We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!

Anya ,'Bring On The Night'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Gudanov - Mar 09, 2011 8:34:18 am PST #27214 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I've love to replace my 17 year old Civic with 195,000 miles, but it runs well and is still pretty reliable. Maybe in a couple of years. There are a lot of really nice small cars coming out and in couple of years maybe I can get a lightly used one.


tommyrot - Mar 09, 2011 8:36:13 am PST #27215 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I used to love Winamp. I liked all the custom skins you could download, and I think it's prettier than iTunes.

But one thing I love about iTunes is it keeps track of how many times I play a song, when it was added and when I last played it - I use that data for many of my playlists.


sarameg - Mar 09, 2011 8:36:57 am PST #27216 of 30001

I replace cars only when they are beyond hope. I am not the sort of person who replaces a car voluntarily, never have been.


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 8:37:07 am PST #27217 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

why is there no way to just add songs to a Queue anyway?

What's a queue? And why do you need to stop, versus pause? Where do you want the audio cursor to be reset to?


tommyrot - Mar 09, 2011 8:39:28 am PST #27218 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

iTunes has a Queue-like functionality in the iTunes Dj. You can even add to the queue-thing using an iPod touch, iPhone, etc.


javachik - Mar 09, 2011 8:39:36 am PST #27219 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

I replace cars only when they are beyond hope. I am not the sort of person who replaces a car voluntarily, never have been.

I feel you. I drove my Mirage for three years after I rolled it. Yep, the entire roof was covered in giant pock marks. But that sucker was paid off and I was broke.


Polter-Cow - Mar 09, 2011 8:44:17 am PST #27220 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

But one thing I love about iTunes is it keeps track of how many times I play a song, when it was added and when I last played it - I use that data for many of my playlists.

I do like that (and I use iTunes for my Shuffle), but I get my data from Last.fm anyway.

What's a queue?

When you choose the next song(s) to be played when you're on Shuffle.

And why do you need to stop, versus pause? Where do you want the audio cursor to be reset to?

Permanent pause makes me twitchy. I want the song to be STOPPED. Reset. Back to the beginning. Don't just sit there one second before the end of the song for all eternity. Ergh.


Liese S. - Mar 09, 2011 8:46:12 am PST #27221 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I think it's funny how differently people listen to music. I almost always listen to full albums. So I tend not to do rating and playlists. I just pick which albums I want to hear. Or sometimes the entire artist's catalog, and just have that going all day.

How do people who use earphones transport them? I broke an expensive, but very good, pair that I bought from Verizon for my phone just by carrying them around in my pocket and I am cranky about it. Because I don't really use them that often. Mostly I have full control of my listening environment. At home in the office I have it cranked into the ceiling speakers. On the road I'm jacked into the aux port.

So I only use the headphones for warming up my vocals backstage from my phone or as a mic set for Rosetta Stone practice on the laptop. For that it's not really worth buying a nice new pair if I'm only going to break them again.


Zenkitty - Mar 09, 2011 8:47:05 am PST #27222 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Permanent pause makes me twitchy. I want the song to be STOPPED. Reset. Back to the beginning. Don't just sit there one second before the end of the song for all eternity. Ergh.

Not that you mention it, that bugs me too. I had thought at first I just didn't know how to stop it.


Amy - Mar 09, 2011 8:47:57 am PST #27223 of 30001
Because books.

I almost always listen to full albums.

I do this when I'm working, usually. And I still listen to CDs! Right on my laptop.

But I make my own playlists for the most part.