Joshi Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Originally posted by DrMcCoy ...damn, am i the only person on earth who neither has nor need a mobile? I live 400 miles away from home (most of the time) and sometimes it's nice to be able to contact people. There's also no phone in my flat save for a single pay phone. I need a phone for it's basic use, which is why i have one with it's basic use and nothng much more. It has a basic screen, a few games, a voice recorder I don't use, text abilities and calling abilities. I've had the same mobile for 3 years and it still works dammit (save for a missing battery cover, but hey, who needs them?) Saying that, I'm expecting a new one for my birthday (jan 3rd, don't forget!) so i can't really talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I got seasons 1 & 5 of the Simpsons, and a whole pile of CDs including, but not limited to: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Bush - THe Science of Things Journey - Arrival 3 Doors Down - Away From the Sun Night Ranger - Seven Pearl Jam - Ten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Sorry for the late reply to this, I had some computer issues which I have now resolved. Here is what I got: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I got a new TV out of insurance and I alread have The Star wars Trilogy on DVD and Shrek 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hey, and look, .. it's a SONY. So.. why are you guys all seem to get DVDs? Crazy. I'm pretty convinced that in ten years maximum nearly NOONE has a DVD player anymore and you all have to obtain all that stuff again. Mechanical medias are a deceasing branch. Yes yes I know,.. I got a 56K modem. .. But at least I can illegally download any movie I want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Originally posted by RayJones Hey, and look, .. it's a SONY. So.. why are you guys all seem to get DVDs? Crazy. I'm pretty convinced that in ten years maximum nearly NOONE has a DVD player anymore and you all have to obtain all that stuff again. Mechanical medias are a deceasing branch. Yes yes I know,.. I got a 56K modem. .. But at least I can illegally download any movie I want to. IF I wanted to, I probably could too, but I love the pretty containers these DVDs come in these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I have watched downloaded movies... and it's honestly not worth the hassle, even with cable internet. It takes too long, they look and sound crappy, and you usually have to put them back together again from a bunch of different files. If buying a DVD was insanely difficult or really, really expensive I guess I could see the appeal, but I can go to my local wholesale club store, or even (shudder) Wal*Mart, and get the latest "Special Edition" blockbuster flick for under $20,.. and if I wait a year or so, probably under $10. DVDs look better, sound better, have all the extra features right on hand. I think DVD will be around in some form for at least another decade. CDs have been around for what, 20 years now, and until very recently have showed no real indication that they might be going away soon. Even now I think CD is a format that will still be around and viable in another 10 years. DVD will surely be around in some form longer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoLuigi... Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I have watched downloaded movies... Downloaded movies, eh? Like...1 Night in Paris? Hmm? Anyway, I just got two more CDs w/Christmas money... Ciara-Goodies Ashanti-Concrete Rose And some of those d_skin™ things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Ten years ago, if someone had told me that videos would be replaced by CD's in ten years time, i wouldn't have really cared and still have bought Videos knowing that i may one day have to replace them (and out of the 200+ DVD's that I own, legally, only a handful are video replacements, and most of those replaced films recorded off of TV in the first place). Basically, there's nothing i can do right now considering a) I don't have a HD big enough to store hundreds of Downloaded DVD movies, b) I don't have a fast enough internet connection, or enough patience to download DVD movies and c) It's still illegal, and whilst my collection of pirated software is larger than my collection of legit software non-existant, I do draw the line at poor quality DVD movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Man, I know what you mean, edlib. I'd love to get one of those Indiana Jones DVD Boxes. I mean.. INDIANA JONES!! It's like opening the original CD Cover of a Beastie Boys album. Yeah, and maybe 10 years was not the best choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 The Indy box set is sweet. Get it ASAP. The Extended versions of the LOTR movies are great also. Now I have all 3. I watched all 3 in one sitting last weekend. It was pretty intense. I have yet to make a dent in all the bonus feature material yet. @ Joshi: 200 DVDs! I thought I had a lot! But I know I don't have over 200 yet... I might be getting close though. I have officially run out of shelf space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Oh those sweet times where i could watchtv/gamelikeasillynerd all night long. Or listening to one single track of a CD over and over again. How I miss this. I guess it will not come back until the kids have left home, the dog has died and my girl has gone to bed. I wish i would have more time for my LEGO, too. And if I am not whining about getting old and losing my youth, then I'm sometime on a businesstrip, with my notebook, a couple of joints and all the CDs and games. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Originally posted by RayJones Oh those sweet times where i could watchtv/gamelikeasillynerd all night long. ...ha, grandpa... ... guess what i do all night long... coding like a geek... AND YOU CAN'T, CAUSE YOU'RE OLD AND STINKY AND STUFF!!! MWAHAHA!... Originally posted by RayJones Or listening to one single track of a CD over and over again. *is currently listening to "Tool - No Quarter" (again and again and again)* ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Originally posted by DrMcCoy coding like a geek... THAT's what I do all day long.. at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Originally posted by RayJones THAT's what I do all day long.. at work. ...i do it all day and night long! 24/7! in your face! (and cause of the lack of sleep, i'm a wreck and will probably die in 5 years... but it was worth it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Pah. Twenty-four-seven. You knwo very well that you cannot stop coding, even if you're not sitting in front of a computer. I code even if i sleep. And you too. Admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Originally posted by RayJones Pah. Twenty-four-seven. You knwo evry well that you cannot stop coding, even if you're not sitting in front of a computer. ...yeah, you're right... every time i walk or use the bus to go somewhere i "code", eg. i think about my programs and how to implement certain things... Originally posted by RayJones I code even if i sleep. ...pfff, i don't sleep, i'm a coffee-adict! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Originally posted by edlib The Indy box set is sweet. Get it ASAP. The Extended versions of the LOTR movies are great also. Now I have all 3. I watched all 3 in one sitting last weekend. It was pretty intense. I have yet to make a dent in all the bonus feature material yet. @ Joshi: 200 DVDs! I thought I had a lot! But I know I don't have over 200 yet... I might be getting close though. I have officially run out of shelf space. I already have the Indy boxset and I'll probably get LOTR ROTK extended edition for my birthday (and if not, I'll just buy it). And just to note, we moved house sometime in june and my room has no shelf space (whatsoever) so all of my DVD's are either in boxes or over at University. I have a box that holds 80 cd's and that's full of DVD's, then I have about ten or twelve DVD's that I bought at Uni and the rest are here at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted January 2, 2005 Author Share Posted January 2, 2005 Originally posted by Alien426 *cough*spoiledkid*cough* I'm sorry, do you need a coughdrop? @Joshi: wow, wont you lose some? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 What, you mean by little kids coming along and stealing them. Doubt it, I live on the second floor with a window facing the courtyard as apose to the road and all my expensive stuff is locked in my cupboard with a bike lock through the handles. Plus the box holding my 80 DVD's comes with it's own lock. Now of course they can still be stolen, but if they are, I'll get a heafty paycheck from the insurance company (lets judge that all the DVD's retail at about £15 and there's 80+ of them... that's £1200 right there, more than my student loan check) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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