Comments on: Stick It to the RIAA Like It’s 1992 http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:10:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Steve http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-42741 Steve Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:51:55 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-42741 How much does this thing go for? With a tape deck and a cheap cable you can already run all your analog through your computer sound card and easily record it. Depending on your deck the sound quality might not be as good but unless you have a DAT it's going to sound like garbage anyway. Decks are dirt cheap if you can come across them. How much does this thing go for? With a tape deck and a cheap cable you can already run all your analog through your computer sound card and easily record it. Depending on your deck the sound quality might not be as good but unless you have a DAT it’s going to sound like garbage anyway. Decks are dirt cheap if you can come across them.

]]> By: The Gil http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-42468 The Gil Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:03:54 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-42468 -@Amit Naw, imagine the RIAA bringing one of those big square boomboxes to court, guy-with-flattop-haircut included. -And how 'bout using tapes to hide a pr0n collection or like a normal removable storage option! It wouldn't even have to be a real tape, it could be like, a little hideaway USB connector and all the Flash Drive guts inside the tape... *takes out dremel, cassette and cheap Flash Drive* my day is officially booked... -@Amit
Naw, imagine the RIAA bringing one of those big square boomboxes to court, guy-with-flattop-haircut included.

-And how ’bout using tapes to hide a pr0n collection or like a normal removable storage option! It wouldn’t even have to be a real tape, it could be like, a little hideaway USB connector and all the Flash Drive guts inside the tape…
*takes out dremel, cassette and cheap Flash Drive* my day is officially booked…

]]> By: Amit http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-42222 Amit Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:03:57 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-42222 Andrew, Imagine the MPAA trying to bust you on that one. They would bring an old school tape player to court and say that you distributed mp3s via cassette player. Amit Andrew,
Imagine the MPAA trying to bust you on that one. They would bring an old school tape player to court and say that you distributed mp3s via cassette player.

Amit

]]> By: Adam Kalsey http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41877 Adam Kalsey Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:31:26 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41877 @Matt: Odd, I don't remember ever seeing a "hard-dick unit" available for the TI. :) @Matt: Odd, I don’t remember ever seeing a “hard-dick unit” available for the TI. :)

]]> By: Andrew Kippen http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41859 Andrew Kippen Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:18:35 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41859 I totally agree with Amit's question - will I be able to put my mp3s onto cassette's and give them to friends only to be offended when they ask me "WTF am I supposed to do with this?" "for all you know, you could be holding the greatest mixtape in the world in your hands, and you're not going to listen to it because you don't have a tape player? n00b" ebay + "cassette walkman" + I totally agree with Amit’s question - will I be able to put my mp3s onto cassette’s and give them to friends only to be offended when they ask me
“WTF am I supposed to do with this?”
“for all you know, you could be holding the greatest mixtape in the world in your hands, and you’re not going to listen to it because you don’t have a tape player? n00b”

ebay + “cassette walkman” +

]]> By: Amit http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41813 Amit Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:23:35 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41813 I barely remember the time when cassettes were still available. The coolest feature ever was being able to fast forward to the next "track" by finding the black part. I wonder if this tape deck has that feature.... wait actually I don't really care cause I don't have any cassettes. What I really care about is, can I record to the audio cassettes from my digital music, so that in the future I won't be able to complain that I don't have any audio cassettes. That would be bad-ass. Amit I barely remember the time when cassettes were still available. The coolest feature ever was being able to fast forward to the next “track” by finding the black part. I wonder if this tape deck has that feature…. wait actually I don’t really care cause I don’t have any cassettes.

What I really care about is, can I record to the audio cassettes from my digital music, so that in the future I won’t be able to complain that I don’t have any audio cassettes. That would be bad-ass.

Amit

]]> By: Ryan Stickney http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41793 Ryan Stickney Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:08:37 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41793 @Adam Of course no one wants to use audio tape as storage, it's old and it's slow and it sucks. That's the same reason I don't use my 386 with a 14.4 modem to download naked pictures of Matt's mom. This drive isn't for data to audio it's for turning your Goonies Soundtrack into MP3s. @Adam
Of course no one wants to use audio tape as storage, it’s old and it’s slow and it sucks. That’s the same reason I don’t use my 386 with a 14.4 modem to download naked pictures of Matt’s mom. This drive isn’t for data to audio it’s for turning your Goonies Soundtrack into MP3s.

]]> By: Isaiah http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41763 Isaiah Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:24:35 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41763 This actually sounds like a device I'd purchase, seeing as though I have an empty bay. XD I have a few tapes of my own (and some of my sister's) lying around from the early 90s of shows that don't air anymore, with music that isn't in English. Some of it is virtually impossible to try and find, so might as well just take the song from the tape. :D This actually sounds like a device I’d purchase, seeing as though I have an empty bay. XD I have a few tapes of my own (and some of my sister’s) lying around from the early 90s of shows that don’t air anymore, with music that isn’t in English. Some of it is virtually impossible to try and find, so might as well just take the song from the tape. :D

]]> By: Brooke http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41757 Brooke Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:19:26 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41757 Lookout kids, MC Hammer is making a comeback! This gadget is 2 legit 2 quit! Lookout kids, MC Hammer is making a comeback! This gadget is 2 legit 2 quit!

]]> By: Matt Hickey http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41751 Matt Hickey Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:15:01 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41751 @ Adam: I'm with you, dude. I learned about computers on my TI-99/4a, and years later I bought several as I found them at garage sales and auctions. I have around 6 now, in various colors and configurations. Only one still works, sadly. That being said, many of the games were well ahead of their time. (Parsec? Yah, kicked ASS.) There's a small computer museum here in Seattle that has one with the floppy disk adapter and the hard-dick unit, which is the size of a large breadbox and holds 512k. First PC with a 16 bit proc though, you gotta love that. @ Adam:

I’m with you, dude. I learned about computers on my TI-99/4a, and years later I bought several as I found them at garage sales and auctions. I have around 6 now, in various colors and configurations. Only one still works, sadly. That being said, many of the games were well ahead of their time. (Parsec? Yah, kicked ASS.)

There’s a small computer museum here in Seattle that has one with the floppy disk adapter and the hard-dick unit, which is the size of a large breadbox and holds 512k. First PC with a 16 bit proc though, you gotta love that.

]]> By: Adam Kalsey http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41742 Adam Kalsey Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:05:58 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41742 Okay, AUDIO tape. My TI storage was an audio casette player hooked up through cables to what was essentially a modem. To save, you recorded the modem's tones to the tape. To restore, you played back the sounds. Okay, AUDIO tape. My TI storage was an audio casette player hooked up through cables to what was essentially a modem. To save, you recorded the modem’s tones to the tape. To restore, you played back the sounds.

]]> By: Ryan Stickney http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41739 Ryan Stickney Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:01:01 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41739 @ Adam "I couldn’t imagine storing any real data on tape." How do you think the world backs up it's data? @ Adam

“I couldn’t imagine storing any real data on tape.”

How do you think the world backs up it’s data?

]]> By: CoBo http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41738 CoBo Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:59:08 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41738 Thanks a lot. Its December 18, with no luck of getting this under my Christmas tree this year. By this time next year, the long awaited 8-track ripper will be here just in time for the holidays. I don't know, with all these electronic gadgets coming out every week, I feel like by the time I make a purchase, my gear is already out dated. Thanks a lot. Its December 18, with no luck of getting this under my Christmas tree this year. By this time next year, the long awaited 8-track ripper will be here just in time for the holidays.

I don’t know, with all these electronic gadgets coming out every week, I feel like by the time I make a purchase, my gear is already out dated.

]]> By: Adam Kalsey http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41736 Adam Kalsey Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:54:45 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41736 Back in the 80s, my tape drive WAS the storage on my TI-99/4A. It took 5-10 minutes to load a saved game on text-based adventures. I couldn't imagine storing any real data on tape. Back in the 80s, my tape drive WAS the storage on my TI-99/4A. It took 5-10 minutes to load a saved game on text-based adventures. I couldn’t imagine storing any real data on tape.

]]> By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41724 Jon Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:31:35 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41724 Of course, this comes out AFTER I threw out all my 80s collection... I guess some worker in Bangladesh will be able to eat like a king tonight from all the lead and mercury he was able to extract from my garbage. Jon Of course, this comes out AFTER I threw out all my 80s collection… I guess some worker in Bangladesh will be able to eat like a king tonight from all the lead and mercury he was able to extract from my garbage.

Jon

]]> By: Ryan Stickney http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41723 Ryan Stickney Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:28:14 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/18/stick-it-to-the-riaa-like-its-1992/#comment-41723 Yes! This will put me in Mixed tape heaven! Now if I can find my old mixed tapes I can easily copy them to CD and re-gift them. Yes! This will put me in Mixed tape heaven! Now if I can find my old mixed tapes I can easily copy them to CD and re-gift them.

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