13th December 1999
Coming from the "Do You Hear What I Hear" department, a Lockergnomaniac presents a sour note solution. Digitized music is usually found in the MP3 format; most MP3s are around 5.0 megabytes in size. To someone with bandwidth to spare, this is no big deal. For dial-up users, however, anything over two megabytes is an eternity. The great thing about MP3s is that you can listen to them WHILE they're downloading! If it wasn't the song you wanted to hear, you can abort the transfer without wasting any more time. Open the 'Find' applet (tap F3) and search your hard drive for all MP3 files. If you're downloading BUM_BUM_SONG.MP3, its icon should pop up. Double-click it and listen to what's been transferred. If you were hoping to hear Tom Jones (instead of Tom Green), you can abort the transfer immediately.