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For those early computer users:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6314251.stm

I guess they’ve served their purpose and time moves on etc, etc.  It still bugs me though when someone has a 5Mb file they want putting on a CD - what a waste of a CD

(And yes, I used to call them stiffies - jokingly of course.  It makes sense as they weren’t as floppy as an older 5 1/4 inch floppy disk. )

Found on theukagency:

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Following on from the previous post, the ‘new’ chart has now been with us for two weeks, and whilst most of the popular deleted songs have indeed made an appearance again.  Other than a few old songs, such as Livin’ On A Prayer and Eye Of The Tiger lower down in the charts, there hasn’t been the massive influx of download only singles that some were expecting.  These are likley to remain in the lower numbers.

However, there are some artists that ‘get’ popular before they have a single out.  An example of this last year was Arctic Monkeys, and this year it would seem to be Mika.  Arctic Monkeys were hampered by all sorts of rules that meant they could only chart when they brought out a single. Nowadays, of course, this all changes with Mika as he can chart from whenever the single is available.

Happy New Year to all!

Today sees the start of the new chart methodology, in which if a song registers enough sales to chart, then it will chart.  Although there’s many comments about the chart changing very suddenly, I don’t think it wil change that dramatically.  There may be a few, still popular, deleted songs that may make a re-appearance, such as Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy and Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars, but other than that I think it will carry on as normal.

Of course there is a small spanner in the works in the form of iTunes.  As it’s so popular, there may be some interesting “blips” when a song first get released digitally, and then become physically available a few weeks later.  This may result in songs climbing steadily up the charts, like they used to all those years ago.

We’ll have to wait and see…