Your flash memory is fine, the controller is hosed.
This kind of (essentially unrecoverable) failure will continue to be an issue wherever the logic is integrated with the storage.
If it's any consolation, except for those who are always forgetting to "eject" or turn off their device before removing the media this kind of failure should be quite rare*.
Enjoy.
*Mfr's producing shoddy products not withstanding.
I buy all of my music, all 1k albums of it. Mostly used at 1-2 dollars a CD at local pawn shops and Amazon over the years. It's also actually really easy to fill up a 120 GB drive with movies.
I don't pirate and I've got way more music/video than a stack of iPods could hold and I've spent less than 5k in the last 10 years.
I think the real issue is how much music can you realistically listen to. The industry's claim about iPods full of stolen music really falls apart when you consider the logistics of actually listening to that much music. Movies though will blow that out in short order.
Back on topic though. The current price difference (1.29 vs 99) just isn't enough to warrant checking out two stores for the cost of a single. An album maybe. Since I buy CD's used, the comparison is even more stark (yard sale special.50 each).
If you put it the right price point, you can sell your demo units without actually having to manufacture that shit. You get to sell out indefinitely, you're in demand, you have a "successful" product and a wee bit more press without actually having to make something worth having.
I know you're being a bit sarcastic, but really... how long/why shouldn't an iPhone dock have a keyboard and display connectors.
With just a little more software and a display buffer an iPhone would be a perfectly workable workstation for the vast majority of people who use computers to browse the web and send e-mail and look at an occasional document. Just allowing users to access mobile.me would resolve much of the existing software limitations without actually writing any code.
Hell, with a bit of ram/electronics in the dock you could forgo the display buffer in the phone to drive a 24" display (presuming it isn't able to do so already).
Likely because selecting particular sizes of purpose built fonts look a lot better, and readers are unlikely to want resize "on-the-fly" the font size.
Well teaching would be something. But after looking over their site most of their "teaching" is getting windows boxes in front of people in developing nations.
I could not find a resource for any average Joe interested in learning a skill, or a needy charitable organization. We (or 501c3 which serves a huge community) are pretty much limited to our once a year trip through the techsoup line. If we need to train someone to actually do something other than re-install windows we are out of luck (no e-learning for you!).
I don't fault Microsoft for that, it's their business if they want to sell server products for a few dollars to org's that can't afford the talent to put them to use. But this whole campaign looks like a lot of hand waving for services that are "technically" available, but on a practical level aren't of any use.
Actually they do have a right. For the time being. When we see more outbreaks like the measles in California recently, we will see failure to immunize become a form of neglect.
Quicken Online... Their free product... It works better than the for $ product on the shelf.
It actually gets QFX files from your bank (even if you're on a mac). The primary reason those Parallels users switched in the first place.
Sure there are a few features missing, but it's a product that caters directly to a growing market segment that all other financial products ignore.
People living paycheck to paycheck. Not because it's free. Because it's features are built around telling you how you are going to make it to the next paycheck.
We are talking about a company that charges banks extra licensing fees to distribute identical (to the Windows version) QFX files to Macintosh users.
I mentioned it above, but I really do think it's true. Quicken 2008 (excuse me Financial Life with cover flow BS) for Mac was supposed to be released a long time ago. The patch was supposed to be a $60 upgrade.
It's Quicken, arguably the largest personal finance software developer giving paying customers the cold shoulder.
This isn't even a "bug" in as much as they decided they would ignore the issue on the Mac platform in hopes that they could just point at the (*still* unfinished) Mac product and say "there's your patch buddy, $60 please".
On the up side, this is not nearly as wide spread a problem as it might be. Based on my own experience there are a not insignificant number of Macintosh based Quicken users that bought Parallels and an XP license just to run Quicken for windows.
No baloney, I know 5 and I didn't even suggest it to them.
Where I work we are using machines I was throwing away 10 years ago.
400 MHz and 256 Mb ram running Windows XP. Seven minutes and McAfee hasn't even started yet. McAfee is another 5, ten if it's the first boot of the day and wants to update. Add another 5 by the time Outlook is up and running.
There are plenty of employers who see a new box as another $300 down the tube and never see the hour(s - some times!) a day spent waiting on the box.
That sitting at my desk waiting on the computer doesn't get anything done is irrelevant.
It started with being 10 minutes early. Then it was at your desk and working at 9 am. Now at your desk waiting for your PC to "show up to work" so you can log in and start getting paid.
Besides, if this goes... the next stop is monitoring software measuring every second that you are actually inputting.
Since nobody buys anything not labeled ethernet it's going to be called ethernet anyway. Maybe ethernet+ or ethernet ring or some BS marketing term.
The technology changes have been substantial since Xerox was pumping 3Mbit/s through a coaxial cable but we continue to call it ethernet because PHB's don't want to bother implementing a new networking standard.
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Your flash memory is fine, the controller is hosed.
This kind of (essentially unrecoverable) failure will continue to be an issue wherever the logic is integrated with the storage.
If it's any consolation, except for those who are always forgetting to "eject" or turn off their device before removing the media this kind of failure should be quite rare*.
Enjoy.
*Mfr's producing shoddy products not withstanding.
I buy all of my music, all 1k albums of it. Mostly used at 1-2 dollars a CD at local pawn shops and Amazon over the years.
It's also actually really easy to fill up a 120 GB drive with movies.
I don't pirate and I've got way more music/video than a stack of iPods could hold and I've spent less than 5k in the last 10 years.
I think the real issue is how much music can you realistically listen to. The industry's claim about iPods full of stolen music really falls apart when you consider the logistics of actually listening to that much music. Movies though will blow that out in short order.
Back on topic though. .50 each).
The current price difference (1.29 vs 99) just isn't enough to warrant checking out two stores for the cost of a single. An album maybe. Since I buy CD's used, the comparison is even more stark (yard sale special
"preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the public Internet."
Someone missed their interweb for dummies class.
Yea, there's a meter on the side of your house that does this for you. You don't really want something that bugs you every time a fan turns on do you?
Too much work? Your power company sends you a nice note each month telling you what your consumption was.
That's what I did anyway. I found that my "stand by" power usage is so small it got lost in the noise.
Won't be released until Noon EST.
Actually I'm completely serious. For exactly those reasons.
I took my batteries out to save the weight.
If you put it the right price point, you can sell your demo units without actually having to manufacture that shit. You get to sell out indefinitely, you're in demand, you have a "successful" product and a wee bit more press without actually having to make something worth having.
I know you're being a bit sarcastic, but really... how long/why shouldn't an iPhone dock have a keyboard and display connectors.
With just a little more software and a display buffer an iPhone would be a perfectly workable workstation for the vast majority of people who use computers to browse the web and send e-mail and look at an occasional document. Just allowing users to access mobile.me would resolve much of the existing software limitations without actually writing any code.
Hell, with a bit of ram/electronics in the dock you could forgo the display buffer in the phone to drive a 24" display (presuming it isn't able to do so already).
+1 Population control (they can't all be doctors)
Likely because selecting particular sizes of purpose built fonts look a lot better, and readers are unlikely to want resize "on-the-fly" the font size.
Well teaching would be something. But after looking over their site most of their "teaching" is getting windows boxes in front of people in developing nations.
I could not find a resource for any average Joe interested in learning a skill, or a needy charitable organization. We (or 501c3 which serves a huge community) are pretty much limited to our once a year trip through the techsoup line. If we need to train someone to actually do something other than re-install windows we are out of luck (no e-learning for you!).
I don't fault Microsoft for that, it's their business if they want to sell server products for a few dollars to org's that can't afford the talent to put them to use. But this whole campaign looks like a lot of hand waving for services that are "technically" available, but on a practical level aren't of any use.
Big PR, little expense.
Actually they do have a right. For the time being. When we see more outbreaks like the measles in California recently, we will see failure to immunize become a form of neglect.
But for now, it is a right.
You don't have to be successful. The wages of the incompetent managers in charge alone outstrip many hard working, gainfully employed people.
Scott's summary really matches with my own experiences in my industry.
Many managers want all of the credit, and will accept none of the blame.
One more thing...
Quicken Online... Their free product... It works better than the for $ product on the shelf.
It actually gets QFX files from your bank (even if you're on a mac). The primary reason those Parallels users switched in the first place.
Sure there are a few features missing, but it's a product that caters directly to a growing market segment that all other financial products ignore.
People living paycheck to paycheck. Not because it's free. Because it's features are built around telling you how you are going to make it to the next paycheck.
We are talking about a company that charges banks extra licensing fees to distribute identical (to the Windows version) QFX files to Macintosh users.
I mentioned it above, but I really do think it's true. Quicken 2008 (excuse me Financial Life with cover flow BS) for Mac was supposed to be released a long time ago. The patch was supposed to be a $60 upgrade.
3 years, that's basically starting from scratch.
Their source code must have really been a mess.
It's Quicken, arguably the largest personal finance software developer giving paying customers the cold shoulder.
This isn't even a "bug" in as much as they decided they would ignore the issue on the Mac platform in hopes that they could just point at the (*still* unfinished) Mac product and say "there's your patch buddy, $60 please".
On the up side, this is not nearly as wide spread a problem as it might be. Based on my own experience there are a not insignificant number of Macintosh based Quicken users that bought Parallels and an XP license just to run Quicken for windows.
No baloney, I know 5 and I didn't even suggest it to them.
The OS X product sucks that bad.
Now if only Windows supported RAID in software.
Where I work we are using machines I was throwing away 10 years ago.
400 MHz and 256 Mb ram running Windows XP.
Seven minutes and McAfee hasn't even started yet. McAfee is another 5, ten if it's the first boot of the day and wants to update.
Add another 5 by the time Outlook is up and running.
There are plenty of employers who see a new box as another $300 down the tube and never see the hour(s - some times!) a day spent waiting on the box.
That sitting at my desk waiting on the computer doesn't get anything done is irrelevant.
It started with being 10 minutes early. Then it was at your desk and working at 9 am. Now at your desk waiting for your PC to "show up to work" so you can log in and start getting paid.
Besides, if this goes... the next stop is monitoring software measuring every second that you are actually inputting.
So his one's will be straighter and his zero's rounder.
Less jitter and a fuller more spacious digital experience. Everything is analog don't you know. Digital is just analog with corners!
Since nobody buys anything not labeled ethernet it's going to be called ethernet anyway. Maybe ethernet+ or ethernet ring or some BS marketing term.
The technology changes have been substantial since Xerox was pumping 3Mbit/s through a coaxial cable but we continue to call it ethernet because PHB's don't want to bother implementing a new networking standard.
If you can't talk about religion, you can't criticize religion.
Well shit, there goes the planet.