I was thinking the same thing- but my son use to play tapes backward when he was in high school. I will ask him how to do it, and then with the secret instructions for world peace, run for County Sheriff. Jerry and Bill will be my first deputies. Neal Hammon
But then, how did this alien slip the extra song onto my playlist without it being noticed- oh yes- I was opening a cold beer- Anyhow, after adding it, making a record with a total of 24 songs, he still had time to remove from the playlist before I got back to my computer, leaving the playlist at 23 songs. A pretty quick alien, and very quiet too. My fathful dog was guarding my computer and didn't even notice. NOH Jerry Yeager wrote: > Not sure if this means we should dig out our tinfoil hats or not. Dang > aliens should realize how tricky it is to play a song backwards in a > cd player. > > Jerry > > On Dec 07, 2004, at 10:07 PM, Bill Micou wrote: > >> I think I know - >> while the disc was being burned and you enjoyed your beer, aliens >> beamed you up to their mother ship for the normal experiments. It >> was at this time that they chose you for a special important message >> to be delivered to planet earth. They were very unsure of how to >> inform you of the message until they realized what you were doing at >> the time of the abduction. Since they are a higher intelligence, >> they were familiar with a Mac and understood how to add a song to >> your playlist. My bet is that song, if played slowly backwards in >> your cd player, will be all the instructions we need for world >> peace. You are one lucky human! >> >> (sorry... Holiday stress is causing me to lose control at times) >> A better guess is when you transfered song 10 into your mac, somehow >> it grabbed 11 also, but it seems like you would be able to see it. >> Bill Micou >> On Dec 7, 2004, at 1:18 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: >> >>> To other Mac owners who sometimes use iTunes to make CD-R music discs. >>> >>> Sunday I decided to made a new record of various tunes which were in >>> my library folder. I opened a new playlist, named it, and proceeded >>> to shuffle tunes from my library list to the new playlist. I put on >>> 23 tunes which iTunes said would cover 1:16 minutes, well with in >>> the limit of the disc. I pushed the record button, and when prompted >>> to do so, added the CD, and recorded the playlist. While it was >>> recording, I opened a beer. >>> >>> Not long afterward, I put this new CD-R into a disc player, to see >>> if it turned out OK. Much to my surprise, somehow an extra tune >>> appeared on the finished record. The really strange thing about this >>> record, is that it is not even in my library! >>> >>> The only connection with this orphan song that mysteriously appeared >>> (the tune was Swinging on a Star by Bing Crosby) is that I had put >>> another tune into my library several hours before from the same >>> commercial CD, this being Bing?s version of Deep in the Heart of >>> Texas. The latter was number 11 on the commercial disc, whereas the >>> former was number 10. I checked my library tune list several times; >>> I have only one Bing Crosby song, and it is Deep in the Heart of Texas. >>> >>> Monday I decided to make another recording from the same playlist, >>> and volla- it was perfect. It did not include the orphan version of >>> Swinging on a Star. >>> >>> Normally I would think that I just lost my senses, but I played the >>> first recording three times, and the orphan song is still present. >>> It took the number five spot, between two other tunes on my >>> playlist. I should also mention that the playlist did not include >>> the other Bing Crosby song that is in my library. >>> >>> No big deal, as I only wasted a cheap CD and five minutes of time, >>> but the mystery has me puzzled, and I would like to know how it >>> happened, Anyone have any ideas? >>> >>> Neal Hammon >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
