RE: [C&C] The Advantage of 8-Track Tapes . . . . . (was: Re: [tlug][C&C] AAC is lossy, FLAC is lossless)

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> From: tlug-bounces@example.com [mailto:tlug-bounces@example.com On 
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:00 AM
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> Subject: [C&C] The Advantage of 8-Track Tapes . . . . . (was: 
> Re: [tlug][C&C] AAC is lossy, FLAC is lossless)
> 
> 
> 8-track tapes have their advantages. 
> 
> Josh Glover wrote:
> 
> > Actually, my dad bought a Cadillac second-hand in roughly 
> 1990, which 
> > had an eight-track player sitting proudly in the middle of the 
> > wood-grain dash.
> 
> Where I used to work, Walkmans and cassette tapes would disappear 
> overnight. So I brought in an old 8-track stereo system and 
> would leave the 8-track tapes out in the open. 
> _Nobody_ would touch them. Security through obsolescence! 
> 
> I still have an 8-track tape deck that can play _and_ record, 
> 
You know, this conversation isn't making me feel any younger. :P
^-^
I will admit that my 8-track collection was inheritted from
my mother, but I am still old enough to have had fully functional
equipment as a kid. :)