You are me... you didn't post this, I did, in a parallel universe. This is the best, most insightful piece of information I've read this year on the internet. You are "indigo" my friend, a visionary. I think I've actually got further than that. I'm an avid gamer, but when friends and family asked me what to get me for xmas, even though I could ask for a dozen various games or other overpriced holiday gifts I asked of them to give me money instead, to save for when I really have a need for it, ie when my laptop breaks, or my mobile phone.

wow and this post got 5 for insightfulness? brb (moves on to type "slashdot alternatives" on google)

At least it will be remembered via "The social network". I was feeling quite old when my highschool students responded "napster?" while mentioning it in computing class until recently.

Come on, only the dust makes it difficult to enjoy. There is no comparing a cd with vinyl. But bringing vinyl back could be a great way for the music industry to make up for the lost money from piracy. Vinyl cannot be copied (not to another cheap vinyl "rewritable" anyway). Could this be another propaganda? I know the world is not going to switch to vinyl or anything other than mp3 for that matter but still, this 15yr old kid is a good example of why it could bring back some money, or to make us believe it is better. And since nobody in this forum ever mentioned a scheme behind this, the propaganda may already be working and some of you may already fallen for it and rushed off to buy the new vinyl releases that have "incidentally" popped up just in time with the "story" they just sold you...