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The way I need to play a CD I own since (almost exactly) 20 years. Copy protection became listening protection.

6 September 2026 at 05:33
The way I need to play a CD I own since (almost exactly) 20 years. Copy protection became listening protection.

I bought that CD a few days and 20 25 years ago. All my new devices can’t read the disk because of a annoying copy protection (DOCdata). As the anniversary came up, I carefully opened my signed issue and put it into my player. It failed to read the disk. So I tried my PC which reads almost all disks usually. Yeah but not this one. Even covering the outer track didn’t work. So I asked my child to use that cheap children’s karaoke-CD-player-device. Started right to play so now it’s connected via AUX to my amp. Sounds pretty good though.

Edit: that Album isn’t on any streaming platform. Only on YouTube at pretty bad quality.

And: it’s been 25 years. Not 20 years.

Also: they reissued that album with no CP copy protection 5 years later.

Edit 5: The album is "Zwei" by "Eins Zwo", a German rap group. Also they reissued that album in 2006 with no copy protection. Who ever wants to know: Reissue, Original Issue, I own

In addition to this: I will not connect that player to my pc and record it via aux. I've done that before and the result was underwhelming. Quite some noise and stuff. That's the reason why I usually try to get all my CDs via Exact Audio Copy to my NAS.

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Spent $455 at an NYC steakhouse and was asked to move before we finished because another party wanted our table

Spent $455 at an NYC steakhouse and was asked to move before we finished because another party wanted our table

My girlfriend and I had a 5 PM reservation at Quality Meats in NYC. We asked to move to another seating area and were specifically told those seats didn't require a reservation.

We ordered oysters, a double dry-aged tomahawk, sides, margaritas and espresso martinis and were still planning to order dessert.

Our bill was already around $390 before tip when a manager came over and asked us to move to another table because another party supposedly had ours reserved.

The other party hadn't even arrived yet.

We were still actively dining, and we had specifically been told the seats didn't require a reservation.

Final bill: $455.90.

I've eaten at plenty of higher-end restaurants in NYC and have never been asked to relocate before finishing a meal so someone who hadn't arrived yet could take our table.

The food was good. The way the situation was handled completely ruined the experience.

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