Time to start looking for other, cheaper alternatives since this is ridiculous lol. Any suggestions?

Have you considered buying online or in second hand shops for the older generation models? It looks to me that you need the iPod nano, not the shuffle. They come the sizes 4gb, 8gb and the latest ones are 16gb and they have screens and a scroll wheel.

 

I have the 3rd generation one for a couple of years now and have had no problems with it.

 

 

Ain't it cute?

 

Well my first iPod was the first generation, and it literally "died"-- had a special screen pop up basically saying, "I'm dead. Sorry dude." So I replaced it with my current one, which is 5th generation. This one hasn't had that screen, it's just the battery's dead pretty much. Did some research and I'll probably buy a new battery from a special website for only like $15 and replace it myself, since Apple charges like $60.

 

I looked into the Nanos but I was afraid a used one would end up "dying" quickly like my first one did.

 

I don't get this part, touch screens are great for skipping to a certain part.

 

If your favorite part's at, say, 4:28 in a song, it's pretty much impossible to skip to around 1-3 seconds before that part. With a touch screen, I end up skipping to like 4:08 or way away from where I'm trying to get to listen to my favorite part because the touch-screen navigation is so "inaccurate" and difficult to control.

My third gen iPod Nano (the one in that pic) lasted a good three years. It still technically works after five years but the pins in the charger port came loose so it can't recharge.

 

Can't speak for subsequent versions, but they definitely last if you look after them. Then again, there's other ways of playing music on a portable device now so... I'm not sure if I'll ever buy another iPod, especially if data usage plans on mobile phone contracts become more generous over time.

I didn't realize you could even open the ipod up. I just assumed they were made so that you had to buy new ones rather than be able to replace the battery.

If your favorite part's at, say, 4:28 in a song, it's pretty much impossible to skip to around 1-3 seconds before that part. With a touch screen, I end up skipping to like 4:08 or way away from where I'm trying to get to listen to my favorite part because the touch-screen navigation is so "inaccurate" and difficult to control.

Touch screen iPods have a way to manage that problem. When you're doing the touch screen navigation you just need to drag it down further and then go to the part of the song for more precise "scrubbing," as the UI calls it. You can easily go second to second.

My phone does second to second just fine. The only caveat is that if you don't pause first, it will start playing wherever you are if pause for too long trying to be precise (it also helps to have it on it's side). Not that I care, since I normally select a list and put it in my pocket, and half the time I listen to movies.

 

Some of the intersections around here are really annoying. There is a trio of roughly 5 sided intersections that are just a pain (they are a set of 5 odd intersections, but two are 4 sided somehow). I am always amazed that there are not more accidents there, especially during the summer without out of town drivers, though most of the time only one side can go, so I suppose that helps. One of them has lanes painted through the intersection so you know where to go, and don't end up driving the wrong way down a street.

 

But there are parts of town that rather than be laid out in a grid, were done according to the lay of the land itself, which lends itself to very few squares/rectangles. I ended up going down the wrong street today because I got confused by a double intersection, where I thought I was making a left at the second half but ended up going left early. There are others that are good to watch out for around here just because it's not always clear perhaps, which direction is considered strait ahead. A lot of whimsical road design.

 

This makes sense. Notice how there are 4 directions you can go in, none of which are strait. The yellow pickup and white van are going left, and less left respectively. The black car driving away is going right. The right side of the image shows the more right turn.

With that boy about to step out onto the road, I bet that's your worst nightmare if you were doing your driving test at the time and were being assessed on hazard perception. :P

With that boy about to step out onto the road, I bet that's your worst nightmare if you were doing your driving test at the time and were being assessed on hazard perception. :P

 

I've probably ranted about this before here but I failed a drivers test because I waved a little kid across

The I [bleep]ing love science page on Facebook. Not the page itself, I think the page is amazing. The people who follow it. I'm not sure if they're being sarcastic, but I see comments about people "believing" in science over religion/nature. This statement is ridiculous and should be rejected by anyone with even half of a brain cell (if that could even exist), whether they "believe" in science or not.

 

Science is, amongst other things, a methodical, systematic, reproducible and quantifiable process, the aim of which is to increase our knowledge of the world around us (or perhaps more accurately, decrease our lack of knowledge). It is not a belief or a value system, nor is it a framework through which we judge our environment and the people in them. I know many religious people who can follow the scientific process and are quite comfortable in having their spiritual beliefs challenged by what they discover.

 

If you're the kind of person that sees things as "science vs religion", do both sides a favour and shove off. We're not interested in a penis waving contest, all we're doing is attempting to understand the world around us. The only difference between us is the methodology used.

Well I, for one, am interested in a penis waving contest. PM me if any of you are interested.

If you're the kind of person that sees things as "science vs religion", do both sides a favour and shove off. We're not interested in a penis waving contest, all we're doing is attempting to understand the world around us. The only difference between us is the methodology used.

Similarly, the "No Hope for the Human Race" page. My brother is a huge fan and is always recommending some image or another, but most of them make me think that the title refers to its fans. :?

Well I, for one, am interested in a penis waving contest. PM me if any of you are interested.

Do I have to wave my own penis, or can it be someone else's?

The fact that I have to leave the basketball court during a match without the chance to throw my free throws if I bleed, even if it is a tiny scratch. Come on! Had to leave twice because of that yesterday, took me out for 8 minutes in total for finding the patch and cleaning and drying the spot and applying that patch and waiting for a chance to substitute back in.

Would you really want to touch a ball covered in someone else's blood though?

The fact that I have to leave the basketball court during a match without the chance to throw my free throws if I bleed, even if it is a tiny scratch. Come on! Had to leave twice because of that yesterday, took me out for 8 minutes in total for finding the patch and cleaning and drying the spot and applying that patch and waiting for a chance to substitute back in.

 

Wow, i've never heard anyone call it a match before haha

Would you really want to touch a ball covered in someone else's blood though?

Definitely not!

I can't cover a ball with blood from just a tiny little scratch, which would stop by itself within a few minutes.

And I wouldn't mind it, if the ball didn't get slippery. If it is an important match, I wouldn't care about such petty things.

wow, look at this sissy that can't cover a basketball with his own blood

You think cross-contamination of blood is a "petty thing"... lol.

 

Ahhh... go stick your hand in a sharps bin full of used needles if you're so confident about that theory. I mean, like, proper Saw II-style. Let's see how much crap you get your bloodstream. :wink:

It could only get to someone else's bloodstream if they licked the ball or if they bled from somewhere and there was direct contact. With basketball at least I get nearly 99% of contact to the ball with my hands. And in my 11 years of basketball I haven't seen someone getting a bleeding injury on a hand.

 

What I meant in my annoyance is that there is practically no chance of any blood getting on the ball or anywhere, if I have a small scratch on my knee or elbow. Last time I checked knees aren't used to bounce basketball. And so, why can't I even finish my free throws? I can patch my knee after them aswell.

Movie reviews by members of the public consisting of four paragraphs telling you the story of the movie and a short sentence actually reviewing it. Then, just for good measure, the next reviewer thinks I need to be told the story again. Repeat process indefinately.

 

I'm sure these are the same people who write product reviews on Amazon without actually buying the product first (see movie reviews of films not officially released!).

Having an xbox 360 wired connection and a partially broken controller to worry about while playing. Also how my PS3 also died after 5 years, and stressors of applying for FA after transferring colleges. I also dont like words like bot being used as a verb, but it doesnt annoy "the hell out" of me.

Movie reviews by members of the public consisting of four paragraphs telling you the story of the movie and a short sentence actually reviewing it. Then, just for good measure, the next reviewer thinks I need to be told the story again. Repeat process indefinately.

 

I'm sure these are the same people who write product reviews on Amazon without actually buying the product first (see movie reviews of films not officially released!).

This is what every goodreads review consists of and it does my head in.

 

Also, Stat Trek Into Darkness annoys the hell out of me for far more reasons than I care to go into right now. Good action film, appallingly terrible Star Trek film.

The lack of established etiquette in regards to certain things. People who flip into a tantrum when something they recorded isn't saved and decide the appropriate response is to clean the entire thing with the idea it serves as a fitting "punishment", forgetting they do the reverse on a constant basis. Another entertainment-related peeve that has been getting under my skin as of recent is people who say something (usually movies) you may try out is bad but start getting annoyed when you try it out to see for yourself to see why, acting like you ignored their word.

 

This has to be my first post here in months. I must be running out of things to get annoyed at.

It could only get to someone else's bloodstream if they licked the ball or if they bled from somewhere and there was direct contact. With basketball at least I get nearly 99% of contact to the ball with my hands. And in my 11 years of basketball I haven't seen someone getting a bleeding injury on a hand.

 

What I meant in my annoyance is that there is practically no chance of any blood getting on the ball or anywhere, if I have a small scratch on my knee or elbow. Last time I checked knees aren't used to bounce basketball. And so, why can't I even finish my free throws? I can patch my knee after them aswell.

 

Wait, so you have to leave the court if you bleed *anywhere*? Anywhere at all and you immediately have to get off?

Yes, they send one off if you bleed from anywhere.