Techno
Techno
[Cueball looking over Megan's shoulder while she is clicking her mouse with her other hand on her chin.] Cueball: Wait, you're buying techno on iTunes? Megan: Yeah. So? Cueball: Couldn't you just loop the 15-second free sample 20 times and get basically the same thing?

Cueball points out that due to the repetitive nature of techno music , the iTunes 15 second sample can be used to recreate the entire song. This is for the many repetitions in techno music, usually repeating it 4 (or other powers of two) times.
The title text refers to the clicking and grinding noises of a dying hard drive, a sound similar to some techno songs. The title text suggests that this actually exists: an example is here .
Techno music is also mentioned in 586: Mission to Culture and 740: The Tell-Tale Beat . Sampling and looping sounds that aren't necessarily musical is mentioned in 2427: Perseverance Microphones .
[Cueball looking over Megan's shoulder while she is clicking her mouse with her other hand on her chin.] Cueball: Wait, you're buying techno on iTunes? Megan: Yeah. So? Cueball: Couldn't you just loop the 15-second free sample 20 times and get basically the same thing?
