Problem is, I typically will forget that the volume is all the way up and simply start playing music. So even if I implemented the hack, I probably would not use it. Apple simply needs to allow users to set a default volume level that the ipod resets to when first starting to play. Its a simple software fix on apples part. I have emailed my complaint to apple several times, but won't hold my breath.
The one major complaint I have about my iPod is that there is no volume control unless you are actually playing music or video content. I have on more than one occasion blasted the shit out of my ears. This mainly happens after watching video content played from my iPod on my TV. To hear anything through the TV you have to turn the volume all the way up on the iPod. After the video content finishes and playback stops, the volume remains all the way up, so when you start to listen to music, its still all the way up. There is no way to check the volume before you start to play something, and there is no way to change the volume before you start to play. Its the most fucking annoying "feature" I have experienced on something that is claimed to have the best interface for this class of device. I feel like filing a class action lawsuit for hearing damage.
"Get 20 people on a plane doing that and it is going to be really annoying to everyone else."
Yeah, suddenly the seat next to the crying infant will be the good seat. The real problem with allowing cell phones on planes is the high background noise. People would have to speak so damn loud to be understood over the hiss of the boundary layer and jet noise. Listening to people in the terminal is bad enough, but it would be significantly worse on the plane than while sitting in the terminal. In the terminal, ambient noise levels are at least within reason so people don't have to speak that loudly into a phone. In an aircraft, ambient noise levels are typically 75-80 dBA, which is quite loud, and the broadband noise is typically centered near the speech interference range of the audio spectrum.
If all you are woried about is burst pipes, the easier solution may be to simply have the water turned off outside the house at the street (which the water company should be able to do if you have public water). Then drain the water out of the pipes.
Or... could it be related to the increasing use of growth hormones in our food supply (for example female growth hormones
used to increase milk production in cattle)?
MIA: "Fox, as in we're a bunch of foxy chicks. Force, as in we're a force to be reckoned with. Five, as in there's one... two... three... four... five of us. There was a blonde one, Sommerset O'Neal from that show "Baton Rouge", she was the leader. A Japanese one, a black one, a French one and a brunette one, me. We all had special skills. Sommerset had a photographic memory, the Japanese fox was a kung fu master, the black girl was a demolition expert, the French fox's speciality was sex^H^H^H bible study"
Yes, I am a US government employee, and this does bother me. I can honestly say that I was not aware of this change to ID requirements before reading this thread, and will distribute this thread to my colleagues at work, whom I believe would also be bothered by it.
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Most molecules are a few to a few dozen angstroms thick (from here), and 45 nm is 450 angstrom. So there is about another factor of 10 till we get down to the size of complex molecules. However, I do believe that most of the "stuff" used in the manufacture of chips are either pure elements or simple molecules, which are much smaller (varying from 1 to 5 angstrom)..
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Problem is, I typically will forget that the volume is all the way up and simply start playing music. So even if I implemented the hack, I probably would not use it. Apple simply needs to allow users to set a default volume level that the ipod resets to when first starting to play. Its a simple software fix on apples part. I have emailed my complaint to apple several times, but won't hold my breath.
The one major complaint I have about my iPod is that there is no volume control unless you are actually playing music or video content. I have on more than one occasion blasted the shit out of my ears. This mainly happens after watching video content played from my iPod on my TV. To hear anything through the TV you have to turn the volume all the way up on the iPod. After the video content finishes and playback stops, the volume remains all the way up, so when you start to listen to music, its still all the way up. There is no way to check the volume before you start to play something, and there is no way to change the volume before you start to play. Its the most fucking annoying "feature" I have experienced on something that is claimed to have the best interface for this class of device. I feel like filing a class action lawsuit for hearing damage.
... 8 year old sued for telling friend to eat dirt.
"Get 20 people on a plane doing that and it is going to be really annoying to everyone else."
Yeah, suddenly the seat next to the crying infant will be the good seat. The real problem with allowing cell phones on planes is the high background noise. People would have to speak so damn loud to be understood over the hiss of the boundary layer and jet noise. Listening to people in the terminal is bad enough, but it would be significantly worse on the plane than while sitting in the terminal. In the terminal, ambient noise levels are at least within reason so people don't have to speak that loudly into a phone. In an aircraft, ambient noise levels are typically 75-80 dBA, which is quite loud, and the broadband noise is typically centered near the speech interference range of the audio spectrum.
at least 90% fo the time? I know my succses rate is only lkie 60%
Oh, it'll be secure... till some bureaucratic moron takes the laptop home with the key on it and it gets stolen.
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Since when did the Boy Scouts of America become the enforcement arm of MS? Must be some sort of new ethics related merit badge.
:)
"but everyone knows that's dangerous stuff. Been in an airport recently? The terrorists are now using it."
No, their using dihydrogen dioxide , stupid.
I can only imagine where the Teenaged girl won't stop saying... Like OMG, Ponies!
Aparently to at least +5 funny
My only question is... what about the freaking prescription drug and oil/gas companies???
If all you are woried about is burst pipes, the easier solution may be to simply have the water turned off outside the house at the street (which the water company should be able to do if you have public water). Then drain the water out of the pipes.
And all this time I thought I'd be eating it. Come to find out, it'll be powering my car.
Or... could it be related to the increasing use of growth hormones in our food supply (for example female growth hormones
used to increase milk production in cattle)?
... it just means the beer goggles are that much more effective when looking at pretty women.
Shouldn't that be HiV?
The cynic in me had the same exact thought.
MIA: "Fox, as in we're a bunch of foxy chicks. Force, as in we're a force to be reckoned with. Five, as in there's one... two... three... four... five of us. There was a blonde one, Sommerset O'Neal from that show "Baton Rouge", she was the leader. A Japanese one, a black one, a French one and a brunette one, me. We all had special skills. Sommerset had a photographic memory, the Japanese fox was a kung fu master, the black girl was a demolition expert, the French fox's speciality was sex^H^H^H bible study"
"I don't morally object to running in to the White House naked...I'd just rather not get caught."
Yeah, i'd suck to have the handcuffs slapped on the wrong appendage!
Dvorak? No. Bush, yes?
Dear Texas,
Thank you for giving us another "brilliant" public servant.
Regards,
Me
Nicely put. Where are some mod points when you need them?
Yes, I am a US government employee, and this does bother me. I can honestly say that I was not aware of this change to ID requirements before reading this thread, and will distribute this thread to my colleagues at work, whom I believe would also be bothered by it.
Most molecules are a few to a few dozen angstroms thick (from here), and 45 nm is 450 angstrom. So there is about another factor of 10 till we get down to the size of complex molecules. However, I do believe that most of the "stuff" used in the manufacture of chips are either pure elements or simple molecules, which are much smaller (varying from 1 to 5 angstrom)..
Yes.
"So why aren't they speaking up about this." Actually, they have.