[ale] bleeding edge (was why so difficult)

[jiin]

At 12:20 PM 10/29/00 -0500, you wrote:

> > On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, jiin wrote:
> >
> > > Bleeding edge stuff? hell I am just trying to play mp3's on my box.
> >
> > -mp3s, while a great compromise between quality and file size, are still
> > worthless and unless you own a copy of an album containing the tracks, are
> > illegal....but i'm very anti-mp3 but it's simply because I have a fairly
> > large music collection....and have spent quite a bit of money on it...
>
>Mp3s are illegal only as much as computer programs are illegal. You assume
>that the only mp3s that anyone wants are ones illegally ripped off of CDs.
>That is the same as saying that the only computer programs are the ones that
>they can buy at CompUSA. Personally, I like the free software that I use.
>In the same way, I am very pro-mp3(the format) because it does offer a great
>compromise between quality and file size.

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well said Douglas. You achieved what I failed to express.

jiin

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