Win an i-pod Nano

Short Tail · Post by **Short Tail** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:41 pm

Hey just a shameless plug for a friend. His site is hosting a contest and the grand prize is an i-pod nano. The contest is to build the best weapon out of office supplies. Here is the contest page I am trying to design and build one before the deadline, but I thought I would let yall know too.

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:39 pm

Whew! For a moment, I thought one of those marketting "You can get a free iPod if you buy from at least two sponsors and convince five friends to do the same" schemes. I soiled me armor, I was so scared.

Koshaw · Post by **Koshaw** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:50 am

http://sasisa.ru/2005/08/04/esli_vas_za ... ik___.html

white · Post by **white** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:59 pm

Scott Gardener wrote:Whew! For a moment, I thought one of those marketting "You can get a free iPod if you buy from at least two sponsors and convince five friends to do the same" schemes. I soiled me armor, I was so scared.

Similar thoughts here.

@Koshaw: Cool!

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:07 pm

Koshaw wrote:http://sasisa.ru/2005/08/04/esli_vas_za ... ik___.html

Wow, I want to build one of those now. I wonder how far away it was when they shot it.

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:09 pm

Bah. Who needs I-Pod. CD Players with MP3 playback are way more affordable, and do the same stuff. 200 songs fit on one burned CD.

white · Post by **white** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:09 am

I want an iPod so I can install Linux on it

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:41 am

Kaebora wrote: http://www.jinx.com/images/products/456bgNavy.jpg
Bah. Who needs I-Pod. CD Players with MP3 playback are way more affordable, and do the same stuff. 200 songs fit on one burned CD.

They may be cheaper, but they're a lot more prone to skipping. Not as bad as regular CDs though. Plus you have all the problems with CD scratches without all the error correction of CDDA. I prefer a good HHD or flash player.

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:16 pm

You do NOT know what you're talking about man! LOL! CD players don't skip during MP3 playback. They load the song first, then play it via a memory chip. It only spins the disk breifly to load up more of the song, typically 8-10 seconds before it needs to play that portion. Unless the disk gets stuck or scratched, there are no problems. Burned CDs are despensible anyways. Roughly 80 cents each. If you're smart, you'll never delete the MP3 source files from your computer so you can reburn it if nessesary.

I've never had problems, so it just seems more conveiniant than an I-Pod. I work at friggin' Best Buy, and I STILL don't understand all the hype behind the I-Pod.