

Is that more crystal?

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Quoting Nightfox to Roon <=-

Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
By: Roon to phigan on Fri Apr 25 2025 02:01 pm

It totally bugs me when it's acceptable to call things what they aren't!

like calling something 'milk' when it's not coming from a mammal? :)

Yeah.. How exactly do you milk an almond? :P

The same way you milk a maroon!

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Nightfox wrote to Digital Man <=-

I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things &
such.

A buddy of mine was telling me today about a book he found called
"Revenge of Analog." It's about the cultural shift of buying
physical media.

We talked about back in the day when you'd see a comic on the
shelf / spinner rack and that's how you learned about it!

You'd buy a record and have to go through the trouble of
playing it - so you didn't just skip to the next one, etc.


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jimmylogan wrote to Nightfox <=-

You'd buy a record and have to go through the trouble of
playing it - so you didn't just skip to the next one, etc.

I usually bought cassettes, lending themselves more to listening
straight through. LPs were made to be listened to straight through, had
a flow, and I miss that.

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Re: Is a PC optical drive a "
By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Fri May 09 2025 11:10 pm

I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have
said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media
because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things &
such.

A buddy of mine was telling me today about a book he found called "Revenge of Analog." It's about the cultural shift of buying physical media.

The title feels like a bit of a misnomer.. A lot of the physical media in use today (CDs, DVDs, blu-ray, 4K blu-ray) are digital formats. And I still feel like the use of the term "digital" to refer to online streaming is a little weird (since the aforementioned physical formats are digital media).

We talked about back in the day when you'd see a comic on the shelf / spinner rack and that's how you learned about it!

You'd buy a record and have to go through the trouble of playing it - so you didn't just skip to the next one, etc.

I don't recall if I'd seen that, but that's cool. I do remember in the late 90s/early 2000s, some music stores (such as Tower Records) started having spots on the rack with headphones and would let you choose from a selection of albums or songs to listen to.

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I usually bought cassettes, lending themselves more to listening

I tended to buy cassettes too, mostly because it was the age of the walkman.. I just didn't have a portable turntable with headphones :P

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Nightfox wrote to jimmylogan <=-

Re: Is a PC optical drive a "
By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Fri May 09 2025 11:10 pm

I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have
said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media
because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things &
such.

A buddy of mine was telling me today about a book he found called "Revenge of Analog." It's about the cultural shift of buying physical media.

The title feels like a bit of a misnomer.. A lot of the physical media
in use today (CDs, DVDs, blu-ray, 4K blu-ray) are digital formats. And
I still feel like the use of the term "digital" to refer to online streaming is a little weird (since the aforementioned physical formats
are digital media).

True, but books and vinyl? Those aren't digital. But yes, digital content,
but having a physical copy of it so you're not dependant on streaming
or the cloud.

I don't recall if I'd seen that, but that's cool. I do remember in the late 90s/early 2000s, some music stores (such as Tower Records) started having spots on the rack with headphones and would let you choose from
a selection of albums or songs to listen to.

I don't know that I ever went to a Tower Records, but it was common
around here too. The headphones to sample stuff.


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