Subj : Re: LiPod
To   : MBR
From : Tracker1
Date : Sat Feb 12 2005 06:04 pm

MBR wrote:
>> First thing I look for is Ogg Vorbis support.  Not interested until I see
>> that.
>
> why does everyone go crazy about that sound format? what's so special about 
> it? me personally i'll stick with good ol' mp3's.. i've been using them since 
> early 1996 and i won't turn back. i rememeber grabbing mp3 files off the net 
> long long long long before napster and similar services were even thought of. 
> the old way was to find them via FTP sites and on IRC

because of the fraunhoffer(sp) patent issues, and them suing anyone that was
making mp3 encoders ...

I remember those days too.. lol.. in fact had a few friends that had
swappable hd's at another friends' work (ISP), in order to download to that,
to be faster.. much of my early trading in mp3's were sneakernet zip disk
trades... though, ftp+irc was a common staple.. :)  *sigh* reminds me, I
wish I could get my original 4-digit icq number again... left icq, and don't
remember the email address I originally used.. didn't sign back in until
a few years later.

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