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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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 Posted - 10/22/2004 : 06:26:29
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I'd like to introduce you all to Audioscrobbler.
It's a pretty cool idea. Once you've signed up, joined the Frank Black Forum Group and downloaded the plugin, it basically tracks what songs and bands you listen to on your computer and how often and uploads them to the site.
I created the frankblack.net group (my username on it is slink) so we can compare and see what the most listened to bands are and so on (it would be interesting to see if it's the pixies/frank black or not).
BTW, the audioscrobbler database cannot tell if you're playing songs from a cd or mp3, so if the RIAA got hold of the database for whatever reason, you're safe.
Go on, it should be good.
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Edited by - PixieSteve on 10/22/2004 06:27:38 |
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1734 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2004 : 06:54:08
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Isn't it a spyware or something?
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So you have no point of reference, Donny.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2004 : 07:03:37
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Wait a minute... Isn't this Spyware?
No. The plugins do only what you'd expect; send your listening data to the Audioscrobbler server. They don't harvest any other information from your computer or secretly install spyware like Gator Claria or Bonzi Buddy. If you're really worried you can grab the latest source code from our Sourceforge project page and compile a plugin yourself :)
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2004 : 07:05:52
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| it is in a way "spyware" but that's the very idea of the program. it's not a hidden feature of a program which claims to do something else. it's not malicious in any way, as far as i'm know, or am concerned. |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2004 : 07:15:23
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haha. well. hopefully people will pay attention now?
join the group if you still use it. |
Edited by - PixieSteve on 10/22/2004 07:16:28 |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2004 : 08:12:55
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Wow thanks Pixiesteve, I was just thinking I needed my habits monitored more.
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Jódete, tío,
Que se joda tu hermana,
Que se joda tu hermano,
Que se joda tu madre,
Que se joda tu tía,
¡Porque soy policia!
Que se jodas, currante,
Que se joda tu perro,
Que se joda tu hijo,
Que se joda tu amante,
No me pidas razónes,
Soy el Hombre ¡cojones! |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2004 : 08:22:42
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| it's not for everyone then. |
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 01:56:46
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Anybody use this apart from misleadtheworld? I've been using it for about 8 months, and as a stat hungry nerd, I like it a lot.
This is my profile
This is PixieSteve's FB forum group
This is the FB&TC Group
It's suffered a few problems over the last couple of months but seems to be working well now. Just has to sort the Group charts out.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 02:32:18
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think the site's buggered right now
 Oh let it linger |
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 02:45:48
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Works for me. Was this an early attempt to make the "what are you listening to right now" thread redundant ;)
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 07:35:02
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i don't use this anymore, btw.
Oh let it linger |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 07:43:09
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The site is extremely slow.
Kinda frustrating. If that keeps up I'll probably bail out, too.
 Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 07:46:10
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Didn't think so, you only played 200 or so tracks. Why did you stop?
Other things it does is calculate your musical 'neighbours' and recommends stuff you might like based on what you listen to.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 11:34:45
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dunno, i think i didn't like the idea of it maybe logging porn i watched on winamp or something.. heh. or maybe i just reinstalled winamp at some point, without the plugin.
Oh let it linger |
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