[QUOTE=jacquilynne]
Huh? Sounded perfectly fine to me. ‘Gifted’ adds a layer of meaning that ‘given’ lacks in this instance.
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No, it adds a layer of “I refuse to speak properly”. “Given” is a past participle, therefore, you can pair it with an auxiliary verb, indicating that something happened before another given event. “Gifted” is an adjective. You can “be gifted” in the sense of, say, having a natural ability. You cannot “be gifted something”, because grammatically, it makes no sense.
Just because something is used on The Simpsons or wherever this came from doesn’t mean it makes any damn sense. I apologize for the hijack, but things like that grate on me.
Now I’m gonna sit back and wait for my inevitable grammatical errors to be pointed out to me.
I’d be much happier with “I was given,” but will concede that ‘gifted’ can replace ‘given’ there. However, if you must do so, I think it should be “gifted with” rather than just “gifted.” Saying “I was gifted x” sounds very wrong to me.
But I’m willing to shut up about grammar now and let you all go back to yelling about overpriced MP3 players.
[QUOTE=whole bean]
No you weren’t. Seriously, you were “given” the 3G. I read your thread; I didn’t readed it.**
**come on, I know gifted is perfectly cromulent, but in this instance it sounded damn near illiterate.
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Pointless hijack. Word is fine (and preferred imo) in this context. There’s nothing to see here, move along people.
[QUOTE=Ninja Chick]
Saying “I was gifted x” sounds very wrong to me.
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Sounding wrong and being wrong are two different things.
Speaking as a person with intermediate computer skills, I love iTunes. I can import my existing collection and purchase new music easily. I can also purchase shows such as “Heroes” to watch when I travel. The only other application that would make it perfect would be the ability to download my existing dvd’s onto my iPod.
Okay, yes, so my first 30gb classic crashed less than 2 years after I purchased it. But, for the same price, the new model has more than twice the memory and twice the battery power. And the cottage industry that’s sprung up to support the iPods means that I can spend every last dime of discretionary income on cute little accessories.
[QUOTE=CherryBomb]
While I can’t say anything of the newer Ipods (I’m still using a clunky gen 1 20G that has performed flawlessly over the years, though battery life is down to about 8hrs now), my hubby has a newer Ipod. We both use Anapod for our music management. They do have a one time fee, but it’s been so long that I don’t know what it would be now. Maybe $45 or so?? Anyway, it’s a very straight forward management prog for the Ipod. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a 3rd party app for their music management.
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I just read this. I’ve been using Redchair stuff since I bought a Creative Labs Nomad six years ago and have been using Anapod as well. I love it.
[QUOTE=cainxinth]
The new ipod classic is a piece of crap. I’ve owned second and third generation ipods, a mini, and a first gen nano and never had a complaint about any of them, but this thing sucks. First, Apple decided to cripple all the new ipods by preventing them from working with 3rd party applications. I never liked itunes and I still don’t and was perfectly happy using ephpod, its free, its easy, and it works. I don’t need a big bloated program to sync and organize and update and whatever else, all I want to do is put music on my ipod… that’s it. I’ve read people have already managed a workaround for this problem, but I’m sure it will be weeks before it’s available to the likes of me. And who knows maybe apple will offer another firmware update and send us all scrambling again.
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I have a (3G? 4G?) iPod and use Anapod Explorer with it. Can’t stand iTunes. If Apple is trying to keep me from using third party apps so I can actually (GASP!) DRAG AND DROP music to my iPod, then fuck them. I’ll go buy the 120GB Archos 605 Wifi, which is more like what the iPod Touch should have been.
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum]
I just got an iPod Classic, 80Gig, and I’m not having any problem with it. And I just didn’t load the album artwork for the Cover Flow option.
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My mind similarly boggles at the thought of an 80gig player - I’ve got a 30 and it’s still only two thirds full (and I’ve got something like 400 albums).
I’ve got a 40GB iPod and have to pick and choose what I put on it. I think I have around 100GB of MP3s. I have a lot of CDs, ripped them all. Now I’m starting to buy albums in MP3 format from Amazon.com.
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus]
How the HELL do you fill up a 60g player? How many thousands of albums do you have? :eek:
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Might not all be albums. Video, even at the low res that the previous generations of iPods have required, takes up a lot of space, especially if they’re badly compressed (I don’t know enough about prepping video for the iPod to comment on that specifically). You’d be surprised how fast you can fill up a few gigs if you’re not careful.
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus]
My mind similarly boggles at the thought of an 80gig player - I’ve got a 30 and it’s still only two thirds full (and I’ve got something like 400 albums).
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I’d rather have empty space than pick which songs I may, on the off chance, want to have and not be able to hear. The price for this wasn’t an issue for me (no kids, mid-40s). I haven’t come near to filling it all up, and probably won’t for some time.
[QUOTE=control-z]
I’ve got a 40GB iPod and have to pick and choose what I put on it. I think I have around 100GB of MP3s. I have a lot of CDs, ripped them all. Now I’m starting to buy albums in MP3 format from Amazon.com.
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You should buy them from <link removed --Giraffe> - only $0.19 a song.
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus]
How the HELL do you fill up a 60g player? How many thousands of albums do you have? :eek:
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Looking over at my music folder right now, I see that I’ve got about 45 gigs of music right now. Number of albums is a silly way to measure my music, because much of what I have is just a few songs that I like, not everything the artist has ever done. Also, I’ve got some audiobooks that don’t take up much space per minute but can be several hours long. If I started including video, I’d easily get to 60 gigs.
I can see how you guys can fill up an MP3 player, but listening to all the music is another task. I have a hard time coming up with 150-200 songs that I want to listen to yet alone 6,000.
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense]
I can see how you guys can fill up an MP3 player, but listening to all the music is another task. I have a hard time coming up with 150-200 songs that I want to listen to yet alone 6,000.
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I only have 1-2000 songs in my WMP, but I could use a couple thousand more so I won’t hear the same song again for several days. I import at a quality high enough that I can’t tell the difference from my computer speakers, and at that bitrate it’s enough to fill up quite a few gigs (I think around 20) on my hard drive.
And I’ve only imported around 1/3 of my CDs. And when the songs are played randomly, there’s enough variety that only occasionally do I find myself skipping to the next random track or wanting to delete it from the playlist entirely.
