News and Music

Heh, it sucks for CERN that their LHC is down, but that really only benefits us at Fermilab. I suppose we have a little more time now to discover something, and shift the world focus back here.

So the other day I purchased (yes, purchased, legally) two previously owned albums. At least, I think that is legal. The nice part was, I could listen to the cd's in the store, and listen to the WHOLE SONG! What a crazy concept. I was able to determine how good or crappy an album was before I bought it. So I've realized this system works a whole lot better than iTunes, since I can legally purchase the music, rip it, and not worry about DRM garbage. Then, I can sell the CD back to the store, or online, etc. So even if a few of the songs sucked, I didn't pay as much for it in the first place, and I won't feel too bad about pawning it off again.




At the same time, iTunes is nice, because of their large music catalog, but hearing 30 seconds of a song can make me think twice about buying it. Hopefully the music industry can adapt to a changing world, and truly create a good solution that benefits the consumers the most.