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iPod Mini Autopsy
tritone writes "Some fearless soul has disassembled his iPod mini and provided pictures and commentary about the process. This really does seem to be an autopsy since he managed to kill it in the process. That's $249 well spent in the pursuit of knowledge. See the full report at www.ipodlounge.com."
Is the battery at least covered under warranty?
The opposite of progress is congress
No comments at all and already slashdotted... What's the webserver running on, an iPod?
I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
will they put out the f*cking $100 one? The one we were all hoping for? Right after Duke Nukem Forever comes out, right?
Did he really spend the money on the iPod, or was it discovered inside a crashed flying saucer somewhere?
In an autopsy, the doctor doesn't kill anything. So it was more like a murder, then. Think before you type.
...and you've got the next boffo fox special!
This really does seem to be an autopsy since he managed to kill it in the process
/.ers know that real men use 'kill -9' to do this.
Free XBox, PS2
It's whack.
:-)
But you know what's good? Learning to click the Post Anonymously checkbox when you're going troll with a lame, overused joke.
I'm sure in a month or two he could have gotten a dead one on ebay, thus saving himself $250. Why, oh why kill a good one?
This really does seem to be an autopsy since he managed to kill it in the process.
Somehow I doubt that the D.A. would see it that way.
You probably shouldn't click this.
Conclusion:
:)
Don't take apart your new iPod mini.
Well that takes care of that, doesn't it?
Dear Mr Karma Whore,
/.'ed.
Its traditional to use the 'Post Anonymously' button to avoid being called a Karma Whore when reposting articles that are
Cheers,
Rob.
...they break when ham-handed fools take them apart, and Apple won't give said fools a free replacement!
Paging the Neistat brothers...
..this definitely hacking for fun and [for apple's] profit ;)
no... no it's not...
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That's $249 well spent in the pursuit of knowledge.
;)
$249 is not a lot, but I would love to see his bandwidth bill this month
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"This really does seem to be an autopsy since he managed to kill it in the process."
I'm no expert but aren't autopsies supposed to be performed after death??? I believe the word you are looking for is malpractice.
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
I've successfully interfaced with my iPod hard drive, and can read and write from it at blazing speeds right out of the box.
> Photo server is still up at http://gallery.ipodlounge.com/ipod/thumbnails.php? album=6
Yeah, we took care of that.
Whirrrrrrrr--clickclickclick*clunk!*--whirrrrrrrrr
--Rob
Towards the Singularity.
>Tools needed: (1) Wiha 1.5mm flat head screwdriver (1) Wiha Philips #000 screwdriver (1) Needle nose pliers or medical (Kelly type) hemostats (1) Hair dryer
Given the outcome, this list is obviously not necessary and sufficient.Nifty business idea though.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
Ok listen everybody. Let's try to go on the website one by one.
;)
Stop clicking the link, I'm going first
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An autopsy is performed -after- something is dead. Think before you type.
Doesn't sound too hard. I'd like to see the followup where someone tells him how to repair it and we get to see amusing photos of the process!
CmdrTaco needs to update his vocabulary. If the subject is alive before the procedure, but dead afterward -- that's murder! Or at least a malpractice lawsuit.
"FS: Mini iPod. $30
This was 'purchased from a friend' and I don't have anyway to test it. I'm selling this cheap and make no guarantees about function."
And he'll only charge $15 for S&H!
Pretty much, yeah.
Would you want your parts to be smashed and have your quarks examined? I think not!
I've got more mod points and GMail invi
Oh wait.
If he killed it in the process then it's murder or more like involuntary manslaughter. Autopsy can only be given post-mortem.
-- I am. Therefore, I think!
For just $50 more (thats like just #30, not much) you get 10 times the space
Well, that's just completely misinformed. For 50 more you get 3 times the space actually.
I hope that Ipod mini is a flop!
Yes! How dare they engineer, design and sell products?!
Not only will I not buy it, but I wish financial ruin on them for their audacity in manufacturing a device not aimed at me!
But, just like how Apple sells 0.1 upgrades of OSX for the price of a 1.0 upgrade
Who are these people to number their upgrades thus?
I say if we are to feel that we are getting enough for what we pay, we musn't look at the actual additional features and performance upgrades! We want a BIGGER numbers: Only that is worth money!
You can't take the sky from me...
If that is case, I must be a friggin' genius!
Tuus crepidae innexilis sunt.
A proper autopsy is done after the person is dead...
Autopsy showed that that patient's death was caused by the autopsy.
Yeah, but it's more fun for use to watch the sever implode.....
From the article:
This is where I messed up and killed my iPod mini, I forgot to check and I pushed with all my might, ripping the ribbon cable off of the male connector. Oops.
That has got to be the most painful sounding innuendo ever.
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PETE (People for the Ethical Treatment of Electronics) maintains that the goals of science can be equally well served without doing harm to our bleeping, whirring, cousins. As a show of protest, they have initiated a series of ddos attacks against sites linked to by popular "electronic butchery forum" slashdot.
PETE spokesman Nigel Rehnquist defending the ddos attack, saying "the ethically important question is not - can electronics understand what is being done to them? The ethically important question is - can electronics feel pain? I've trained my tamagotchi to wail in agony when I press this button, which makes YOU a sadist!"
PETE has achieved notoriety in recent years for it's colorful lobbying and advertising efforts. One series of advertisements, which NBC declined to air, showed graphic depictions of graphing calculator-shaped puppets transmiting IR signals to one another and moaning in the throes of ecstacy. PETE called the advertisement a public service announcement to remind Americans how important and easy it was (only a bit of tape is required) to "fix" their graphic calculators. Prominent executives at another network approached about the ads, speaking on condition they not be identified, called the series of advertisements "disturbing, incomprehensible and weird." "One of them kept rocking his cellphone and singing to it," added one executive, "they scare me."
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
So if I sold the drive and the battery I could make a fortune.
Money here I come.
A blog about stuff.
Now you must demand that Apple give you a new one and create an iMovie of you defacing their advertisements.
Also, register appledidnotpreventmefromdestroyingmyminiipod.com
MSNBC, here you come!
you should buy a crappy laptop before you buy an ipod mini
Snow?
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I don't know about you, but I only take a couple minutes to recharge after a lapdance.
:-)
Well I had some moderation points I wanted to use on the parent post, but I just couldn't find a "liar" or at least "probably deluded" option