Not only we burned CDs, we also RIPPED them
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You should not be speaking of this!!
the sheriff's secret police will be along shortly for OP with tickets for a free mandatory vacation to the sheriff's secret luxury reeducation center and spa. speaking about the sheriff's secret luxury reeducation center and spa is forbidden.
Didn't forget DVD Toasters
“Rip. Mix. Burn.”
Instead of the sound of a chainsaw, it's the sound of a 70x drive on the verge of exploding
I thought the disks would shatter if spun much above 42x ...
But I was told that many moons ago so maybe my information is outdated. Or maybe it was just never accurate.
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Nero Burning Rom~~e~~
I didn't catch that joke for decades.
I mean it's icon was the colosseum on fire...
Harder to see at 16x16 px.
the fact that so many people missed it is sad.
public education should be the nation's most important expenditure.
Just now got that it was even a joke.
I catch that joke now. I'm over 40.
"No, that's my pc's retractable drink holder."
kids today will never know the hassle of burning a cd of mp3s and then recording the cd onto a cassette tape to play in the car. in real time. and if you bump the desk or otherwise jostle the cd player, you'll get a nice skip on your tape
Or burning a data cd of mp3s not realizing that your player will only play audio cds.
lol flashbacks
better hope it was a "re-writable" cdr
That usually only happened once. Was kinda sad that my radio couldn't play the 100+ songs, but at least the computer still could and I needed the free space.
gotta get the adapter for your disc man that plugged into the car cassette deck
Most kids back then probably didn't either, because they would've hooked the tape recorder up to the line out port on their computer if they wanted to do that.
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We used fucking LASERS
Light Amplifier by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
nobody tell them about how we recorded songs from the radio and made mix tapes
You toss a bunch of tapes in a bucket and mix 'em together, then bring them the bucket. Simple.
Villain—his smile stuns ya chick
While he put himself in your shoes run ya kicks
You heard it on the radio, tape it
Play it in your stereo, your crew'll go apeshit
I remember burning some warez on a CD-R, getting a clean burn after 20min, and grabing a ballpoint pen to write the name of the warez on the disk.....
Sad times....
Felt tip, you savage.
Yeah, learned that the hard way...
Also texting existed but was like 10c per text and would easily rack up huge phone bill charges. We used IM programs on the computer instead. No one relied on their cell phones to actually communicate outside of an emergency because they sucked and were expensive.
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it
Trash it, change it, mail - upgrade it
Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it
Snap it, work it, quick - erase it
Write it, cut it, paste it, save it
Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it
Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it
Drag and drop it, zip - unzip it
Lock it, fill it, call it, find it
View it, code it, jam - unlock it
Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it
Cross it, crack it, switch - update it
Name it, rate it, tune it, print it
Scan it, send it, fax - rename it
Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it
Turn it, leave it, start - format it
Burned. Not with fire. With concentrated light. We had to focus on that shit.
Disk rot is real, we must teach the young how to care for the relics.
I hate it.
I've always felt that, as children start to come of age, they should be given their own lifelong raid nas to store things efficiently. Like as an 18th birthday coming of age, "it is time you became an adult..." Then that kid won't have to rely on shitty cloud corpo dark pattern shenanigans.
Indeed.... A recording of a performance I gave back in 2006 cannot be read by anything I've attempted 😔
That's old magic, all but lost to the ages. It was practiced by ancient religions like Napster and LimeWire, but they are all gone now.
Best to let it rest. There is no advantage to dredging up all those old superstitions now.
Lost my ass. I still have external burners. DVD-Rs are cheap. Makes for a decent way to play my old Xbox and PS-PS2 games.
Also, yarr.
Imagine asking social media for an answer, and not just searching. Use your brain youngooos.
They mean GenX? Probably both. Maybe a Xennial thing if I have my terminology right.
Throw the phrase “making coasters” at this guy and see what happens.
I am sad he doesn’t know what an optical disc burner is, since they’re being sold and used through to this year.
It's the reason why They banned fireplaces in most cities.
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