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batye
11/4/2016 3:17:49 AM
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@Ariella I did see cases where people commision craftsman to put new technology in the old wooden case creating old look with new technology...
batye
11/4/2016 3:15:36 AM
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@mhhf1ve I think for a long time as Military uses them :)... just few years ago Canadian army switch from VHS to DVD for training videos - what I heard....
batye
11/4/2016 3:13:01 AM
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@mhhf1ve my brother still using his old ipod... I use Microsoft Zune... almost the same model as sold out from last year on - http://www.dx.com/ru/p/genuine-zune-3-lcd-30gb-wifi-portable-digital-media-player-with-fm-tuner-white-28784#.WBwz_GsrI2w ... for the Zune I would not pay more than $30... as my Windows 7 LG phone have Zune build in by design :) but to each his own... also I do not recommend DX store as last time it took 3 (three) months to get screen protector from DX to Canada :(
batye
11/4/2016 3:06:39 AM
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@mhhf1ve this days good LP player with laser head cost almost like small car from $10.000 and up... I could only afford basic old style LP player... until I win lottery :) lol
mhhf1ve
11/3/2016 6:53:07 PM
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Ariella, I'm not sure I know how to use a slide rule or an abacus properly... so I'll have to go on YouTube and look up how now.. Isn't technology great? :P
It's really amazing that 1951 wasn't that long ago.. and yet so much stuff has changed. (And let's keep America as great as it is....)
Ariella
11/3/2016 6:43:04 PM
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@mhhf1ve Supposedly those who know how to use an abacus can results almost as quickly as a calculator. And it requires no battery, which is always a plus. However, though they are equally independent of power sources, slide rules seem to have fallen out of favor altogether. There was some new design introduced this century, but the market for such thing had moved on to computers. But it used to be the symbol of an engineer. Looking up the Wikipedia page on that yielded this 1951 ad for IBM: -- a sea of white males graspoing slide rules.
mhhf1ve
11/3/2016 5:40:04 PM
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This reminds me of a debate I heard about obsolete technologies -- and how few technologies are ever really completely obsolete. Some people still use abacuses. But no one still uses radioactive glow-in-the-dark paint. I think 8tracks might fall closer to abacuses -- just because I also know some people who swear by vacuum tube amplifiers.
Ariella
11/3/2016 5:10:32 PM
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@mhhf1ve I'm no expert. I just looked up its Wikipedia entry, which ends with a "decline and demise" heading that is not followed by a "revitalization" one. It does mention that some artists do still use the format, but it's not by any means mainstream now:
Some independent artists still release eight-track tapes, such as the US band RTB2, who released We Are a Strange Man in 2011.[15] Also, bands sometimes release eight-tracks as special releases; for example, The Melvins released a limited-time, live eight-track album,[16] Cheap Trick issued a limited edition version of their album The Latest on the format on June 23, 2009,[17] and power electronics solo artist Waves Crashing Piano Chords has released multiple eight-track tapes since 2012, as well as starting an eight-track tape label, H8-Track Stereo. In the book Journals, Kurt Cobain wrote about wanting to release Nirvana's album In Utero as an 8-track tape, but this never happened.[citation needed]
mhhf1ve
11/3/2016 5:02:01 PM
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I'm not sure how cassette tapes can ever be made more modern or convenient. Not being able to skip songs instantly is the fatal flaw. At least with records, you can pick up the needle and drop it wherever you want. The benefit of creating a "mixtape" is now available with any digital music...
So 8-tracks are never coming back...?
Ariella
11/3/2016 4:48:01 PM
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@mhhf1ve so they're new and improved versions of old technology. We like retro style but still want modern conveniences.
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