FUCK YOU, Pandora

Flint · 07-30-2013, 11:49 PM

Piece of shit.

BigV · 07-31-2013, 12:49 AM

Aw. Come on, you still have hope, don't you?

Flint · 07-31-2013, 01:42 AM

I mean, Jesus Christ, I bought a $5 cassette-tape to mini-jack adapter, on a whim, thinking, hey, I can stream from my iPhone to my 2002 Honda. And yes, that's fine, you can do that.

This is cool, I brushed the dust off of my Pandora stations from 2009 and made a few new ones. All is cool, installed the desktop app, subscribed to the upgraded compression rate. Fine, fine.

Problem #1: Want to click on the desktop app to get more info on a band or song, fine, it opens the Pandora webpage. THE FUCKING PLAYER IS INTEGRATED INTO THE WEBPAGE AND YOU CAN'T TURN IT OFF. You can pause it, but EVERY TIME you open a new page THE PLAYER BLASTS OFF AT FULL VOLUME. NO, IT DOES NOT REMEMBER YOUR LAST VOLUME SETTING.

NO IT FUCKING DOES NOT REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE THE GODDAMN DESKTOP APP ALREADY GODDAMN OPEN AND PLAYING--THAT IS WHERE YOU CLICKED ON THE LINK TO OPEN THE FUCKING PAGE.

SO NOW YOU HAVE 2, 3, 4 MOTHER-FUCKING STREAMING MOTHERFUCKERS BLASTING OUT GODDAMNED NONSENSE ALL AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME. E V E R Y TIME YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE BAND OR SONG THAT IS PLAYING.

Okay, so I learn to deal with my browser and whole computer freezing up for 45 seconds every time I'm curious about music. Oh, and it forgets you are logged in, randomly, about 5-10 times per evening. Fine, whatever, it's still playing cool music. Fast forward to tonight.

The webpage won't load at all, freezes up my whole PC to the point where I have to reboot it, but lo and behold the desktop app is logged in and running just fine. I'm fucking actually paying money for this shit.

Aliantha · 07-31-2013, 03:59 AM

Apparently someone over here has discovered a virus so large you just about need a knife and fork to ingest it...scientifically speaking. They called it pandora.

lumberjim · 07-31-2013, 07:19 AM

I use Spotify on my desk top. Pandora on my phone thru the motorcycle speakers.

tw · 07-31-2013, 07:54 AM

It's called the off button.

jimhelm · 07-31-2013, 09:51 AM

so's yer face

Lamplighter · 07-31-2013, 10:00 AM

I don't get it.

You have an something called Pandora...you opened it up, and now you're bitching ?

Go tell it to Zeus !

Pete Zicato · 08-08-2013, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

I don't get it.

You have an something called Pandora...you opened it up, and now you're bitching ?

Go tell it to Zeus !

Chuckled out loud.

Sundae · 07-31-2013, 11:48 AM

Zeus put all the evils of the world in the box, and at the bottom he put the most perfidious of all.
Epimetheus's bird, Pandora, was the villain of the piece - always the woman! - and let them all out just to satisfy her womanly curiousity. She was created by Zeus for this purpose.

And so we live in suffering and ignomy and shame.
And how can we tolerate it? Because the last thing out of the box was hope (or foresight was retained in the box, depending on the translation.)

Nothing to do with technology. Just saying, don't trust the Greeks. Or women. Or Gods.

Lamplighter · 07-31-2013, 12:23 PM

But Sundae, you haven't finished the story.

What was the one thing left in the box - on purpose !

glatt · 07-31-2013, 12:34 PM

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Sundae · 07-31-2013, 12:49 PM

Eh? Chicken bones?

Lamplighter · 07-31-2013, 02:35 PM

Hope was at the bottom of the box when it was opened.
Zeus put there because He knew it would be.

Yes, Sundae. Even back then, Zeus understood women
and presents marked "Do Not Open..." .

(My wife still secretly opens X-mas presents, and then re-wraps them ! )
It's a long held family secret that everyone, even the kids, knows about.

glatt · 07-31-2013, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

....And how can we tolerate it? Because the last thing out of the box was hope...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

What was the one thing left in the box - on purpose !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

Eh? Chicken bones?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Hope was at the bottom of the box

Hope? The Devil, you say!

07-31-2013, 12:49 AM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Aw. Come on, you still have hope, don't you? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-31-2013, 01:42 AM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I mean, Jesus Christ, I bought a $5 cassette-tape to mini-jack adapter, on a whim, thinking, hey, I can stream from my iPhone to my 2002 Honda. And yes, that's fine, you can do that. This is cool, I brushed the dust off of my Pandora stations from 2009 and made a few new ones. All is cool, installed the desktop app, subscribed to the upgraded compression rate. Fine, fine. Problem #1: Want to click on the desktop app to get more info on a band or song, fine, it opens the Pandora webpage. THE FUCKING PLAYER IS INTEGRATED INTO THE WEBPAGE AND YOU CAN'T TURN IT OFF. You can pause it, but EVERY TIME you open a new page THE PLAYER BLASTS OFF AT FULL VOLUME. NO, IT DOES NOT REMEMBER YOUR LAST VOLUME SETTING. NO IT FUCKING DOES NOT REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE THE GODDAMN DESKTOP APP ALREADY GODDAMN OPEN AND PLAYING--THAT IS WHERE YOU CLICKED ON THE LINK TO OPEN THE FUCKING PAGE. SO NOW YOU HAVE 2, 3, 4 MOTHER-FUCKING STREAMING MOTHERFUCKERS BLASTING OUT GODDAMNED NONSENSE ALL AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME. E V E R Y TIME YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE BAND OR SONG THAT IS PLAYING. Okay, so I learn to deal with my browser and whole computer freezing up for 45 seconds every time I'm curious about music. Oh, and it forgets you are logged in, randomly, about 5-10 times per evening. Fine, whatever, it's still playing cool music. Fast forward to tonight. The webpage won't load at all, freezes up my whole PC to the point where I have to reboot it, but lo and behold the desktop app is logged in and running just fine. I'm fucking actually paying money for this shit. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-31-2013, 03:59 AM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Apparently someone over here has discovered a virus so large you just about need a knife and fork to ingest it...scientifically speaking. They called it pandora. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-31-2013, 07:19 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I use Spotify on my desk top. Pandora on my phone thru the motorcycle speakers. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-31-2013, 09:51 AM	#7
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	so's yer face __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

07-30-2013, 11:49 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	FUCK YOU, Pandora Piece of shit. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-31-2013, 07:54 AM	#6
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	It's called the off button.

07-31-2013, 10:00 AM	#8
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I don't get it. You have an something called Pandora...you opened it up, and now you're bitching ? Go tell it to Zeus !

07-31-2013, 11:48 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Zeus put all the evils of the world in the box, and at the bottom he put the most perfidious of all. Epimetheus's bird, Pandora, was the villain of the piece - always the woman! - and let them all out just to satisfy her womanly curiousity. She was created by Zeus for this purpose. And so we live in suffering and ignomy and shame. And how can we tolerate it? Because the last thing out of the box was hope (or foresight was retained in the box, depending on the translation.) Nothing to do with technology. Just saying, don't trust the Greeks. Or women. Or Gods. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-31-2013, 12:23 PM	#11
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	But Sundae, you haven't finished the story. What was the one thing left in the box - on purpose !

07-31-2013, 12:34 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717

07-31-2013, 12:49 PM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Eh? Chicken bones? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-31-2013, 02:35 PM	#14
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Hope was at the bottom of the box when it was opened. Zeus put there because He knew it would be. Yes, Sundae. Even back then, Zeus understood women and presents marked "Do Not Open..." . (My wife still secretly opens X-mas presents, and then re-wraps them ! ) It's a long held family secret that everyone, even the kids, knows about.

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