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Mostly it's the user interface and integration with iTunes. Plenty of other portable digital music devices have more features (like support for more formats), are smaller, and cheaper, but I've yet to try one that is as user-friendly as the iPod.

One thing that bugs me, however, is that iTunes for Windows refuses to behave like a standard windows app. When you minimize it, it doesn't become the last entry in the Alt+Tab list, and in general has some wacky GUI choices. I really wish Apple would take the time to address these issues, but even those short comings make it difficult to deny the ease of use of an iPod.

Also, you can get several for free.

Eventually websites will find a way Click here. of getting through the ad-block, you say? That's what really worries me. It would It's FREE! be great if everybody moved to unobtrusive Google-like ads. However, I worry that instead we'll get more obtrusive You know you want one! ads embedded into the page content itself. Wouldn't that C'mon, please? be annoying? ; )

Eventually websites will find a way Click here. of getting through the ad-block, you say? That's what really worries me. It would It's FREE! be great if everybody moved to unobtrusive Google-like ads. However, I worry that instead we'll get more obtrusive You know you want one! ads embedded into the page content itself. Wouldn't that C'mon, please? be annoying? ; )

Eventually websites will find a way Click here. of getting through the ad-block, you say? That's what really worries me. It would It's FREE! be great if everybody moved to unobtrusive Google-like ads. However, I worry that instead we'll get more obtrusive You know you want one! ads embedded into the page content itself. Wouldn't that C'mon, please? be annoying? ; )

Eventually websites will find a way Click here. of getting through the ad-block, you say? That's what really worries me. It would It's FREE! be great if everybody moved to unobtrusive Google-like ads. However, I worry that instead we'll get more obtrusive You know you want one! ads embedded into the page content itself. Wouldn't that C'mon, please? be annoying? ; )

"Plus, then the lights flashed, he turned evil, and we had to shoot him in the head with a plasma gun."

Oh yeah, free ipods good http://www.freeipods.com/?r=12669514/

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Yes, I'm also trying to win an ipod. You can too: http://www.freeipods.com/?r=12669514/

So when it came time to do the VFX (which nearly every other film eschewed), we had to use the film scanner and recorder (they had a leased, donated Quantel Domino, which scanned and recorded film at 3K resolution). Ah the pain. There were at least two guys trying to finish very complicated heavy VFX films in the basement, and for all I know they're still in there. (I'm talking about you, Eric)

I'm still surprised anyobdy making a serious film would consider shooting it on standard definition video (such as DV) unless there are specific aesthetic or operational needs, such as looking for a handheld documentary look (which I hate) or shooting in the middle of the Ocean (such as Open Water). Given the color depth, resolution, and just sheer great look of film, it's a shame when people are forced to use DV for budgetary reasons.

Film school -- great fun -- poor investment.

Oh yea, I'm trying to get an ipod also: http://www.freeipods.com/?r=12669514/

Good point. Here are the valid links.

TransUnion
Experian
Equifax

For the last two, you have to tell them I sent you, and sign up for a few services which you will no doubt enjoy.

Believe half of what you hear, and all of what you read.

It was genius, really. I hadn't really thought much about getting a mac until I saw & played w/ the iTunes software for windows. Has to be one of the most elegant & powerful interfaces around.

Now all I can think about it picking up a G5... damn you Apple!

Btw, anyone want a free one?

or the photo version

that story is great, but it doesnt put ipods in my pockets, this link will

free ipod

WhenU, a leading provider of software-based contextual online advertising and Aluria Software, a developer of anti-spyware security solutions and the company that powers AOL's anti-spyware product, announced today that WhenU complies with Aluria's rigorous operational criteria.

bastard, there were no responses. i clicked on it, then yours was there. Get a free iPod

if you love'em and dont have one, or if you hate them and need one to survive, they are free! :D

http://www.freeipods.com/default.aspx?referer=7558 921/

*looks over at his trilogy box set and sees ep. iv, v and vi there.*

p.s. I have 6 gmail invites and only need 3 people to complete an offer.

yes, 1 complete offer gets 2 invites. if you don't succeed, try again.

Your link is broken.

I think you mean Free iPod!

This guy must be the person who gets all the used games and systems that people trade in to their local (insert your favorite console gaming retailer name here) for a minor pittance toward the latest and greatest game(s), when the stores finally realize they can't resell them.
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Slim Cognito

Get your own FREE iPod and help me get mine at the same time.

If you're concerned about the legitimacy of the free iPod offer, check out this Wired magazine article.

This guy must be the person who gets all the used games and systems that people trade in to their local (insert your favorite console gaming retailer name here) for a minor pittance toward the latest and greatest game(s), when the stores finally realize they can't resell them.
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Slim Cognito

Get your own FREE iPod and help me get mine at the same time.

If you're concerned about the legitimacy of the free iPod offer, check out this Wired magazine article.

It must certainly be better to 'treadmill' while being a superhero than to play an MMO that's even more pointless where you are just a Joe Schmoe.
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Slim Cognito

Get your own FREE iPod and help me get mine at the same time.

If you're concerned about the legitimacy of the free iPod offer, check out this Wired magazine article.

It must certainly be better to 'treadmill' while being a superhero than to play an MMO that's even more pointless where you are just a Joe Schmoe.
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Slim Cognito

Get your own FREE iPod and help me get mine at the same time.

If you're concerned about the legitimacy of the free iPod offer, check out this Wired magazine article.

What about those people who play the opposite gender in online games?

By at least one account up to 56% of male players and up to 33% of female players play an opposite gender character. Do these avatars reflect their real-life persona in some way? I personally don't feel I'm anything like my EQ level 63 Female High-Elf Cleric. I simply played a female because of the social advantage gained in a game like EQ.
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Slim Cognito

Get your own FREE iPod and help me get mine at the same time.

If you're concerned about the legitimacy of the free iPod offer, check out this Wired magazine article.

What about those people who play the opposite gender in online games?

By at least one account up to 56% of male players and up to 33% of female players play an opposite gender character. Do these avatars reflect their real-life persona in some way? I personally don't feel I'm anything like my EQ level 63 Female High-Elf Cleric. I simply played a female because of the social advantage gained in a game like EQ.
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Slim Cognito

Get your own FREE iPod and help me get mine at the same time.

If you're concerned about the legitimacy of the free iPod offer, check out this Wired magazine article.

How many people actually jump on the "bandwagon" and switch search engines just because some one says it's "new and fresh"?

I gave a9 a try, I like the interface and some of the new features like the search history and the multiple search panes. But shortly after I found myself using google again. Even though a9 uses google, and the results are almost identical, I didn't find anything compelling enough to make me switch.

Does anyone else feel they might be missing some results if they were to use another search engine?
What must a new search engine provide to "steal" users from google?

Free iPods? Sure!

You find yourself in a dark cave surrounded by nerd-zombies.
>hit zombies with stick
Your attempt to ward of the nerd-zombies fails.
You should have drawn a picture of Kournikova on the wall to distract the zombies while you fled on your segway.
>

Free iPods? Sure.

"Then his neighbors dropped-by, saw what Andrew had done, and they cancelled their telephone and cable TV services, too, many of them without having a wired broadband connection of their own. They get their service from Andrew, who added an inline amplifier and put a better antenna in his attic. Now most of Andrew's neighborhood is watching digital TV with full PVR capability, making unmetered VoIP telephone calls, and downloading data at prodigious rates thanks to shared bandwidth."

Andrew Greig should force his neighbors to contribute to the network by at least sharing their disk space for serving even more tv shows. Perhaps if the neighbors were up to the challenge (and didn't cancel their cable) they could even grab episodes of their favorite shows to share.

I'm not sure how big Andrew's pipe is, but I'm sure he won't be able to support the entire neighborhood.

I would consider setting up something similar but my neighborhood is infested with senior citizens who's VCR's are probably all blinking "12:00 PM".

I'm 2 invites away from my free iPod.

I disslike Sony for hindering the use of their products with anything besides other Sony products.

Sony's "NW-HD2" music player only accepts their proprietary ATRAC* audio format. What about all my mp3's?

More often than not, in order to achieve a Sony product's "full potential" you must have a Sony Computer or at least a Memory Stick reader for your pc, or a Sony TV with memory stick built in.

While Sony innovates in some categories, digital cameras, televisions etc. Their design team dropped the ball on the PS2. The PS2 is simply two PS1 cpu's in one box. They didn't improve the controller design, nor did they include a hdd or network connection. Those must be purchased separately. And for kickers, they placed they power switch on the back of the system making it difficult to turn on/off in a media center. This awkward switch position placement allows Sony to make a few extra bucks selling an adapter which "moves" the switch to the front of the machine, where it belonged in the first place.

*Takes deep breath* I feel better now.

Free iPods? Sure.

Get a FREE IPOD now before it's too late!

Take a look at the third entry under "Processor Vendor" at the Half-Life 2 Hardware Survey.
Looks like this isn't the only place where that's a valid poll answer.


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Read the guide, then get yourself a free iPod.

That's nice. I have four Gmail accounts. Each one gives me a guaranteed 1 GB of storage for free. You know what this means? I can actually back up my free green iPod Mini to my Gmail accounts using gclusterfs and Mac OS X's RAID.

Or did you mean the FREE iPod, which you can get from the following link?

http://www.freeipods.com/default.aspx?referer=8309 944

Combine that with an iPod, and see if he goes in different places depending on the music!

http://www.freeipods.com/default.aspx?referer=8309 944

Cease and desist! I own the patent for this. It's what I call CrackNet.

I had problems figuring out how to power it without the lithium ion batteries burning the sensitive skin on the backside, so I use kinetics -- cheeks rubbing together produces an amazing amount of energy. There's a thin wire, like a bra underwire, that runs through the top that's connected to an 802.11g card.

The biggest problem is positioning the computer so it doesn't make women's butts look big.

Get a free iPod...learn how here: freeipods.com

maybe he meant a free ipod plug... ?

in any case, it's true, you can't have the powerbook on with the lid closed. you COULD disable the magnetic switch (hardware hack).. but like someone else had mentioned it's not a good idea. you'd probably overheat fast being that 1, its in a backpack and 2) the powerbook vents some heat through the keyboard... when the lids closed that area would just heat up...

GMail invite

Get your FREE IPOD before it's too late!

It wouldn't affect google - text adds only!

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Free iPod!
http://www.freeipods.com/default.aspx?referer=8309 944

Get your FREE IPOD before it's too late!

Hurry and SIGN UP NOW FOR A FREE IPOD before this opportunity passes you by!

p.s. I have 6 gmail invites and only need 3 people to complete an offer. 1 offer completed == 2 invites for you.

p.s. I have 6 gmail invites and only need 3 people to complete an offer. 1 complete offer == 2 gmail invites.

Don't miss your opportunity to get a FREE IPOD today!

p.s. I have 6 gmail invites and only need 3 people to complete an offer.

Nice! I didn't think there was actually a proof that "less is more." However, I think less is actually greater than more. I mean, come on! Less is so much more powerful! (Although, I just realized that on my GNU/Linux box, the proof above doesn't work.)

Get a Free iPod!

I have found that, under the right conditions (i.e. lynx or links, vim or emacs, and a decent shell installed on the system), I can actually get a lot of work done. In fact, now that I think about it, I would have less distractions (no instant messaging, games, etc. to distract me). So I guess this is another way less really might be more.

Get a free iPod!

Anyone else find it ironic that the site has been slashdotted? Guess the web server isn't that good at time-sharing.

Seriously though, this sounds very cool. Though I guess I'll be waiting until later to check it out.

Get a free ipod!

Guys! I'm ONE REFERRAL away from getting my ipod! Someone help me out!

Hurry and SIGN UP NOW! before you miss your chance!

Don't let this opportunity pass you by!

Not a scam! Read this:
Wired Article
All you have to do is complete an offer on my free ipod referral link
I will give you a GMAIL invite!
Just complete an offer on freeipods.com
If you've completed the referral, I'll send you a GMail invite, simple as that.

Not a scam! Read this:
Wired Article
All you have to do is complete an offer on my free ipod referral link
I will give you a GMAIL invite!
Just complete an offer on freeipods.com
If you've completed the referral, I'll send you a GMail invite, simple as that.

This thought just occured to me. If USB storage devices are such a security risk, why not just allow the system administrators to disable them? There's no reason to redesign everything! Heck, disable them by default and give me a nice warning when I enable them; I don't care!

Am I missing something or am I a genious ;-)?

http://www.freeipods.com/default.aspx?referer=9153 194/