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Re: 12 yo son wants XM - bhaveshp - 07-01-2006
Actually, you can listen to 20+ XM radio stations for free on your Mac as well. AOL Radio is a nice streaming radio player with 200 streams including 20 of XM's most popular stations.
I've been using it for some time on the Desktop since I've gotten hooked on XM in my car.
http://downloads.channel.aol.com/macproducts - link to the AOL Mac applications
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - Baby Tats - 07-01-2006
graylocks-
Don't feed the damn trolls. Don't ever let 40+ yo bachelors give you parenting advice on computer forums. In fact don't listen to any unsolicted parenting advice. Raise your kid as you see damn well see fit. Oh God- satellite radio. Imagine the evil. It's not like you said you were buying your kid a brand new BMW Z4. Ignore them. He can mow the lawn, do dishes, rake, vacuum, dust, change oil, raise worms, pick vegetables, bag a deer, clean gutters, skim the pool, walk the pets, whatever. That's your damn business.
BT
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - spearmint - 07-01-2006
If he likes music as much as I did at 12 it would be a real treat. Plus all MLB games.
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - rgG - 07-01-2006
Well put Baby Tats!
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - BigGuynRusty - 07-01-2006
[quote Baby Tats]graylocks-
Don't feed the damn trolls. Don't ever let 40+ yo bachelors give you parenting advice on computer forums. In fact don't listen to any unsolicted parenting advice. Raise your kid as you see damn well see fit. Oh God- satellite radio. Imagine the evil. It's not like you said you were buying your kid a brand new BMW Z4. Ignore them. He can mow the lawn, do dishes, rake, vacuum, dust, change oil, raise worms, pick vegetables, bag a deer, clean gutters, skim the pool, walk the pets, whatever. That's your damn business.
BT
This advice from someone who indiscriminately drops his seed everywhere, then has to hideously tattoo his children just to keep track of them
(-:
BGnR
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - chopper - 07-01-2006
40 year old single guys (who still live with their own parents) are always a wealth of info on how to raise kids.
Eeeediots, as they say in Italy.
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - AlphaDog - 07-01-2006
[quote bhaveshp]Actually, you can listen to 20+ XM radio stations for free on your Mac as well. AOL Radio is a nice streaming radio player with 200 streams including 20 of XM's most popular stations.
I've been using it for some time on the Desktop since I've gotten hooked on XM in my car.
http://downloads.channel.aol.com/macproducts - link to the AOL Mac applications
Do you have to be an AOL subscriber? They're asking for a screen name and password, which, of course, I don't have.
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - jdc - 07-01-2006
i just signed up for a free aol email account alphadog -- works fine
only 16kps, but sounds ok
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - chas_m - 07-01-2006
[quote jdc]he works in a factory making iPods =)
ROFLMAO!!!!
Nice job, jdc. Now I have to clean my keyboard.
Re: 12 yo son wants XM - chas_m - 07-01-2006
[quote billb]Before you buy a unit, decide whether Sirius or XM has the preferrable programming. I know people who have both.
The mind boggles. I almost feel sorry for people with so much money and no direction.
[quote billb]XM has a weather channel that's an extra $30.00/$50.00 a month that plugs into a PC that's fairly slick. For those that need it.
I'm trying to imagine how slick that would have to be to beat the plethora of free or lower-cost computer/weather options -- and failing.