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Volans - Oct 20, 2005 2:54:33 am PDT #5208 of 10003
move out and draw fire

See, this is exactly the kind of stuff I need to know. Thanks, Jon! (Back to searching, with new criteria)


Gandalfe - Oct 20, 2005 3:26:32 am PDT #5209 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Yeah, when they say 1000 songs, they're really talking about shit quality.

Does it have to be flash-based, or would a hard drive one work?


Volans - Oct 20, 2005 4:02:28 am PDT #5210 of 10003
move out and draw fire

He specifically asked for flash rather than a hard drive one, I think because the tiny form factor is the main thing (he wants it to be very unnoticeable that he's listening to music)

And song quality is a factor, since he's kind of an audiophile.


amych - Oct 20, 2005 4:05:55 am PDT #5211 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

You may want to have a little talk with him about that apple problem of his.


Tom Scola - Oct 20, 2005 4:10:44 am PDT #5212 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Right now, Apple kind of has a lock on the market for flash chips, so if you want to get a player with the kind of capacity you're talking about, you have to go with a Nano.


tommyrot - Oct 20, 2005 6:25:40 am PDT #5213 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yeah, no one else has a flash player with anywhere near the capacity of the Nano. I'm not really sure, but I think the max for a non-Nano flash player might be 1 Gig.


§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 7:51:47 am PDT #5214 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Netflix to delay launch of online download service.


Volans - Oct 21, 2005 3:49:03 am PDT #5215 of 10003
move out and draw fire

The search for the perfect Flash MP3 player is winding to a close...but now that I've seen this, I'm sorely tempted: [link]


tommyrot - Oct 21, 2005 5:08:23 am PDT #5216 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I think the Sony mp3 players look cool. Dunno much about them though (except they finally ditched their stupid propriatary file format/DRM scheme).


Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2005 9:17:20 am PDT #5217 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

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