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« on: June 18, 2004, 10:28:37 pm »
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Does anyone here use this?  Seems like it would be relevant to fellow members of the music-geek contingent.  I've gotten terribly addicted to it in the past few months.  They're having some server troubles lately, so I'm not sure if signups are open right now, but it is a hella nifty thing and worth looking into.
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2004, 08:40:31 pm »
Not to drag up a topic from 600 years ago but I just started using it. I saw the Wired article which apparently damn near annihilated their server. Right now I'm letting iTunes play through my uber playlist (in shuffle) to build up my profile. It's apparently going to take 8.7 days.

I'm CortJstr, of course.
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2004, 08:54:50 pm »
Well, the site is completely down now.

So what is it?
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2004, 08:56:11 pm »
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Well, the site is completely down now.

So what is it?

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64402,00.html
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2004, 09:06:19 pm »
Ah, I see, so it's a way for people to give up a little more of their privacy for little to no payback?

Um, sweet?
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2004, 07:19:42 pm »
Jough, would you like some cynicism with that?

I signed up, as I am on a big binge of finding new music. The question becomes what kinda user base there is and whether the recommendations will come out well.
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2004, 07:39:38 pm »
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I signed up, as I am on a big binge of finding new music. The question becomes what kinda user base there is and whether the recommendations will come out well.


I've found the recommendations to be pretty apt, and often things I haven't heard of or might not have looked into otherwise.
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2004, 11:54:05 pm »
Just to warn people, they had a major server failure on Sunday which among other things fucked up the neighbor calcuation. So you might see "neighbors" who match you by 104% but have no songs in common. They're working on it.

A brand new server (less than a week old) had not only an HD fail, but the RAID failed also.
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2004, 12:05:09 am »
Yeah, I really don't understand how they manage to have so many technical problems.
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2004, 12:44:31 am »
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Yeah, I really don't understand how they manage to have so many technical problems.

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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2004, 02:20:45 am »
Tharr we go; I've even switched my Audioscrobbler name to be roughly the same as my forum name and not the random Schoolhouse Rock allusion it was before.
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« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2004, 02:36:17 am »
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Tharr we go; I've even switched my Audioscrobbler name to be roughly the same as my forum name and not the random Schoolhouse Rock allusion it was before.

Can you just switch a name or did you have to start up a whole new account?
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« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2004, 03:17:17 am »
I created a new account then merged it with my old one.
I like things to be... organized.
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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2004, 03:48:59 am »
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Tharr we go; I've even switched my Audioscrobbler name to be roughly the same as my forum name and not the random Schoolhouse Rock allusion it was before.


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« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2004, 11:33:19 am »
Nope, just "preamble", as in their appallingly catchy version of the preamble to the constitution.
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