iPod Video Coming to a Car Near You

_am99_ writes "In the "one more thing" media event today, an iPod that can play Video was announced. The initial content seems to be music videos that can be purchased from the iTunes Music Store." In related news aquachannel writes "Apple has just updated their iPodYourCar page to include a slew of new car companies. This means that there'll be a lot of cars that you can buy off the showroom floor and use your iPod with your car - right off the floor and out of the box."

Comments

but what color is the new iTunes note?

[godawful]

augh, _still_ green, how many version till we get a new color?

Re:Classic iPod quotes

[GlenRaphael]

To respond to the "question for gun advocates" in your signature, I think it would be a fine idea if we left it up to the airlines to decide their own policy, and I personally would feel much safer and less aggravated if airlines didn't search for guns or knives. Also, for what it's worth, I carry a pocketknife on my keychain and often have it with me when I get on an airplane. The current don't-carry-a-blade restrictions are (a) an annoying waste of time, and (b) totally ineffective at their stated purpose.

They are somewhat more effective at their unstated purpose, which seems to be to make citizens feel like authorities "are doing something" about a perceived problem.

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[MightyYar]

That's just crazy - guns should not be allowed on airplanes, if only for the reason that they would cause a rapid depressurization unless special shattering bullets are used.

Why do you have to be a "gun advocate" or a "gun opponent"? Why can't you be reasonable and just accept that there are places where guns are safe and/or necessary, and places where they are completely unacceptable? Ranchers need guns. Hunters need guns. In New York City, even the cops shouldn't be allowed to have guns. How can you justify guns in a setting so crowded that there is a good chance of hitting someone unintentionally?

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[GlenRaphael]

guns should not be allowed on airplanes, if only for the reason that they would cause a rapid depressurization unless special shattering bullets are used.

I'm sorry, but that would of yours is just nonsense. It is highly unlikely a bullet fired on an airplane would cause rapid depressurization. A few bullet-sized holes wouldn't lose air faster than the plane's pressurization control system can put more in. Hearing damage to the people nearby is a more significant concern. Here's a nice FAQ on the subject.

(I'll grant that it happens in the movies, mind you. But movie physics is not real-world physics.)

One can justify guns in such a setting because the benefits - protection against bad guys - outweigh the cost - risk from stupid guys. Just like a pocketknife, guns have a very very low probability of accidentally leaping out of somebody's pocket and being used with malevolence. If a gun is being used, there's probably a reason for it, and in most situations where there's a reason for it you're better off having the gun there than not.

One could imagine a world in which the laws of physics made gun use on modern airplanes a catastrophically bad idea, but that isn't the world we actually live in.

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[MightyYar]

Okay, so even if I take the article from a pro-gun site and believe what it has to say, a regular bullet still has a risk of overpenetration, and of hitting innocents. Guns still don't belong in the crowded environs of an airplane.

Guns are not pocket knives. A pocket knife can be used to injure 1 person at a time, and only at close distance. A gun can injure at least 6 - and even a single-shot rifle can injure from a long range. There is very little danger of hitting an innocent with a knife. Protecting against bad guys? I'm sorry, but while that argument may fly in a scattered population, it just doesn't work in a crowded urban environment. Contrary to what happens in movies, you probably won't get shot if you just give up your wallet and let the crackhead go kill himself with drugs. I've been mugged at gunpoint before. It sucked, but I dealt. Most of the violence in urban settings is gang warfare, and a lot of innocent people get hit by idiots that don't know how to fire a gun. Want to bet how many urbanites with guns have ever been to a range? I've only been to a range once, and shooting the 45 was hard work! The 9 was easier, but I still didn't have much in the way of aim. My friend joked that people running downhill from me had better look out! :)

The Constitution was designed to be a very fluid document. The largest city at the time was what, 50,000 people? The founding fathers seem like they were pretty pragmatic - in fact not even adding the bill of rights until pressured by the states. Would the states have pressed for "the right to bear arms" if they had modern urban centers? I highly doubt it. Not to mention the average gun was several feet long and fired one shot!

Re:Video iPod pornography.

[smatthew]

I think you're mistaken. quadruple anal penetration does not use the c*nt, but rather the backdoor (hence the "anal" part of "anal penetration")

Sincerely,

The Sex Police