Page 1 of 1
Win an i-pod Nano
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:41 pm
by Short Tail
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.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:39 pm
by Scott Gardener
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:50 am
by Koshaw
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:59 pm
by white
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!
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:07 pm
by Lupin
Wow, I want to build one of those now. I wonder how far away it was when they shot it.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:09 pm
by Kaebora
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:09 am
by white
I want an iPod so I can install Linux on it
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:41 am
by Lupin
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:16 pm
by Kaebora
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.