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NormanPride
2/27/2006, 06:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX5Xn4J0K2U&search=ipod

I like it. It speaks to me as a consumer.
JohnnyMack
2/27/2006, 06:12 PM
It would crash all the time?
jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
2/27/2006, 06:13 PM
argh
BeetDigger
2/27/2006, 06:15 PM
It would randomly play the songs in reverse. However, there would be plenty of free software patches availble to fix it.
NormanPride
2/27/2006, 06:15 PM
You know you want it, jkm. It uses space well and conveys the proper message.
jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
2/27/2006, 06:22 PM
dude, you don't know how close to reality that video is. i have to do the same crap with my architectural documents. adding a database field requires 100 pages of documentation.
mdklatt
2/27/2006, 06:22 PM
Ooh ooh--I know the answer to this!

It would do essentially the same thing for less money.
mdklatt
2/27/2006, 06:23 PM
adding a database field requires 100 pages of documentation.

Just use Hungarian notation so everything is self-describing....


<SHUDDER>
NormanPride
2/27/2006, 06:25 PM
Just use Hungarian notation so everything is self-describing....


<SHUDDER>

There's a huge difference between metadata and "documentation". You engineer-types wouldn't understand. ;)
mdklatt
2/27/2006, 06:26 PM
There's a huge difference between metadata and "documentation". You engineer-types wouldn't understand. ;)

DO NOT CALL ME AN ENGINEER. :mad:
Ike
2/27/2006, 06:27 PM
Ooh ooh--I know the answer to this!

It would do essentially the same thing for less money.


if by 'essentially everything' you mean, everything except playing music and videos, then you'd probably be right.
jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
2/27/2006, 06:28 PM
i'm serious, i had a 36 page document on changing the field length from varchar 50 to varchar 100. i got nailed for 12 bugs on it. by the time i cleared them all up, it was 96 pages...
mdklatt
2/27/2006, 06:29 PM
if by 'essentially' you mean, everything except playing music and videos, then you'd probably be right.

Well duh, you'd have to install Windows Media Player before it would do that.
mdklatt
2/27/2006, 06:30 PM
i'm serious, i had a 36 page document on changing the field length from varchar 50 to varchar 100.

Sounds like it should have been a string in the first place. :eddie:
Ike
2/27/2006, 06:31 PM
Well duh, you'd have to install Windows Media Player before it would do that.

which would require a bigger processor, more memory, and a badass heatsink to keep the processor cool enough to avoid melting....all of which would make it 5 times bigger.
Frozen Sooner
2/27/2006, 10:05 PM
Are people trying to say that iPod's DON'T crash all the damn time?

I love the thing, but it's about as stable as, well, something that's not very stable.
Okieflyer
2/27/2006, 10:08 PM
It would be called the Win-capsul?