The world is against my computer
May. 5th, 2003 12:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sailorhathorI swear, people who make computer programs just don't care about poor slobs like me. I can't afford a new computer. I can't afford to upgrade the one I have now. As of now, I am stuck with this oversized paperweight, and I want to be able to download illegal mp3s just like everybody else, goddamnit. It is my right as a law-schuffling citizen of these here free states.
I tried yet another peer-to-peer program today (Kazza? Kazaa? whatever) and again met with a program that was too goddamn powerful for my poor cowering comp. I swear I waited 40 minutes to open the program, and it still didn't seem to be completely open. My computer just thought and thought and thought while aol slowed down to an absolute crawl; if anyone IMed me, I couldn't even answer them for a full five minutes because everything was so locked up. Have you ever waited five minutes for something on the internet? It is AGONY, because you can't do anything else but wait. If you leave the room, something could happen that needs your attention, so...
Finally I could get to the Search function, and I searched for a song. It just sat there thinking really hard for about 20 minutes before it finally brought up results, which I then looked through. I clicked on one choice to download, and it took another 20 to 30 minutes for it to decide it wasn't going to highlight my choice, but instead crash my Windows. I uninstalled it right after. Another try down the drain. ::sigh::
I have at this point used Napster (stopped working when Napster had all the legal troubles), WinMX (eventually stopped working, newer versions were not compatible with Win 95), tried using something that started with an I (which was just as bad as Kazaa has turned out to be in its potential to lock up my comp for extended periods and then let me download NOTHING), and I think that was it, until now. Damnit, I have no money. I am trying as hard as I can to get a job, but I run into brick walls *everywhere* I try. I want some freakin' music. The record companies wouldn't get any money out of me anyway, because I'm not paying $20 for a CD--I'll just go to Half-Price Books and Records and get a used CD. Or I'd buy a used copy from amazon. So, just give me a simple, crappy little program that will work on my simple, crappy little machine. I don't need lots of flashy graphics and junk. I don't need tons of extras that I will simply never use. I just want SONGS.
I tried yet another peer-to-peer program today (Kazza? Kazaa? whatever) and again met with a program that was too goddamn powerful for my poor cowering comp. I swear I waited 40 minutes to open the program, and it still didn't seem to be completely open. My computer just thought and thought and thought while aol slowed down to an absolute crawl; if anyone IMed me, I couldn't even answer them for a full five minutes because everything was so locked up. Have you ever waited five minutes for something on the internet? It is AGONY, because you can't do anything else but wait. If you leave the room, something could happen that needs your attention, so...
Finally I could get to the Search function, and I searched for a song. It just sat there thinking really hard for about 20 minutes before it finally brought up results, which I then looked through. I clicked on one choice to download, and it took another 20 to 30 minutes for it to decide it wasn't going to highlight my choice, but instead crash my Windows. I uninstalled it right after. Another try down the drain. ::sigh::
I have at this point used Napster (stopped working when Napster had all the legal troubles), WinMX (eventually stopped working, newer versions were not compatible with Win 95), tried using something that started with an I (which was just as bad as Kazaa has turned out to be in its potential to lock up my comp for extended periods and then let me download NOTHING), and I think that was it, until now. Damnit, I have no money. I am trying as hard as I can to get a job, but I run into brick walls *everywhere* I try. I want some freakin' music. The record companies wouldn't get any money out of me anyway, because I'm not paying $20 for a CD--I'll just go to Half-Price Books and Records and get a used CD. Or I'd buy a used copy from amazon. So, just give me a simple, crappy little program that will work on my simple, crappy little machine. I don't need lots of flashy graphics and junk. I don't need tons of extras that I will simply never use. I just want SONGS.
