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Bananatree

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  1. I agree with Cori in a sense. There is no need to bash the iPod. No one is going to benefit from bias bickering about the formats.

    People seem to really want to either justify or put down their purchase to the death. They just dropped a lot of money on portable player and it makes sense for them to either be really mad it doesn't work, or defend spending money on something someone else thinks is stupid.

    I think unless people start stating simple facts based on a user's wants and needs, I'm going to be a little harsher on people bashing either the iPod or Minidisc. Locks on topics and warnings will go to people who are going to just bash things without reason. It's a form of trolling.

  2. I got the q55s for free when I bought my r909 from someone.

    They are really good headphones if you can get them cheap, although I was sure they were going to fly off my ears when I was riding my bike really fast.

  3. While I'm not 100% learned in the ways of global politics, I think Dex and Aeriyn are saying mostly the same things but in different words.

    Personally, living in Alberta I have a Canadian ideal system with a rather Americanized slant on things. I'm somehow seeing how Aeriyn is upset with what capitalism has done to her job, but I also understand and 100% agree with what Dex is saying. (I'm not choosing sides here, be sure of that)

    The thing is, to stop all this capitalist balderdash, buy your chicken from a local market, skip safeway and visit your local hutterites. Till some of that grass in your back yeard and grow some natural food for you and your family. Not any of this "Garden"(registered trademark) food, but something you grew without anything you cannot pronounce sprayed on top. Buy used clothes, or from home grown manufacturers.

    Personally, I don't think this makes you a bigot, I'm not sure what it really makes you, but stop feeding a global monster that is running around gorging on the resources (both human and natural) of every country in the world.

  4. There really was consumer demand for optical out.

    Even on DVD players, opt outs aren't 100% standard. My first DVD player had just Coax out, mostly because people just use the RCA cable to hook it to their TVs.

    So in the end, it was RIAA, consumer demand, and cost probably ended the digital outs on portable players. It is really hard to find PCDPs that have Opt outs these days, and even then it's at the top of the line.

  5. I think it is disheartening that capitalism has gotten this far.

    That an economy would pretty much shaft it's own people to try and inflate it's self. It is also very sad that this "Buy and Trash" disposable mind-set we've got going on has gotten a lot of people wanting the cheapest possible price, rather than something that will last them a little bit.

  6. Nokia 3595, it's terrible and I painted the face plate black!

    I am thinking about getting an unlocked Nokia 3300 to replace the 3595.

    It's got mp3 and AAC compatibility, I can think I can throw tracks from iTunes into it for use as ringtones. It's cheap and won't extend my contract.

    From there I think I'll wait out my contract with Rogers "At&t" wireless, and see where this Motorola + Apple iTunes phone goes.

  7. Rather cool, but our brain has troubles with sounds that come from "infront" of us.

    Even when you close your eyes, it is hard to trick yourself into thinking the sound is coming from anywhere in your direct path of vision.

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