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Amir
Oct 4, 2008, 2:18:42 PM10/4/08
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I am sorry to inform you all that on Saturday 4th October 2008 Amir
Arezoo's mp3 collection died.
Due to a combination of factors - changing from Windows to Linux,
folder name mixups and complete idiocy on his part, 20000 files were
wiped out in the disaster, a collection of classic rock, pop, soul,
country, electro, dance, indie, alternative, and the complete works of
The Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3 lost to the ether.
A mass of music that took 10 years to compile sadly passed.
The collection is survived by naughtily obtained copies of Manhattan,
Annie Hall and Aguirre, The Wrath Of God.
Flowers can be forwarded to the author's address.
Arezoo's mp3 collection died.
Due to a combination of factors - changing from Windows to Linux,
folder name mixups and complete idiocy on his part, 20000 files were
wiped out in the disaster, a collection of classic rock, pop, soul,
country, electro, dance, indie, alternative, and the complete works of
The Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3 lost to the ether.
A mass of music that took 10 years to compile sadly passed.
The collection is survived by naughtily obtained copies of Manhattan,
Annie Hall and Aguirre, The Wrath Of God.
Flowers can be forwarded to the author's address.
astrotomato
Oct 5, 2008, 2:24:14 PM10/5/08
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Awh! Sorry dude.
And yet on the same weekend, astro's laptop came back from the dead!
:-)
And yet on the same weekend, astro's laptop came back from the dead!
:-)
jacqui...@hotmail.com
Oct 6, 2008, 5:57:43 AM10/6/08
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my deepest condolences.
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Mister Savage
Oct 12, 2008, 2:14:36 PM10/12/08
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Caroline's also died. I should be sad, but it means we get to listen
to what I want in the car.
to what I want in the car.
Mister Savage
Oct 13, 2008, 7:45:44 AM10/13/08
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Ahem - I should say, the above comment's puctuation was critical. I
would like to clarify that Caroline herself is fine, it's her music
collection that's died.
To summarise:
Caroline fine.
Music not.
would like to clarify that Caroline herself is fine, it's her music
collection that's died.
To summarise:
Caroline fine.
Music not.
David Thair
Oct 13, 2008, 7:52:26 AM10/13/08
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It did seem like a shockingly cold thing to say under the circumstances (or not, thankfully).
Daniel E
Oct 13, 2008, 7:52:32 AM10/13/08
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Hm, yes, it was a slightly worrying post Savage. That appostrophe
works as both truncation of has and in the posssive!!
Question though - if you're managing your music collection on a
computer, and have said collection on a large music player, surely
each offers a back-up for t'other? Or was the music collection very
large and your MP3 player very small? Personally, I've got most of my
music in 3 places - on PC, on 20gb music player and on external
HD....
The moral is - it pays to back up.... Then maybe back up your back
up....
works as both truncation of has and in the posssive!!
Question though - if you're managing your music collection on a
computer, and have said collection on a large music player, surely
each offers a back-up for t'other? Or was the music collection very
large and your MP3 player very small? Personally, I've got most of my
music in 3 places - on PC, on 20gb music player and on external
HD....
The moral is - it pays to back up.... Then maybe back up your back
up....
Spinky
Oct 15, 2008, 2:05:25 PM10/15/08
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I believe it is possible to restore your music collection from an Ipod
- but you really have to know what you're doing, you have to disable
the auto sync on Itunes, and jump through a few other hoops first.
But yes, I really need to update my backup - I have IT worker paranoia
when it comes to backups - my music collection backup is in my father
in law's safe - 50 miles away from the actual computer. But it means
I have gone about 6 months without doing it.
Anyway - sympathy goes out to all those who have lost their music.
Can we help by emailing you any particularly hard to find tracks?
Sort of a music charity service for the digital age?
- but you really have to know what you're doing, you have to disable
the auto sync on Itunes, and jump through a few other hoops first.
But yes, I really need to update my backup - I have IT worker paranoia
when it comes to backups - my music collection backup is in my father
in law's safe - 50 miles away from the actual computer. But it means
I have gone about 6 months without doing it.
Anyway - sympathy goes out to all those who have lost their music.
Can we help by emailing you any particularly hard to find tracks?
Sort of a music charity service for the digital age?
Mister Savage
Oct 16, 2008, 8:08:19 AM10/16/08
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Heh - every time I look at my first post I chuckle. You must have
thought I was a bad man. "I should be sad, but it means we get to
listen
to what I want in the car" is the bit that pushes me over the edge.
iPods try and sync with whatever is on the computer. Caroline has a
160GB ipod, but our laptop only has 100GB. So we can't keep all our
music on the computer, and apple saw fit to punish us.
Normally we have 'auto sync' off, but one fateful day it all went
horribly wrong.
thought I was a bad man. "I should be sad, but it means we get to
listen
to what I want in the car" is the bit that pushes me over the edge.
iPods try and sync with whatever is on the computer. Caroline has a
160GB ipod, but our laptop only has 100GB. So we can't keep all our
music on the computer, and apple saw fit to punish us.
Normally we have 'auto sync' off, but one fateful day it all went
horribly wrong.
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