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Can Zune kill the iPod? [modified]

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  • B Bassam Abdul Baki

    Only if they used Mazda's jingle: Zune, Zune, Zune. :-D


    "People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them." - Anonymous Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn

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    Chris Losinger
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    :omg: i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!

    Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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      :omg: i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!

      Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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      Bassam Abdul Baki
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      Oh come on, it's better than Comcastic. :laugh:


      "People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them." - Anonymous Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn

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      • C Chris Maunder

        Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.

        cheers, Chris Maunder

        CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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        Jerry Hammond
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        I take it Zune is not a fav of yours?

        "The key, the whole key, and nothing but the key, so help me Codd"

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        • E Ed Poore

          Gavin Roberts wrote:

          I removed the hdd and use it to this day as a pocket drive.

          So you didn't really lose anything apart from the portability of the music player :cool:, bit more difficult lugging a desktop/laptop around.


          Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed

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          Gavin Roberts
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          Well since it was damaged outside of warranty, I couldn't have it repaired, and since it was pointless having an mp3 player that you couldn't hear anything on it, I suppose I got my use out of it and still have the use of the hard drive. You'd be supprised, i've been bored witless driving to work, so I did infact plug my headphones into a laptop that i took to work and listened to music. Needless to say it didn't last long. Gav

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          • C Chris Maunder

            Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.

            cheers, Chris Maunder

            CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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            ePug
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            I am more excited about the commercials Mac will put out. :laugh: - "Hi, I am an iPod" :sigh: - "and I am a Zune" :laugh: - "I play music that can be downloaded from out iTunes store. Don't try copying it to more than 5 machines though, that's a breach of your contract with us. And don't even think to make it a format other than our proprietary ACC format. You may have bought it, but you don't own it. In fact, we own you. But hey, we make you look cool and pompous by giving you the priviledge to rip Microsoft." :wtf: - "And I make a great paper weight or recording your dictations" :cool: - "I am kooky cool and won't your friends be jealous of you carrying me around!"

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            • C Chris Losinger

              :omg: i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!

              Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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              Jon Yarberry
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              Chris Losinger wrote:

              i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!

              Wait a sec, will you teach me how to listen with my eyes before you get ahold of that fork?;P

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              • P Paul Watson

                As it was a scurge.

                regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                Shog9 wrote:

                eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                Eric Dahlvang
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                Chris Meech wrote:

                It was purged.

                Paul Watson wrote:

                As it was a scurge.

                Shall we write a dirge?

                --EricDV Sig--------- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peters

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                • E Eric Dahlvang

                  Chris Meech wrote:

                  It was purged.

                  Paul Watson wrote:

                  As it was a scurge.

                  Shall we write a dirge?

                  --EricDV Sig--------- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peters

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                  Chris Meech
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                  We're on the verge.

                  Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When no one was looking, every single American woman between the ages of 18 and 32 went out and got a tatoo just above their rumpus. [link[^]]

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                  • C Chris Losinger

                    ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                    Actually creative has been kicking Apples ass. Granted Ipod probably sells a lot more the Zen

                    hmm, i guess it just depends how you define "kicking ass".

                    Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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                    realJSOP
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                    They have a life-sized cardboard standup of Bill Gates, and every once in a while, they kick it's ass.

                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                    • C Chris Meech

                      We're on the verge.

                      Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When no one was looking, every single American woman between the ages of 18 and 32 went out and got a tatoo just above their rumpus. [link[^]]

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                      realJSOP
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                      Our ideas will merge

                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      • J Jon Yarberry

                        Chris Losinger wrote:

                        i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!

                        Wait a sec, will you teach me how to listen with my eyes before you get ahold of that fork?;P

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                        Chris Losinger
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                        [i don't want to listen to anything. the song is playing from memory, not externally. i just want to be distracted by something.]

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                        • G Gavin Roberts

                          Well since it was damaged outside of warranty, I couldn't have it repaired, and since it was pointless having an mp3 player that you couldn't hear anything on it, I suppose I got my use out of it and still have the use of the hard drive. You'd be supprised, i've been bored witless driving to work, so I did infact plug my headphones into a laptop that i took to work and listened to music. Needless to say it didn't last long. Gav

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                          Ed Poore
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                          How easy was it to get inside the mp3 player?  Surely you could've (or someone you knew) soldered the socket back on (unless it ripped the board apart).  But then again I've been taught and picked up skills from my father who can repair absolutely anything (or if it's beyond repair, design a better one) :)


                          As of how to accomplish this I wouldn't have a clue at the moment and I'm too lazy to google it

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                            I am more excited about the commercials Mac will put out. :laugh: - "Hi, I am an iPod" :sigh: - "and I am a Zune" :laugh: - "I play music that can be downloaded from out iTunes store. Don't try copying it to more than 5 machines though, that's a breach of your contract with us. And don't even think to make it a format other than our proprietary ACC format. You may have bought it, but you don't own it. In fact, we own you. But hey, we make you look cool and pompous by giving you the priviledge to rip Microsoft." :wtf: - "And I make a great paper weight or recording your dictations" :cool: - "I am kooky cool and won't your friends be jealous of you carrying me around!"

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                            Chris Losinger
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                            ePug wrote:

                            You may have bought it, but you don't own it

                            so, you think MS is going to come out with some kind of restriction-free, no-DRM service ?

                            Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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                              ePug wrote:

                              You may have bought it, but you don't own it

                              so, you think MS is going to come out with some kind of restriction-free, no-DRM service ?

                              Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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                              ePug
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                              I guess my point was lost on you. I wasn't going after anything specific other than I hate Macs, especially their crass commercials. Steve Jobs is a job. Someone should pick up that egocentric terd and drop him on the border between Israel & Lebanon (if you could find it today) with a Star of David on the front of his t-shirt and a swastika. Did you follow me this time? -- modified at 12:55 Monday 24th July, 2006

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                              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                Our ideas will merge

                                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                -----
                                "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                leppie
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                                Or diverge (not sure about that one ;P )

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                                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                  Our ideas will merge

                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                  -----
                                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                  Paul Watson
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                                  And become a splurge.

                                  regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                  Shog9 wrote:

                                  eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                  • C Chris Losinger

                                    Microsoft + MTV ? it'll start out as being 'all about the music'. after two years it'll be all game shows about music. in another year, it'll be all game shows and celebrity gossip.

                                    Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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                                    Paul Watson
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                                    And then it'll become a reality show about a music show about game shows about music. -- modified at 13:03 Monday 24th July, 2006

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                                    • E ePug

                                      I guess my point was lost on you. I wasn't going after anything specific other than I hate Macs, especially their crass commercials. Steve Jobs is a job. Someone should pick up that egocentric terd and drop him on the border between Israel & Lebanon (if you could find it today) with a Star of David on the front of his t-shirt and a swastika. Did you follow me this time? -- modified at 12:55 Monday 24th July, 2006

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                                      Chris Losinger
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                                      ePug wrote:

                                      I guess my point was lost on you

                                      it wasn't. but you didn't do a very good job of backing it up.

                                      Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!

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                                        How easy was it to get inside the mp3 player?  Surely you could've (or someone you knew) soldered the socket back on (unless it ripped the board apart).  But then again I've been taught and picked up skills from my father who can repair absolutely anything (or if it's beyond repair, design a better one) :)


                                        As of how to accomplish this I wouldn't have a clue at the moment and I'm too lazy to google it

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                                        Gavin Roberts
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                                        To be honest, I'm not sure why I didn't do that, at first I thought ah i'll loose my warranty or I'll completely break it, but since taking the hdd out, what difference would it of made. It was basically a small pcb with a laptop hdd connection on the end, undo 4 screws and it came out. My dad is the same, but with his age, his hands aint as good as they used to be. Gav

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                                        • C Chris Meech

                                          Chris Maunder wrote:

                                          Can Zune kill the iPod?[^]

                                          This sounds like a good title for a new song. Kinda like Video Killed The Radio Star. :) Somebody pass me the hair gel, will ya. :)

                                          Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When no one was looking, every single American woman between the ages of 18 and 32 went out and got a tatoo just above their rumpus. [link[^]]

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                                          Dan Neely
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                                          Chris Meech wrote:

                                          This sounds like a good title for a new song. Kinda like Video Killed The Radio Star.

                                          Bah. Get the updated version. Internet killed the video star. :)

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