kkozoriz1
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Buy it online and iTunes will let you burn a disk. You can actually bur any particular playlist seven times (a limit imposed by the labels not Apple).
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Buy it online and iTunes will let you burn a disk. You can actually bur any particular playlist seven times (a limit imposed by the labels not Apple).
Thanks for the suggestion, but that sounds way too high-tech for me. I've never used iTunes or burned anything before--and I doubt I even have the necessary gadgets.
Too bad you can't just pick up an album at a store anymore.
If your computer's reasonably new, its CD/DVD drive probably has CD-burning capability built in. Mine does, and I've actually burned a disc or two myself, as well as uploading many of my existing CDs' contents, despite being rather lacking in tech savvy myself. It's done routinely enough that most computers have the means built in by default and can do most of the work themselves.
Dare I admit that none of my computers have DVD drives? As I confessed in another thread recently, I'm still using floppy disks.
So I guess you don't need a special iPod or something to use iTunes? Or an "MP3 player," whatever that is?
(Yes, I'm a technophobe.)
How do you find any of good enough quality? They used to say to only buy "name brand disks", but towards the end of their popularity - what at least six or seven years ago - even the "name brands" had become totally unreliable.
Someone needs to buy this man a modern laptop.
I guess now we know why they tapped you to write the Warehouse 13 novel. Because you can use your equipment as inspiration for Warehouse 13 equipment.
(Just kidding.
)
kkozoriz1
Fleet Captain
Nope, you can use iTunes without having an iPod, iPad or iPhone. It's then just a music player/organizer/burner/iTunes storefront.
It's as simple as selecting the album and the choosing "burn playlist to disc" from the menu. It'll walk you through the rest. Piece of cake,
I guess now we know why they tapped you to write the Warehouse 13 novel. Because you can use your equipment as inspiration for Warehouse 13 equipment.
(Just kidding.
I admit that writing Artie seems to come naturally.
"A nursery! I'm running a nursery!"
The Andorian speaks true!
I did have a problem a few weeks ago where the little metal pieces of my floppies came loose and got stuck in the disk drive. Fortunately, the local computer shop was able to remove them without damaging the computer!
But, just to play devil's advocate, if my current setup is still working--and I've written nearly fifty books using floppies--why go to the trouble and expense of a learning how to use a whole new system?
If it aint broke . . . .
(True story: my girlfriend actually got a flash drive thingie for Christmas a few years ago. Neither of us knew what it was!)
Well, for one thing, a single USB drive can hold the equivalent of several thousand floppies' worth of content, so it's arguably less expense in the long run than replacing worn-out floppies (and given their scarcity these days, they must be quite expensive to replace).
And there's really nothing new to have to learn. Assuming you use Windows, it works the same way -- once you plug in a USB stick, the computer will show it in the directory tree as a drive, just like your floppy drive, and you can drag and drop files the same way you would with a floppy. Assuming you get a USB stick with plug-and-play software and have a computer compatible with plug-and-play, then you don't have to make any particular effort beyond buying the memory stick and plugging it in (assuming your computer is at least modern enough to have a USB port).
My bet is it won't have one.
Really? I was thinking ancient runes or squiggles in the sand.
I used to work with rocket scientists and satellite communications engineers. USB sticks and burning CDs: not rocket science. Well within the grasp of people writing about starships.
ETA: dang, that sounds snarkier than I intended. Sorry about that.
ETA: dang, that sounds snarkier than I intended. Sorry about that.
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Pssst, Greg, ever wondered why the Liquid Paper doesn't work on your monitor too well?
I gotta admit: I don't miss White-Out or correction tape, let along dragging all my manuscripts down to Kinko's before shipping them off by snail mail . . ..
I'm not a total Luddite!
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