I love AudioGalaxy Satelite!

[Rodie]

I've had this program on my hard drive for a long time, but I never used it because I thought nothing could beat napster. Well now that Napster has gone to hell, and WinMX and audiognome don't seem to work anymore (the open nap servers on musiccity.com seem to have stopped functioning, as musiccity.com seems to now be associated with a p2p program called "morpheus", which seems to suck.)

So I decided to use audiogalaxy satelite as a last resort. I thought it would suck since so much of it is web-based, but it is awesome. The web layout/interface is very nice, and i had no problem at all finding the songs I wanted. I even was able to find them in bitrates of 192 and better, something that was very lacking on napster!

[Woofcat]

I've been using it since it came out, even before all the napster crap started... It's very much underrated...

[Canuckkev]

I have been using it for a while now too. I is quite a bit different than Napster, which is why many find it hard to use. I find it a lot easier and faster. I don't think I have had any disconnected downloads, and any song I want(and more) is on there. And it is great for finding rare songs, cause if you search for a rare song, and no one online has it, if you click the download button, the second you and someone else with that song are online at the same time, it starts downloading. And it automatically gets the songs from the fastest source, and your results are listed in popularity, so the top ones will be the full version of the song, not missing the last two minutes or so like on Napster...It is great!

[LastActionHero]

I love audiogalaxy
Two things i like abt it
1. Finds the nearest and fastest person to you
2. Let's you resume!

[Giancarlo]

It is highly illegal to do this, and I am actually assisting the Government by telling them several new MP3 sites. I know someone who works in the Department of Justice and know there email.

[Hobbes]

I suspected as much that it was illegal. We'll see how long this one lasts lol. Thanks! :)

[Giancarlo]

It won't last too long because usually there are Government agents looking at sites like these...

[razor]

dude, what the hell is your problem? there are plenty of cool songs that are remixed that u cant find any where else, that are perfectly legal. it is the anti-napster people like you that suck. . .

[Rodie]

I know it's illegal (to download *copyrighted* mp3's) but I really just don't give a damn. I'm not going to try and justify it with any reasons, it's just that I really don't care. I'll buy CD's if there are at least 3-4 songs on it that I like, but I don't feel like spending 15-20 bucks for a CD that has one or two songs on it that I like. If CD's were more reasonably priced (in the $5-10 range), I would not have a problem with it. I don't have a problem with buying DVD's for about the same price (some cost a little bit more) because they provide 2 hours+ of excellent quality video, are fully compatible with newer 16:9 TVs, which everybody will have someday, offer special features, and excellent sound. Compact Discs have been around for more than 20 years, and typical albums only offer about 50-60 minutes of music, if that. 15-20 dollars isn't worth it for that.

The government can and probably will shut down all of the current mp3-trading places, but p2p technology is always about 5-6 steps ahead of the government. It took them over a year to shutdown Napster. People have been trading mp3s on irc for at least 3-4 years, and the government probably doesn't even know what IRC stands for. And recently Napster has eased up on their filtering. It still makes it a little harder to find songs, but you can find some.

And I don't know that I'd consider it "highly illegal". I'm sure the FBI and CIA are more worried about serial killers and terrorists then a bunch of people trading music online.

People have been trading copyrighted files on hotline, on irc, on ftp (since unix included the tcp/ip protocl stack) ages ago. None of those protocols have been so much as touched by the government.

[Edited by Rodie on 04-29-2001 at 10:25 PM]

[Gayowulf]

I use iMesh. It's decent. a lot better than napster is thats for sure. Napsters gone to crap.

About the illegality: Sure its illegal but there is no possible way to control it all. sure some stuff will get shut down but definately not all.

[Coolin]

Giancarlo, the government probably already knows about this music trading service. It doesn't need yet another person informing them about a year old service. It's not like they found out about Napster a year after they started.

[Woofcat]

Giancarlo - you don't really think nobody in "the Government" knows about audiogalaxy...? How can you be so stupid? It's mentioned on just about every site that lists alternatives to napster... It's been in magazines and on the news...

The satellite has been around for quite a while now and the FTP search has been around for years...

If "the Government" is so stupid that it still doesn't know about audiogalaxy do you really think your reporting it will help anything?

BTW if you think its "highly illegal" you're highly ignorant. It's not "the Government" that's going after napster you know.

[phatdood9]

LOL, the government isnt as stupid as u think, they prolly dont know as much as people on the streets, but they know EVERYTHING that goes on on the internet.

[Coolin]

Thanks for reinforcing my Woofcat and phatdood9. If Giancarlo actually thinks that the government doesn't know about AudioGalaxy, he probably has less trust and/or knowledge of the Bush government than as we first believed.

[lucifer]

Originally posted by Coolin
he probably has less trust and/or knowledge of the Bush government than as we first believed.

can you have less trust of such a government??
and is correct to use knowledge and bush in the same sentence?

[Giancarlo]

I very well think they know, but when I find smaller MP3 sites, that are much harder to find then I report them. Because there is always that chance. Bush is much smarter than you fools... Bush is the most trustworthy and most Americans seem to agree.

[razor]

what the hell do u gain by ratting out mp3 sites?

[Rodie]

Uhm, why are you reporting those sites to the government? Wouldn't you be better served by reporting them to the RIAA or the SPA?

[Canuckkev]

So you spend time going around and looking for mp3 sites, and report them to the government. Why? Is it fun? Do you get a reward? Does it make you feel good and secure that copyright infringement online is kept to a minimum. And as mentioned, why does the government care? They aren't going to press charges for copyright infringement, are they? No, the propriator of the infringed material presses charges.

There is a lot of illegal activity out there, why waste time stopping mp3 trading? Become an amateur detective and help find Mrs. Johnson's cat or something, if you feel like you must do good deeds.

Hey, I'm sorry if you are offended, Giancarlo, but I do not see the need to snitch on mp3 sites. Do you have that much time?
And thinking that Bush is much smarter than us fools is...well...are you a Texan or just stupid? Sure a stiff, robotic democrat isn't much better, but he is intelligent at least. He may not be a unificator, but he's not a divider either. And with Al Gore as president, the States would still "...have the best educated Americans in the world". But I guess Bush is willing to ask "...Is our children learning?", he's got that for him.

Okay...just don't call me dumer than Bush because of my speling.

[Hobbes]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
I very well think they know, but when I find smaller MP3 sites, that are much harder to find then I report them. Because there is always that chance. Bush is much smarter than you fools... Bush is the most trustworthy and most Americans seem to agree.

Bush is much smarter, huh? Tell me why he wants to drastically reduce our nuclear weapons. It's pretty foolish to me.

[lucifer]

Originally posted by Hobbes
Bush is much smarter, huh? Tell me why he wants to drastically reduce our nuclear weapons. It's pretty foolish to me.

especially as he's going to be needing them again as soon as he has restarted the cold war. Hey why don't he just take some of them and stick em in taiwan it could be like another cuban missile criss ;)

[Canuckkev]

Speaking of Bush restarting the cold war...(no attempt to remain on topic)...

The new Missile Defense system is increadibly dumb. The debris will fall over Canada if the missisle is fired from that direction. The U.S. stays safe, and blows up missiles over our heads, without us getting anything in return. They said some major cities would be protected by the shield, but only maybe. It depends on the missile stock at the time. Why doesn't that States work at reducing arms, instead of stockpiling for their own defense. Does Bush want the States to be invincible? This shield would not do that. No one is invincible when there are enough nukes to blow up the entire earth. Wouldn't that be a nice way to end mankind? A dumb president gets too much power and along with other unreasonable world leaders with nukes blows up the planet. That would mean if there is no other intelligent life in the universe, there never was any.

Why ...why why why...

The superpower U.S. still doesn't have enough power to run the world. That is the problem. They have too much power, but not enough. When hostile nations have nukes pointed at each other, ready to launch within a minutes notice, there is a problem. Sure nukes aren't the only dangerous weapon. Bio-warfare could be just as deadly, but at least there is a possibility to stop it. Have you seen the movie 12 Monkeys(I think). They buried themselves underground, and continued living. Going underground will help if there is large amounts of radiation poisioning in the atmosphere, but not if the core of the earth explodes. Then every thing is screwed. There goes the atmosphere. Space suits won't help for long. Does Mars have an atmosphere? Well, according to Bush: "Mars is essentially in the same orbit...Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."

[Woofcat]

Whatever... You people misunderstand the purpose of the system... It's not meant as protection in a massive nuclear war, but to provide such a level of protection to deter a rogue nation who obtains the missile technology to get a warhead to the US...

Whatever opinion you may have of Bush, he's a hell of a lot better than that enviromental extremist socialist Gore...

[Hobbes]

I hear you on that (about gore).


Originally posted by Woofcat
Whatever... You people misunderstand the purpose of the system... It's not meant as protection in a massive nuclear war, but to provide such a level of protection to deter a rogue nation who obtains the missile technology to get a warhead to the US...

Whatever opinion you may have of Bush, he's a hell of a lot better than that enviromental extremist socialist Gore...

[lucifer]

I'm sure if a rouge state wants to nuke the us it'd be easier just to ship it over in a container I'm sure DHL could arrange it.

so much cheaper and easier. It's not like you have to be to accurate with them.

The palistinians don't bother building missiles to attack israel they just strap a couple of sticks of dynamite to themselves and walk over the border.

[Giancarlo]

Hmmm, how strange that no --- here seems to mention anything about the National Missle Defense Program. Think before you speak, because most you are saying utterly stupid things. If you wish to continue this chat please contact me via icq at: 65368669, because you guys do not know what you are talking about and I don't want to clutter this forum with teaching you guys about Politics. Bush is certainly smarter than all of you, and Gore is an idiot who has no knowledge about running anything, at least we can have an businessman who knows about running an country in charge. Not a scandal-infested brick. I have to be honest: The Democrats are filled will scandals, and the party itself is crumbling. Scandals here, Scandals there.

Contact me ICQ 65368669 to continue this useless rambling.

[Rodie]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
at least we can have an businessman who knows about running an country in charge.

I'm so glad that you enlightened us with your intelligence. It's a lesson I will not soon forget. I can only hope that one fine day, my mental capacities will be on par with yours. But I can only dream...