Duke University Students Receive iPods

DSLAMngu writes "Freshman students at Duke University received their complimentary/paid for (however you want to look at it) iPod portable music players on Thurday. This deal was previously mentioned on /. here. After waiting in line, I eventually got my Duke-engraved iPod at about 9:00 PM with the rest of the freshmen at Brown dorm. I've written about the experience at my blog, and also included a copy of the Program Agreement and some photos of what the students received."

Comments

A double whammy for comcast and the RIAA!

[dan_polt]

A choice of 4 mp3's to kill their server with and [entertain] thousands of /.ers
Smooth...

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Blog web design

[Ianoo]

Slightly offtopic, but that blog has to be one of the most offensive web designs I've seen in ages. Background sounds, distracting unreadable colours, it's got them all!

Re:Blog web design

[maharg]

argghh my eyes !!!

even it.slashdot.org is a relief after that.

Creative uses?

[d3ity]

How many drunken college students will lose these things around campus?

Another milestone for the INTERNET

[karmaflux]

August 21st, 2004: Some kid gets an iPod. He makes a blog entry about it. Slashdot is first on the scene with the scoop! Lack of interest of the rest of the planet seemingly escapes notice.

He got an iPod, guys. I got one too. So does my friend Chris. Enough about the damn iPods.

Re:Great.

[martinX]

I thought universities were in the business of teaching, not hardware/music distribution.

They are. It's the students who are in charge of music distribution.

Leave your door unlocked and they'll also "distribute" your hardware.

A quick reference for slashdot editors...

[iamdrscience]

News: Students at duke will all receive iPods.

Not News: One kid at Duke received an iPod.

What, no styrofoam? This is teh sux

[Rescate]

Notice the cheap recycled cardboard in the fourth generation packaging where there was styrofoam in the third edition packaging. This was definitely a cut corner because I really did think the styrofoam was awesome before

Yeah, it totally blew my iPod experience for those three seconds it took me to remove the iPod from its box and throw away the cardboard, instead of throwing away nice shiny styrofoam. Let's go back to having a few million pieces of awesome styrofoam in the garbage, that totally r0x0r!!!

*NEWS FLASH* Hundreds of Muggers Descend on Duke

[StarWreck]

*NEWS FLASH* Hundreds of Muggers Descend On Duke University. Few of the attending Freshmen now retain their iPod. In an unrelated story: Sudden Glut of iPod's on eBay drive price of used iPod's down.