My neighbours like me, and they are smart too
by GMM on November 13th 2007, at 00:45 CET

Check with. The place I live (I'm renting a flat in the center of Bergen), has got this hopelessly open wifi network, nobody administers it and every day someone just resets the router because I'm sure everyone in the local neighbourhood knows about it and uses it. As long as it works ok for me I don't mind.

So tonight I come home, and there are two new computers in my Finder sidebar, Feinschmecker and Mint. Well hello there, don't be a stranger. Of course I check them out, hey Mint's got a shared Music folder. Organized by letter. Naturally I check out U first, and indeed, not only Resound and Cinematronics, but also a bunch of independent Ugress tracks from ages ago! Wow, 'spect, neighbour!

I'm now copying the Ugress folder to myself. Is this pirating? I mean, it's my music, but I'm copying it from someone I don't know. By definition I'm pirating. I have not paid for that exact copy of the music. Will the RIAA sue me? I'm sure they'd find a way to. But I already own... I TOTALLY PWN, this music. Yet what I'm doing right now is illegal. It isn't right. See how this is a division-by-zero minefield?

Anyway, what kind of person is behind Mint? Let's see, what else is there... Oooh, a folder named "Audiobooks". Let's check it out.

The person is a genius! Lot's of physics and science subjects. Brilliant! There you have it, my neighbours are very smart academic intelligent people, and they got wonderful music taste too. They listen to thermodynamic lessons one minute, and cinematic beats next.

Oh crap, I hope this is not the guitar guy living below me playing insanely crappy Chris Isaak licks at 4 AM in the morning.

 

 


#1, by Atle on November 13th 2007, at 11:58
hehe, I see that this mint guy has several Ugress tracks I've never heard about:

Infra Pink
Loophole
Never You
Open Your eyes
The evil seraph
Turning wheel
wastelands

are these actually ugress-tunes, or just tagged wrong? if they indeed are ugress-material, how can i get hold of'em? (besides moving in next to you and leech on the same network? ;))

#2, by sysrq868 on November 13th 2007, at 12:48
I want some new/old Ugress too! Google knows nothing either.

#3, by GMM on November 13th 2007, at 12:54
some of those are tagged wrong they are, or rather became, SOTB tracks.

others are stuff from mp3.com, others i have no idea how they got out.

from time to time i get emails from people who wonder if this or that track is done by me, sometimes wrongly (not me) sometimes with tracks i didn't know was out. i think there are a few unofficial ugress compilations available via questionable methods...

you will be able to get your hands on these when unicorn is out

until then the only way is shady dudes in dark alleys

#4, by Atle on November 13th 2007, at 13:23
This seems like a task for the gislewiki project ;) (and yes, i prefer to wait for unicorn rather then deal with shady dudes in dark alleys)

#5, by Mads on November 13th 2007, at 16:32
I have all those as well. :)

#6, by sysrq868 on November 13th 2007, at 17:42
Atle: We have already started that task: http://gisle.wikia.com/wiki/All_tracks

#7, by Atle on November 14th 2007, at 11:16
Added Resound there, and bit collapse. Damn, Now I'm hooked on adding tracks to the wiki, I have other things to do! ;)

Will try to get an overwiev of my "loose" Ugress-tunes soon to
(I had turning wheel I fugured uot, it was in one of the code-sections :) )

#8, by PiNaCZ on November 15th 2007, at 13:45
@Alte
You also should add following traxx there

http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?detail=modules&view=3062

conversion into MP3 would be fine, but you can also use any XM, S3M standalone player - try to avoid Winamp, it sounds horrible.

@Gisle
I was quite surprised when I found them couple of weeks ago. I was hoping that I am the only one who still have them on dusty&scatched CD-ROM :)