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One thing that I have been wanting to whine about for a while but haven't got around to is CD covers. CDs are perhaps the greatest invention of this era, but the covers are something that really get me infuriated.
Sure, you may argue that the covers make the CD look presentable an maybe in some cases you have bought a CD because the cover looked cool. No, I am not going to winge about appearance but a few other things.
As CD owners I am sure that you have many cracked and even shattered cases. They just aren't durable at all. I put a brand new CD in my school bag to lend to a friend and somewhere between my house a school (about a 10 minute walk) the CD case managed to open and the little plastic hinges broke, consequently the disc fell out and was scratched more than a So Solid Crew track. The disc no longer worked and the shop refused to take it back because they claimed it was 'personal neglagence'.
If they made the CD cases more durable I wouldn't have had to buy a £14 album twice and would have been able to purchase something worthwhile.
But no, this isn't my only complaint with CD covers, oh no.
In the hectic process to make today's CD covers look more attractive, designers seem to keep forgeting track numbers. This is one thing that is skin-crawlingly irritating. Like most people I sometimes only want to listen to a certain track on album instead of the whole thing. To work out which track it is I have to count down the list to see which track I need to skip the CD player to. This wastes about 10 seconds every time I do it and if I listen to, on aveage, 6 CDs a day that is 1 minute every day. This tally's to 7 minutes a week and 6 hours a year. If the average person lives 75 years (assuming they dont listen to music for the first 5 years) they will spend 420 hours of their lives finding out which track they want to listen to. This works out at just over 8 3/4 days you are likely to spend searching for the correct track. Attrocious to say the least!
Track numbers should be compulsary on CDs because I don't want to damn industry to claim 8 3/4 days of my life!
Ok, im done whinging now.
-kyz-
Sure, you may argue that the covers make the CD look presentable an maybe in some cases you have bought a CD because the cover looked cool. No, I am not going to winge about appearance but a few other things.
As CD owners I am sure that you have many cracked and even shattered cases. They just aren't durable at all. I put a brand new CD in my school bag to lend to a friend and somewhere between my house a school (about a 10 minute walk) the CD case managed to open and the little plastic hinges broke, consequently the disc fell out and was scratched more than a So Solid Crew track. The disc no longer worked and the shop refused to take it back because they claimed it was 'personal neglagence'.
If they made the CD cases more durable I wouldn't have had to buy a £14 album twice and would have been able to purchase something worthwhile.
But no, this isn't my only complaint with CD covers, oh no.
In the hectic process to make today's CD covers look more attractive, designers seem to keep forgeting track numbers. This is one thing that is skin-crawlingly irritating. Like most people I sometimes only want to listen to a certain track on album instead of the whole thing. To work out which track it is I have to count down the list to see which track I need to skip the CD player to. This wastes about 10 seconds every time I do it and if I listen to, on aveage, 6 CDs a day that is 1 minute every day. This tally's to 7 minutes a week and 6 hours a year. If the average person lives 75 years (assuming they dont listen to music for the first 5 years) they will spend 420 hours of their lives finding out which track they want to listen to. This works out at just over 8 3/4 days you are likely to spend searching for the correct track. Attrocious to say the least!
Track numbers should be compulsary on CDs because I don't want to damn industry to claim 8 3/4 days of my life!
Ok, im done whinging now.
-kyz-
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Unbeliever wrote:
> Weep then! I hate stinking Iron Maiden!
You are clearly insane. I shall get the doctorb to see you soon.
> Weep then! I hate stinking Iron Maiden!
You are clearly insane. I shall get the doctorb to see you soon.
Idlewild wrote:
> It depends on what CD it was in your bag - if it was something to my
> disliking, it DESERVED to get scrathed, and even mauled. If it was
> Iron Maiden, I shall weep.
>
> Go on boy, speak!
Weep then! I hate stinking Iron Maiden!
> It depends on what CD it was in your bag - if it was something to my
> disliking, it DESERVED to get scrathed, and even mauled. If it was
> Iron Maiden, I shall weep.
>
> Go on boy, speak!
Weep then! I hate stinking Iron Maiden!
It depends on what CD it was in your bag - if it was something to my disliking, it DESERVED to get scrathed, and even mauled. If it was Iron Maiden, I shall weep.
Go on boy, speak!
Go on boy, speak!
No, damn it no! Track number should NOT be mandatory. When someone releases an album and they don't put track numbers down, it's better this way because they want you to learn the name of the tune rather than say "Oh yeah, track 4 is really cool."
Of course, it's down to their own discretion but I don't agree with your theory that all CD's should have track numbers.
Of course, it's down to their own discretion but I don't agree with your theory that all CD's should have track numbers.
One thing that I have been wanting to whine about for a while but haven't got around to is CD covers. CDs are perhaps the greatest invention of this era, but the covers are something that really get me infuriated.
Sure, you may argue that the covers make the CD look presentable an maybe in some cases you have bought a CD because the cover looked cool. No, I am not going to winge about appearance but a few other things.
As CD owners I am sure that you have many cracked and even shattered cases. They just aren't durable at all. I put a brand new CD in my school bag to lend to a friend and somewhere between my house a school (about a 10 minute walk) the CD case managed to open and the little plastic hinges broke, consequently the disc fell out and was scratched more than a So Solid Crew track. The disc no longer worked and the shop refused to take it back because they claimed it was 'personal neglagence'.
If they made the CD cases more durable I wouldn't have had to buy a £14 album twice and would have been able to purchase something worthwhile.
But no, this isn't my only complaint with CD covers, oh no.
In the hectic process to make today's CD covers look more attractive, designers seem to keep forgeting track numbers. This is one thing that is skin-crawlingly irritating. Like most people I sometimes only want to listen to a certain track on album instead of the whole thing. To work out which track it is I have to count down the list to see which track I need to skip the CD player to. This wastes about 10 seconds every time I do it and if I listen to, on aveage, 6 CDs a day that is 1 minute every day. This tally's to 7 minutes a week and 6 hours a year. If the average person lives 75 years (assuming they dont listen to music for the first 5 years) they will spend 420 hours of their lives finding out which track they want to listen to. This works out at just over 8 3/4 days you are likely to spend searching for the correct track. Attrocious to say the least!
Track numbers should be compulsary on CDs because I don't want to damn industry to claim 8 3/4 days of my life!
Ok, im done whinging now.
-kyz-
Sure, you may argue that the covers make the CD look presentable an maybe in some cases you have bought a CD because the cover looked cool. No, I am not going to winge about appearance but a few other things.
As CD owners I am sure that you have many cracked and even shattered cases. They just aren't durable at all. I put a brand new CD in my school bag to lend to a friend and somewhere between my house a school (about a 10 minute walk) the CD case managed to open and the little plastic hinges broke, consequently the disc fell out and was scratched more than a So Solid Crew track. The disc no longer worked and the shop refused to take it back because they claimed it was 'personal neglagence'.
If they made the CD cases more durable I wouldn't have had to buy a £14 album twice and would have been able to purchase something worthwhile.
But no, this isn't my only complaint with CD covers, oh no.
In the hectic process to make today's CD covers look more attractive, designers seem to keep forgeting track numbers. This is one thing that is skin-crawlingly irritating. Like most people I sometimes only want to listen to a certain track on album instead of the whole thing. To work out which track it is I have to count down the list to see which track I need to skip the CD player to. This wastes about 10 seconds every time I do it and if I listen to, on aveage, 6 CDs a day that is 1 minute every day. This tally's to 7 minutes a week and 6 hours a year. If the average person lives 75 years (assuming they dont listen to music for the first 5 years) they will spend 420 hours of their lives finding out which track they want to listen to. This works out at just over 8 3/4 days you are likely to spend searching for the correct track. Attrocious to say the least!
Track numbers should be compulsary on CDs because I don't want to damn industry to claim 8 3/4 days of my life!
Ok, im done whinging now.
-kyz-
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