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  • Proctor, on 08/30/2008, -83/+18insert obligatory "it's a trap!" ascii art here
    • RgyaGramShad, on 08/30/2008, -4/+54http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/elf_of_dori ...
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    • ezcheezbandit, on 08/30/2008, -0/+16Okay now everyone jump off a bridge!
    • KingGorilla, on 08/30/2008, -0/+12It's not obligatory
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    • RapidDave, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1what...?
  • thegamingguy, on 08/30/2008, -27/+284Wait, Apple didn't develop a minimalistic, slick, overpriced cassette to go in the iPod?
    • nmnnotmyname, on 08/30/2008, -4/+25Well that's the secret.
    • JohanMarcusGuy, on 08/30/2008, -48/+35Digg,

      My wife of seventeen months left me yesterday. She wrote a note atop of our eight-year old son's favorite picture, and as sad as this makes me, what gets me the most is how short the note itself is; as though is seeks to point out how hollow this relationship has been the whole time.

      You see, I too owned an ipod. I even had it connected to my dodge neon via technical wiring and custom radio that I had installed at BestBuy. Just last month she told me that she was concerned that I cared more about the car than her.

      I've been writing on Digg to try and relieve the pain, but I can only relive it -- the more I try to forget the more my emotions well up inside. I can't help but think that she was right, my dodge neon has been the most important thing to me since I bought it back in two-thousand and five. Since then, I've let the rest of my life go to shambles.

      Often times, I'll drive around for thirty or forty minutes a day, trying to get my fix, trying to forget about the responsibilities and mistakes.

      Now all I can remember is the despair, I've been too focused on my lifestyle, too focused on being the number one Ohio recreational laser tag division coach. Let me tell you the truth, being on top means nothing if you don't have anyone to share it with.

      Lately, I've just been trying to impress you, and to be honest I don't actually build battle-bots or work for the mafia.

      I'm sorry for deceiving you. Even now as I post this I feel that there's nothing I can do, in becoming one of the top Digg users of all time in the last few days, I've lost sight of myself even more.

      I remember the good times -- before I let my success get in the way -- we'd go out for hours playing ultimate frisbee with our dog Charles Snoodler. When he caught that frisbee, it was a thing of magic, as though he defied the laws of physics for just a moment.

      But now, my car and my dog are gone, and i'm left with nothing. Nothing but time.

      Is there someone you know and you're loving them so, but taking it all for granted?

      Think about it. Don't try to be successful like me, you'll only end up hurt.

      -a very sad Johan Marcus Guy
      • jordn, on 08/30/2008, -6/+17TL;DR
      • nmnnotmyname, on 08/30/2008, -2/+6uhhhhhhh



        wut?
      • Jack8274, on 08/30/2008, -3/+21Why do people write ***** like this. All our lives suck dick, suck it up.
      • Ramble, on 08/30/2008, -1/+24Good lord don't stop writing this stuff.
      • orirawlings, on 08/30/2008, -2/+25Is this guy for real? Looking at his comment history he seems to claim to be a lot of goofy unrelated things. Movie critic, meterologist, doctor, laser tag coach, etc. Are his comments some kind of sick art project?
      • Darkaged, on 08/30/2008, -2/+19I actually like this guy.
      • sofunnyithurts, on 08/30/2008, -1/+11i dont know why that comment is buried so badly i think its hilarious if its a joke and well written if its not
      • TremorX, on 08/30/2008, -1/+3God dammit I hate you
      • KingFog, on 08/30/2008, -1/+4I knew I recognised this douche... Guess who he added as a friend?

        Greg Louwitts, the moron who showed up a while back, going on about how rich he was and the like...
      • nard3456, on 08/30/2008, -1/+3Aww let me play you a song on the worlds smallest violin...
      • Scriabin, on 08/30/2008, -0/+17This is the most well written satirical character I've ever seen on Digg--some would call him a troll, but he's an advanced troll, a very good troll, a clever and witty troll, so it's not as bad as it seems, because he's often very funny, unless you're too dense to get it. Does this mean we're going culturally backwards or forwards though? Because it seems few get him, based on how his comments are constantly dugg down dramatically, but a FEW are getting him, which nurtures my hope for those with a decent reading ability.
      • nmnnotmyname, on 08/30/2008, -2/+1KingFog: To be fair, All Digg trolls also claim to be rich with wonderful lives.
      • coolxal, on 08/30/2008, -0/+12Your wife of 17 months and you two have an 8-year old son?
      • encore0518, on 08/30/2008, -3/+1Wait a second, yesterday, i saw a guy named John Marcus Guy. This ***** is ***** fake. WIFE OF 17 months?? how the ***** is that possible?
      • bagboyrebel, on 08/30/2008, -0/+8Seriously, keep writing, it's some of the funniest stuff I've seen on Digg in a long time. Not only is this guy a troll, but he's one of the best trolls I've ever seen.
      • TheKillDoctor, on 08/31/2008, -3/+2I think he should just kill himself and then tell us in detail how he did it.
      • Atomic1fire, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2Gave me the lulz
        satire at its best
    • ttyler1999, on 08/30/2008, -3/+28No, that was Sony...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Minidisc
  • flyingv603, on 08/30/2008, -32/+12now THATS creative
  • fragmanlivith36, on 08/30/2008, -57/+2Who uses a 4th gen iPod anymore? And it isn't even an iPod color.
    • cowsgoquack101, on 08/30/2008, -8/+45I do *****. It works great, and it will last longer than your new iPod will any day. It's been beaten with your mom's ***** and it still works.
    • subxero37, on 08/30/2008, -2/+17I saw the picture and thought to myself, "Yes! Someone out there still uses a 4th-gen iPod!"

      I love mine; the battery still lasts forever, and it works just fine. I don't need to watch movies when I'm driving, or when I'm at work, and if I'm at home, I have other ways to do it. I don't care about what color things are when I pick a song. I don't need games or other software for it. What I use is perfect. I'm getting really tired of people talking down about the electronics and devices that other people use because of the misconception that they're 'out of date' -- for example, my Athlon 64 3000+ (single core) w/ 1 GB of RAM and a 6600 LE does exactly (exactly!) what I need it to do, so why do I care how 'out of date' it is? I don't. Go tell somebody else how leet you are.
      • lordsteve, on 08/30/2008, -5/+1I have an iPhone. I've heard from numerous sources "What's the point? I don't need my phone to play music or play games or surf the internet - that's what I have my computer or my radio or my 360 for." Well, the point is that if you have one device that does all this you can sell all the other stuff you've got and simplify your life with a single device. Do you NEED to do that? No, of course not, but that's not the point. It makes life easier and makes you more productive if you use it correctly. I'm not saying your way is wrong, I'm just saying my way isn't wrong either. You've got a bunch of devices, I have just one, you like your devices, I like my single device. I guess my point is don't be a douche about it no matter what side you're on.
      • gzusfreak, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2Point me to the device that does everything I need it to do (correctly and error free) and I will sell everything else. Until that device comes out, though, Ill be using my cell phone, iPod, DVD player, TV, and computer. Separately.
    • NodOfficer, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3I use a 4th gen. It runs on Linux.
    • sdrawkcaB, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1Mine survived being slammed in a car door twice (broke screen) and hundreds of drops. It did die of harddrive failure though a few months ago.
    • compulsive1, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2It's the best sounding iPod ever made! The converters in it and the analog line drivers were not topped since. I use it to tune large commercial sound systems and would never switch to another iPod. Apple lossless files sound as good as a high end CD player on a 4th gen iPod. I'll stick with it for as long as I can.
    • BoSuu, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1I use a 1st gen... that being said it only works for an hour at best when not plugged in :x
  • quomen, on 08/30/2008, -34/+15This is incredibly lame.
  • themadhatter444, on 08/30/2008, -17/+387Digg users are too young to know what's inside the iPod.

    Those were the days!
    • Jack8274, on 08/30/2008, -6/+101When Digg users used to know what was in the iPod, when we had a site around tech, not all the ***** we have now.

      Those were the days.
      • AzureRise, on 08/30/2008, -22/+9Set your preferences and you will see is tech. It's not that ***** hard.
      • gemmakicn, on 08/30/2008, -3/+13Now all they care about is an idiot who knows nothing about economics...
      • BetterOffEd, on 08/30/2008, -20/+4"Waahh.... This is *****!! Why should I give I ***** about sports, business, women, and the presidential race? I have all I could ever need with articles glorifying Ubuntu, Wii, PS3, and iPhone!! I mean... I never go outside anyway so,..."

        Question for you: Then why are you still here reading, logging in, and commenting?

        .
      • Crabcakes, on 08/31/2008, -2/+24Maybe because he stills comes to this site every once in a while in hopes that one day it won't be the ***** it has become. The comments used to be intelligent and sometimes witty around here. Now it's a bunch of 14-16 year old kids who think they're smart and know it all making ***** comments similar to yours. Have a nice day.
      • BetterOffEd, on 08/31/2008, -1/+1I clearly don't know it all, and would never comment as if I did. But how exactly was his comment intelligent? And how exactly was yours? How are either of you *adding* anything?

        So my question still remains... If you're so pissed about the direction in which Digg has gone and it means that much to you, then by all means send a nasty comment-card-style message to Kevin Rose. But why log in and bitch about Digg within the comments? What does that accomplish? Clearly it can't be that bad if you're continually patronizing the site, contributing, and commenting--which, judging by your comment histories, *both* of you are still doing.

        So either the site doesn't suck, or both of you are completely full of *****. Which is it?
    • hawk3210, on 08/30/2008, -1/+35I remember making mixtapes back in the day. Recording radio, etc. Cassettes rocked.
      • vallver, on 08/30/2008, -3/+24no they didn't
      • lancetuller, on 08/30/2008, -19/+4I remember taking a ***** a few hours ago. Want a ***** cookie you stupid ***** assed PRICK!!!#@#!@KJWSKDAJSDKSAJDASKDASJDK


        INTERNET SRS BIZ I @M AND INTERNET TOUGH GUY
      • mrraven200, on 08/31/2008, -5/+3vallver

        Actually vallver A good Nakamichi tape deck will put an MP3 to shame. Admittedly I don't listen to tapes anymore except in the car sometimes itunes is just to damn convenient but well made tapes DO rock sound quality wise.

        Yes I'm OLD, so what, my Advent speakers from the 70s and big beefey Haromn Kardon receiver will MELT your minisystem or computer speakers as well.

        Rock on Garth...
      • hawk3210, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1Party on Wayne.
      • mrraven200, on 08/31/2008, -0/+3Obviously none of you younguns have actually heard a 1000 dollar Nakamichi tape deck, have you?
      • mikelieman, on 08/31/2008, -0/+3Hell, a good Sony deck from the mid-top of the line sounded better than your average mp3.

    • fruscianteisgod, on 08/30/2008, -13/+5false.... im a young college aged digger and i collect vinyl
      • BrainInAJar, on 08/30/2008, -0/+19"false.... im a holier than though douchebag indie snob and i collect vinyl"

        ftfy
    • sting87, on 08/31/2008, -10/+3I remember watching 8-mile and Eminem was using a cassette tape player and I said to my sister "They didn't have mp3 players that small back then"

      Shes all "its a cassette player you idiot"

      I'm like damn I totally forgot those even existed
      ROFL
    • hazard99, on 08/31/2008, -5/+11I never felt this old... and I'm only 19.
    • protodon, on 08/31/2008, -0/+4No they weren't. I never owned a cd player that ate my cds although I have owned a few computers that have. ***** hungry technology.
    • DeadFox1, on 08/31/2008, -1/+3I'm Kevin's age, and I remember getting a cassette tape / AM/FM sony walkman for xmas. the thing was as big as my shoe not counting the sponge/ wire frame cheapass headphones.
  • rootsm3, on 08/30/2008, -28/+15Hardy har har...that wasn't really funny.
    • c010rb1indusa, on 08/30/2008, -3/+2More clever than funny
      • rootsm3, on 08/30/2008, -6/+1Makes sense. Apple addicts do love that clever gig.
    • bevraft, on 08/31/2008, -0/+0it wasnt funny i agree did has gotten so lame.
      • johnquincysmith, on 08/31/2008, -0/+0"did" has gotten lame? Might as well just change it to "tit".
    • OrderlyRoom, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1I second the motion. That was middle school humor. Are the majority of us... middle schoolers??
  • seldon452, on 08/30/2008, -15/+1
    • BennFriedrich, on 08/30/2008, -4/+1*woosh*

      ..right over your head.
    • Oramified, on 08/30/2008, -1/+10i don't think you quite understand their meaning...
    • nmnnotmyname, on 08/30/2008, -7/+1Can you read that off to me again I couldn't here you.
      • nmnnotmyname, on 08/30/2008, -6/+1Awww damn it, I made a stupid typo...
  • GTPilot, on 08/30/2008, -4/+15What does the writing on the cassette read?
    • pap232323, on 08/30/2008, -4/+10love forever changes (1967)
    • DiscoLando, on 08/30/2008, -2/+47LoVE - Forever Changes (1967)
      • bwdd, on 08/30/2008, -0/+13Aww, I was kind of expecting the missing watergate tapes :(.
      • 1timeuser, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2the watergate tapes are on side b.
    • Cymrubeats, on 08/30/2008, -2/+8Which is an excellent album,. especially the opener (alone again or.) Calexico done a brilliant cover of it (alone again... - you can download it from insound, for free, if you wish to hear it.)
    • sdcarter, on 08/30/2008, -1/+7Don't trust the writing. It's really John Mayer's latest single.
    • DiggMasterJ, on 08/30/2008, -6/+1I believe it reads: LoVE - Forever Changes (1967)
    • ed54, on 08/30/2008, -6/+1It says LoVE - Forever Changes (1967)
    • Enron, on 08/30/2008, -1/+9Designed by Apple in California.
    • PilotHead, on 08/31/2008, -1/+2Stripher!
      Made in China
  • HotSaucePanCake, on 08/30/2008, -13/+22Busta Rhymes
  • QuintusHalls, on 08/30/2008, -6/+879That explains why you have to move your finger in a circle to move through songs. You are really winding the tape.
    • sjdvda, on 08/30/2008, -37/+10LOL
    • ezcheezbandit, on 08/30/2008, -39/+13And when your ipod crashes and you have to send it in, it's because you wound it too hard with your finger and snapped the tape. They clean the heads for you too while they have it.
      • lebsoljah, on 08/30/2008, -1/+50You went too far and messed up a good joke
      • Kruez, on 08/30/2008, -1/+17Like my dad would, if he was ever around...
      • tracywood, on 08/31/2008, -1/+1ahh....... fail....
    • jb0nd38372, on 08/31/2008, -7/+2I gave you your +666 DiGG :) night.
    • MrJagil, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2ZING!
  • AmericanGunner, on 08/30/2008, -3/+34430 gigs of tape
    • craterburnsu, on 08/30/2008, -1/+9Is that why the older series iPod always seemed to have pretty slow seek times?
    • 1timeuser, on 08/31/2008, -0/+10damn, and if it's full you can always just turn it over for another 30 gigs!
      • dlite922, on 08/31/2008, -1/+5I bet you if you put this in a "tutorial" type website and you'll have kids bustin' their iPods open so fast!

        /ponders evil plan further...
  • gordystylz, on 08/30/2008, -14/+5"sad iPod face" = the tape being eaten like the old days???
  • shuckl4k, on 08/30/2008, -18/+8awesome thing, bad title. still dugg.
  • MistaMatt90, on 08/30/2008, -72/+136These comments suck.
    • IMDPanda, on 08/30/2008, -10/+96And blow, it's a two-for-one special. Thank you for adding to the ***** with your pointless comment.

      (Being a hypocrite is fun.)
      • nmnnotmyname, on 08/30/2008, -5/+81Never was I more confused about whether to Digg or Bury a comment.
    • carlj133, on 08/30/2008, -11/+6How about this one?

      That explains why you have to move your finger in a circle to move through songs. You are really winding the tape.
      • gbjxc, on 08/30/2008, -5/+3Already posted by QuintusHalls. He has 107 more diggs than you right now.

        Wonder why.
      • hawk3210, on 08/30/2008, -5/+2Up to 193 now, and still climbing.
      • martianmartian, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5I believe carlj was giving at an example of a good comment.
    • TheDHC, on 08/30/2008, -2/+13I don't understand why people digg up "these comments suck". You're just digging up the worst comment.
      It seems losers like MistaMatt90 just sit around and wait for topics that have many dugg down comments just so he can paste in his dry comment
    • Kinnkster, on 08/31/2008, -0/+13Welcome to Digg?
  • 965473, on 08/30/2008, -9/+1i think the point is lost among most of you, oh well, it sucked anyways

    i knew they where like that from the day they came out
  • Red1Delta, on 08/30/2008, -8/+166So there isn't a brick inside?
    • aresgunther, on 08/30/2008, -13/+33No, that's the Zune you're thinking of.
    • masterkenobi, on 08/30/2008, -11/+4@aresgunther
      I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and guess that you never used a Zune before, and that you're just another Apple fanboy trying to say something you think is witty.

      FYI, Zune > Ipod

      /formerly owned 3 ipods before switching
      • comwiz7, on 08/30/2008, -4/+3Well...a Zune is better than the iPod classic. But nothing can touch the iPod touch. It's the greatest little device in history. Worth every penny. All 40000.
      • SnowflakePillow, on 08/30/2008, -3/+3When even the dude with 3 Zune tattoos ditches his Zune for an iPod, it becomes rather easy to pick the better one objectively.
      • iChainsaw, on 08/31/2008, -1/+4"before switching"? Switching? What the *****, it's a media player...not a way of life. Goddamn.
      • burkhartmj, on 08/31/2008, -1/+3Yes, because the Zune guy was the peak of reasoning and judgement.
      • Macintoshreader, on 08/31/2008, -1/+0"FYI, Zune > Ipod"
        In exactly what way is the Zune better? The iPod Classic gets on average 35 hours of continuous music playback; Zune gets 22. If you have Wireless turned on, it drops to 20 hours. The "Extra" features in the Zune such as the radio, wireless sync and the "squirt" are totally useless. Who the hell listens to radio and why would I want to listen to songs for just 3 times? The Wireless Sync takes a lot more time than USB 2.0.

        The iPod supports more music and photo formats, not to mention that it looks better. No matter what, the Zune is still an iPod wannabe that doesn't sell.

        PS: I forgot to mention that the Zune software is buggy, lacks a lot of features in comparison to iTunes and that the Zune Marketplace has a lot less songs, videos and podcasts than the iTunes Store.

        Looks like the only fanboy is you, after all.
      • masterkenobi, on 08/31/2008, -0/+21st ipod: Battery doesn't hold a charge for longer than 10 minutes (retired a bit under 2 years)

        2nd Ipod: Hard drive failed (retired a little after a year)

        3rd Ipod: Logic board failed (retired a little after a year)

        I took my final ipod to the Apple "genius" bar, and without batting an eye, the douchebag told me that all he can offer is 10% off of my next ipod, or repair the current one for $150.

        The things I like about the Zune is that I like the Zune software more than the iTunes software. Also, the Zune interface is nicer and sexier than the ipod. You can also play Divx videos from the Zune (after a registry hack). I also like how it docks seamlessly with my Xbox360. I can go on about the features I like about the Zune, but really, what's the point of the ipod when it dies after a year? I don't know about you, but dropping $250+/year for an mp3 player would get old for me. Luckily, all three were gifts.

        And the Zune tattoo guy? I mean c'mon, why would anyone treat a guy with a Zune tattoo seriously? Would you treat a guy with an Apple logo on his asscheek with any seriousness? Oh wait, sorry, I didn't know you had one.

        And Macintoshreader, from the looks of it, you sound like the posterboy Apple fanboy based on your comment history. And a huge douchebag at that.

        P.S. How many of you actually used a Zune?
      • Red1Delta, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2I still have my 30gb Zune. 2 years strong baby.
  • bureksir, on 08/30/2008, -3/+53and to think, all this time, i thought it was the tiny people...
    • griz, on 08/31/2008, -0/+3Steve Jobs is in each one. He is your personal DJ.
    • Nauru, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1Singing!
    • 1timeuser, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2I thought it was the same tiny penguin that turns off your refrigerator light when you close the door.
  • mohsenxp, on 08/30/2008, -17/+4Boring ***** ***** *****.
  • EasyTigerDon, on 08/30/2008, -19/+16Why do so many apple people have a terrible sense of humour
  • blogosphear, on 08/30/2008, -3/+67rewinding with the thumb wheel is a ***** nightmare
  • klipseracer, on 08/30/2008, -3/+11Hey, you broke my home theatre system and put a cassette in there!
  • aforce369, on 08/30/2008, -10/+1If only this were real...

    http://www.giantrealm.com/gadgets/gadget-debunked- ...

    It would be an awesome mod though...
    • Seantacular, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3if people listened to cassettes...
    • BigE89, on 08/30/2008, -0/+15People actually thought it was real?
    • BasicShape, on 08/30/2008, -0/+6No ***** Sherlock. It's not real?
    • musiq021, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5ha, I sat in disbelief as I read an explanation on how it is fake, wow, wow, more wows forever...
  • TheLoneWolf071, on 08/30/2008, -12/+1I can tell by the pixels that it's photo shopped.
  • samimnot, on 08/30/2008, -6/+124Funny...this reminded me that I used to keep a No.2 pencil in my car. Just so I could use it to rewind my cassette tapes, when they got stuck in my player.


    yes...you would have to be pretty old ;-) to get the humor
    • serif69, on 08/30/2008, -0/+13Did you press the "Metal" button when you wanted it extra loud? I know I did |m/

      Then the tape would break.
    • comwiz7, on 08/30/2008, -1/+4Actually, I'm 17 and I remember cassette tapes. CDs were around but somehow everything I owned was cassette and I went straight to iPods after that.
      • samimnot, on 08/31/2008, -1/+0yeah...iPod is definitely the thing to have now. I still have an old Tascam cassette player hooked up in my studio. Kinda fun pulling out some old tapes, now and then. But man....lol, they just sound horrible, in comparison.
      • crossmr, on 08/31/2008, -2/+1uhm.. by the time you'd really start listening to music and caring, it would have been around 2000, at the earliest..
        tapes were pretty much non-existent at that point. Unless we're to assume you were rocking it hard core as a 2 year old and built your music collection then and never added anything..
      • ChromaVita, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2He listened to Raffi well through sophomore year...
  • jc7012, on 08/30/2008, -4/+230Uh..I know that's an iPod...but what's that other thing?
    • FasmTrout, on 08/30/2008, -3/+64I think it is what used to be referred to as a "VHS cassette tape," though I might be a bit off on the name. My parents tell me one of my ancestors was lucky enough to own a few. I might have to spend a few minutes on Google to find out more.
      • OpCzar, on 08/30/2008, -81/+6It's a compact cassette: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette
        A VHS Cassette is for movies and is bigger that a compact cassette.
        ... I can't believe I'm old enough to explain extinct technology to someone.
      • FasmTrout, on 08/30/2008, -0/+84Guess I should have put in the sarcasm tag.
      • gavintlgold, on 08/30/2008, -4/+21Yeah, I'm 18, and I know all about cassettes ... in 10 years maybe it will be unknown by the average public, but for now... not yet.

        :P
      • ezcheezbandit, on 08/30/2008, -2/+5ho dear some people take it seriously.
    • DiggMasterJ, on 08/30/2008, -1/+10You guys are idiots, it's obviously some sort of proprietary DRM. You unlock it and there is a flash chip inside.
    • ArkRaider1936, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5Reel-to-reel?
    • ishnupu, on 08/31/2008, -0/+4For further reading.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape
    • eyefork2, on 08/31/2008, -2/+3It's questions like that that make me feel old.
  • takeout007, on 08/30/2008, -7/+4i guess the secret is not so safe with you
  • sh0rtstop00, on 08/30/2008, -3/+111In a related news, a man found dead inside an ATM from work-related exhaustion.
  • FeargusMcDuff, on 08/30/2008, -8/+3So that's what they look like on the inside...
    • RMoore08, on 08/30/2008, -2/+12that's what she said.
      • morepinklemons, on 08/31/2008, -0/+3That was probably the most horrific execution of a "that's what she said" I have ever seen.
      • tidu, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1in health class, maybe
  • Gregorious1978, on 08/30/2008, -13/+9Dugg for the cassette tape, i always knew those Ipods were a fricken scam. But I would really like to know why they didnt have 60 gig cassette's back in the day.
  • RobotLeAwesome, on 08/30/2008, -18/+4A cassette can't actually fit into an ipod.
    • oli35, on 08/30/2008, -1/+3No *****, Sherlock
      • RobotLeAwesome, on 08/31/2008, -0/+6Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character from the late nineteenth century created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
      • oli35, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1That's right, you go get dugg up at my expense why don't you :-P

        dugg for comeback
  • adamcoomes, on 08/30/2008, -9/+1Oh come on.. use that creativity for something useful.
  • jblack15, on 08/30/2008, -4/+51If Apple actually sold this thing millions of people would still buy it.
    • Palaceguard, on 08/30/2008, -3/+2I wouldn't
    • masterkenobi, on 08/30/2008, -0/+10iTape.

      C'mon Palaceguard, I know you flinched.
    • eyefork2, on 08/31/2008, -6/+1The other day a guy in my English class pulled out a Macbook Air. We all laughed about how much of a tool he was.
      • drlha, on 08/31/2008, -2/+8What actually happened: Nobody laughed, you felt jealous, decided to make up a story about it on digg later to make yourself feel better.
    • MrJagil, on 08/31/2008, -1/+1Well, i actually have a butt-load of old cassettes so if it was cheap, i would consider getting it... (like, 15-20$)
  • DeuceDiggalow, on 08/30/2008, -1/+7I always wondered how them ipods stored them mp3s! Now I know...
  • ferrell, on 08/30/2008, -4/+134OBVIOUSLY FAKE: The tape is inserted backwards!
    • ezcheezbandit, on 08/30/2008, -2/+8PICS OR IT DIDN"T HAPPEN. wait...
    • astride, on 08/30/2008, -0/+8no these are the new generation of tapes, they insert them backward
      • Atomic1fire, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1The worst part is the software based rewind feature
        they didn't include it
        some hackers had to get them to do it making bootleg programs
    • th3heretic, on 08/30/2008, -3/+8Backwards just like mac logic. *awaits burial*
    • Dylson, on 08/30/2008, -2/+3EVERRYTHING ON THE INTERNET IS FAKE. SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT IT.
    • griz, on 08/31/2008, -0/+3I had a walkman that took the tape like that.
      In fact I recall most of the later generation of players working like that.
  • kevin52094, on 08/30/2008, -1/+14You Must Get The "Sad iPod icon" when it eats the tape.
  • spkrcity, on 08/30/2008, -4/+15What a brother gotta do to get an apostrophe?
  • frogmaster, on 08/30/2008, -12/+11Well, it does explain the audio quality of the iPod...
  • staystellar, on 08/30/2008, -0/+16i paid $300 for a cassette player? *****.
  • yaosio, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5Is this what the mainstream media does not want you to know?
  • TechCoder, on 08/30/2008, -14/+2wow....stupid. Buried cause its crap.
  • Chezowan, on 08/30/2008, -3/+21my spoon is too big
  • et3isme, on 08/30/2008, -4/+0LOL
  • isayre020888, on 08/30/2008, -1/+4That reminds me, how exactly do the ipod adapters for your tape deck work?
    • JFitzpatrick, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5In short: the adapter you put into the cassette deck is just a hollow dummy tape that houses a magnetic coil in the spot where the tape would actually be read by the head of the tape deck. Plug the adapter into a sound source such as an iPod and the electric impulses being sent down the wire are converted to a magnetic field in real time. Music from the iPod becomes music from the car stereo.

      Signal from headphone wire -> magnetic resistance in dummy head in fake cassette tape -> deck reads and converts magnetic signal into sound out of stereo system.

      Anyway else can clarify, I'm sure there are more things in the dummy tape like a resister or two... but I know you can build a ghetto DIY tape adapater out of nothing but copper wire, a plastic tape shell, and a headphone cord.
    • Jennadickes, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2Speaking of which, I love my tape adapter. I paid a whole 5 dollars for it and it's lasted me about 4 years of nearly daily use and a bunch of long road trips. Screw those other adapters they sell for $30-50
  • JBabin3xB, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2if i wanted to keep a secret i would avoid digg
  • EddyG12, on 08/30/2008, -2/+3Steve Jobs:
    "I want them alive! No disintegrations."
  • hana21love, on 08/30/2008, -7/+1these comments arent funny
  • pwnger, on 08/30/2008, -6/+0The tape reads "Love-Forever Changes (1967)"

    Turns out the hippies also gave birth to the Ipod
  • gannondork, on 08/30/2008, -0/+10does this mean I can store basic programs for a commodore vic20 on an ipod now?
    • TyrelVnne, on 08/31/2008, -1/+0normal tapes didnt work with them. or i would use a tape converter with the programs on my ipod or something
    • Twee, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1No, but you could store basic programs for an Apple II though.
  • violetreaction, on 08/30/2008, -3/+2threadless.com/product/1397/Grandpa_Cassette
    • RGReasons, on 08/31/2008, -1/+0decent shirt, gg on the hyperlink...
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