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iPod-Jacked

Posted by michael on from the slow-news-fridays dept.

Rick and Roll writes "In a story on Wired, entitled Feel Free to Jack Into My iPod, an iPod owner shares experiences he has had with other iPod owners, namely the plugging of his headphones into a stranger's jack. It began when a woman in her 30's walked up to him while he was on a walk, unplugged her headphone jack from her iPod, and motioned for him to plug his in. They then listened to each other's music for about 30 seconds. He has then shared with about a dozen iPod listeners, with most of the strangers reciprocating. According to the article, the practice has also cropped up in other communities. Listeners acquire tastes for different kinds of music, just like on internet/LAN file sharing networks. An interesting read."

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  1. do the same with iTunes by tobes · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's the idea behind my site www.musicmobs.org. It takes your iTunes playlist and lets you see other people that have similar taste. It's a great way to find new music, and let other people check out what you are listening to.

  2. important note by squarefish · · Score: 3, Informative

    apple began offering applecare for the ipod as of today.

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  3. Re:What next? by pwackerly · · Score: 2, Informative

    Already here, and for only $5.50.

    http://www.welovemacs.com/m62037.html

    Can you daisy-chain multiple splitters for some crazy orgy/music listening party?

  4. Re:Odds are it -was- a commercial by Simonetta · · Score: 2, Informative


    Since the young woman walked up to the man, yanked his cord out of his jack, and invited him to plug it into her jack, it should be obvious what she was selling.

    Geeks can be so dense sometimes.

  5. Re:Promiscuous Plugging Outlawed! by BrynM · · Score: 3, Informative
    "Next, the RIAA will follow around boomboxers and low-riders charging all the innocent passers-by for the music they are listening to."
    Actually, it's called "public performance" and the RIAA tried to crack down on the Low-rider crowd about it in the early 90's and failed (they were often lauged at - even by law enforcement). I even got to see an RIAA rep (he may have just been a label rep, but none of my music biz buddies knew him) trying to pull this stuff here in Sacramento back then. The rep just hung out at sobriety checkpoints and spouted his crap about "breaking the law" and then the cops would get mad at him for being in the way and nothing would happen. Methinks the RIAA has more teeth now.
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  6. Re:You could get a virus like that! by Condor7 · · Score: 2, Informative



    51/4" disks: open slot = write enabled, closed slot = write protected.

    31/2" disks: open slot = write protected, closed slot = write enabled.