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Remember that post “Oh really”?
Well, I came across this one to give the other end of the number

Music industry officials say piracy has lead to a steady decline in CD sales in recent years. Overall U.S. music sales fell 0.6 percent to $12.27 billion in 2005, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

So by my math (and understanding that this number is only for the US opposed to the other one being world) that’s a little less than one billion lost - about 900 million.

So, it’s a wash really… when they give the numbers saying sales are down.. they don’t seem to take into account that current music SUCKS, and the stuff that is good, people do download legally! Greed man.

Of course, there is piracy, of course. Again, I must refer to the days of cassette tapes. This is nothing new…. so why all the big to do?

~SKi~

I just had to add this one!

“…my cousin’s wife’s stepsister’s sister-n-law saw a picture of me while visiting from TN and gave it to…”

I don’t even know how to begin describing this one. Lets just say it was literal - a chain of how someone came to notice someone else.

(you thought I said Pornographic! I know it!)
Fox Reports:

“Last week, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said global sales of digital music generated revenues of US$1.1 billion (euro911 million) for record companies last year, almost triple the 2004 figure, with single-song downloads making up most of the sales.”

Now, I am no economist - of course - nor am I a stats major, but this makes me feel like digital music is actually very profitable for the recording industry, regardless of pirating… Not condoning pirating, just saying: people were not up in arms when tapes were being dubbed.

If they really want to stop people from stealing it’s simple. Put all music on cartridges (like old Atari games; create a device that plays music on cartridges. Done. Then folks will have to literally SHARE music like they did Contra!

Oh, wait, then people would just make rom’s of them… and we are back at square one. *Sigh*

‘he is not too small…he actually comes above my boobs now’

This was in response to a question of whether a child was big enough to take a shower. Classic

~SKi~

Pretty quiet and clear night tonight. There is this ring around the moon. Well, not around the moon literally, it’s in the sky, the atmosphere.

I have seen it before, it looks pretty cool. But for the life of me, I can’t remember what it’s called.

It’s a ring, kind of. Almost looks like a smoke ring, but it follows the moon.

Anyone know what that is called?

~SKi~

Edit: Mbalia found it! This is what it looks like. Except it’s not a full moon here, it’s crescent at the moment.