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Storage isn't a problem on certain devices but you really can't go over 32 gigs on a a phone. And at some point people would rather not carry around another device just for music. I think accessing it from a home computer is dumb, but otherwise having that storage you just mentioned accessible anywhere is actually fairly amazing. Thats the main problem with the analogy you used. Dumb terminals themselves in the past were only in specific locations. Now they are literally everywhere.
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To piggyback off of this, I don't believe the draw of such services is processing power or even the storage that they offer. The value of such services is accessibility (This also goes for uploading do ents, etc to my dropbox). I have all of my music on my 2TB NAS, and it has resided there for a while. It is very rare that I add to that collection so it is not growing and busting the seams of the NAS or anything, but if I want to access that music while outside of my house, I have to preplan, decide that I want to listen to some music that day, and copy the type of music I want to listen to onto my laptop (or phone, or nook) before I leave my house in the morning, then hope that my taste doesn't change before 3 pm. I love my pandora, but there are somethings it doesn't play and I like so many types of music that it is a pain in the ass to create a whole ream stations that are narrowly defined to cater to my every whim.
I will say this, if I had to time to install and learn dd-wrt onto my router, I would just do that and set up a VPN and create my own "cloud."
The more I think about, the more I think cloud computing might make sense in the long term. My beef with it now is that hardware is cheap and storage capacity is increasing at an incredible rate, so why ask a server permission to do something with my data and depend on google to store it when I can do it cheaply while actually possessing, though maybe not owning, the physical representation? The counter is that Moore's Law cannot continue indefinitely, as eventually process size will become so small that quantum effects will ruin it all. Since Moore's Law is the backbone of cheap computing, it stands to reason that hardware will start getting expensive again at some point in the future. I wonder how close we are to that time though, and whether the diminishing returns on things like increasing HD-resolution for video will overtake the desire for one to own and control the physical representation. The popularity of Netflix probably answers that last question I guess.
I read it converts them to mp3s. It would be nice if people who used it could tell what bitrates they are getting -- if they can get that information.
I got this... not sure what to do with it..
http://www.google.com/support/music/...&topic=1100183
* FLAC files are transcoded to 320kbps mp3 Yeah your right.
I'm not sure you can see the bitrate. I'm looking for it now. Cant find it.
I can't see the bitrate but the sound quality is great through my 30 dollar ear buds. A more discriminating ear through better cans would probably be able to tell better, though.
i love this ! all my mix tapes on it is badass... i ain't putting no copyright up on there though.
Your mixtapes don't use copyrighted material?
possibly, actually i suppose most of them do considering they mix things in. it! it is what it is, why you getting all y and and trying to act like you're 1 uppin' anyone here on ST? i hate that and it seems to be the norm around here with all you little pussies.
crofl kori gets a fresh wet turd planted on his face in every forum he posts in.
it could be worse, i could be a redheaded got like yourself, better yet i could feather my hair and wear it over one eye like all the girls do. actually, damn, my day just got better.
Koriwhat critiquing other's hair? Thats some .
let's critique weight or better yet facades because i know you love to front. fake mother er!
lol koriwhat considers himself handsome, which takes confidence with that fat wet turd smeared on his face.
What kind of speakers do you use?
Nothing special; just sensitive to lossy formats when it comes artifacts.
anything is better than being a red headed pos like yourself... got with your little girl haircut... i don't give a that i sport long hair, i don't style my and don't care too, it's cool if you do but god damn, girls were sportin' that same got look back when i was in middle school. i guess your mother had to find out sooner or later that you're a , i wonder if the hair gave it away or the in your ass?
fat wet turd smeared everywhere.
we've all seen your photo, we know.
which one of these gots slid it in your ass that night?
dude, seriously, calling me a got is only masking your own insecurities... go borrow your mother's products and her flat iron and get to work little batty boi!
oh and don't forget the tight girl skinny jeans and your cool bracelets and whatnot... accessories are key for you're little ass. also, make sure you get your pirate on and brush your hair over one of your eyes, i know how you 's do these days.
calling other posters is a got is your only defense so what are you talking about?
btw I'm betting it was the wannabe ###### with dreads that slid it in the back. Have you ed up giving any of those guys tattoos?
lol can't draw stars
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