Ash Download

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Just downloaded the new Ash single onto my works PC.

 

Only problem is, it's 4.7MB, so I can't put it on a floppy, which means I'm now going to have to bring my CD writer to work and install the software onto my work PC etc. just to hear the damn thing!

 

It's a .wma file too, and I was expecting it to be MP3. Should still be able to convert it though, I'd have thought.

 

I'm so crap at this sort of thing.

 

 

[Rob_the_Saint]

What I did was buy a flash disk drive, which is about the size of a pen, and just plugs into the USB port. Holds 128 megabytes and costs about £30. You use it just like a floppy disk but it holds nearly 100 times as much.

 

Alternatively you could email the file to yourself, but it will take some time to open.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Cheers, Rob - not on net at home so won't be able to mail myself.

 

Like the idea of this flash drive, though. Will mean I can download a load of tunes at work and open them at home.

 

I'll have a look, see if I can get one on Amazon!!

 

 

[SteveP]

in fact, you'd probably get on very well with a Muvo, they're memory cards and mp3/wma players, the 64 meg one is about £65 the 128 meg is about £100. The battery life isn't great though

 

http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?prod=354

 

 

[Rob_the_Saint]

Try here , cheaper than Amazon and compatible with Windows 98.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Thanks, people!!

 

 

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Ok, Rob. I've taken your advice and bought the BabyFlash.

 

The iPod is going back to the shop tomorrow, so Thornsy, if you've been struggling to find one, Dixon's will have one from lunchtime tomorrow!!

 

Now all I need is some advice on some cheap/free download site, and I can start downloading some music.

 

(Always said I wouldn't do this - it's killing the music industry!)

 

 

[SteveP]

kazaa's not bad, I think's there's a site called kazaalite too.

[EFM's Librarian]

Funny you should mention that, they were saying on the radio that there is currently a massive clampdown on it, and random users of sites such as kazaa etc. are being tracked and having their computer equipment confiscated and bank accounts frozen!! Seems a bit over the top and I'd be amazed if they targeted more than a few people, but I'll see if I can find any related news articles

[SteveP]

Good job it's not your PC CZ!

[EFM's Librarian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3545839.stm Here we are, this is the paragraph that I suspect will worry some people

 

"Civil liberty and lobby groups feared that the music industry will also use the law to mount raids on the homes of people who swap songs via file-sharing systems such as Kazaa."

 

I realise they've said this before, and never really done it, but some people think they're going to get a lot more aggressive this time

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

So, which sites are the legal ones, then??

 

 

[EFM's Librarian]

The legal ones are the ones you have to pay for! I think Napster now does some form of legal paid for downloads

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Not worried about that - I'm loaded.

 

Napster, you say??

 

 

[CANV EFM]

yeah right they are gonna track down 8 million people who will plead ignorance and poverty fk em kill the music industry they are minted anyway

[Rob_the_Saint]

www.kazaagold.com looks as though it might be good - $30 (about £17) one-off fee, no monthly charge, all legal (I think!).

 

Where's G Angel when you need him?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Got my Flash Disk, but my PC at work won't seem to let me install it.

 

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[Laz]

Possibly a permissions issue. What platform is it? 98, 2K or XP?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

The Flash Disk is 98/XP.

 

Think the PC I use at work is Windows NT - would that be the cause??