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Zune is brown... and it squirts?
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That is the worst self made up word ever.
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I think I am pretty clear minded but... is the Zune not a complete disaster? Is this thing selling?
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Well, I've been keeping an eye on Amazon's bestseller list, where its highest position (afaik) was 8th, on its first day.
It's been gradually dropping, while holiday sales in general are moving upward. For a while, it managed to stick to the 1st page, but now, well... even an extra USB power adapter for ipods beats it.
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Originally Posted by Judge_Fire 
Well, I've been keeping an eye on Amazon's bestseller list, where its highest position (afaik) was 8th, on its first day.
It's been gradually dropping, while holiday sales in general are moving upward. For a while, it managed to stick to the 1st page, but now, well... even an extra USB power adapter for ipods beats it.
Wow. Now at number 84 (for the black one - the other two are MIA). It'll drop out of the top 100 soon!
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Squirts? According to this website, it's more like a plop.
possibly NSFW.
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Dumb term. I can't imagine saying that to random hot chicks. Hey baby, how 'bout I squirt you real quick?
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Originally Posted by MSNBC
"Have you squirted a song yet?"
"After all, iPods don't squirt songs. And Microsoft's new player, Zune, does."
"What's a song-squirt?...The potential recipient gets a message asking if he or she wants to accept the tune. If so, you start squirting
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It's like they want to fail.
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Originally Posted by kick52
that sounds dodgey
Originally Posted by euchomai
That is the worst self made up word ever.
"dodgey"? Frequently used in the UK.
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Last edited by OB1; Nov 26, 2006 at 08:01 AM.
Reason: It's a bit early yet...)
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From The Guardian:
Then there's the wireless sharing. Steve Jobs dismissed this: "It takes forever ... You're much better off to take one of your earbuds out and put it in [a would-be girlfriend's] ear. Then you're connected with about two feet of headphone cable." Steve Ballmer defended it: "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's a software experience." Which prompted the observation: "Steve Jobs can make sharing earwax sound sexy. Ballmer can make a digital file transfer sound like something you'd need to clean up after.".
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So that's how you spell it...
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The word "dodgy" is used in Australia and NZ too. It means "shady" or "sketchy". Or, if you want to be precise: "dishonest or unreliable : e.g. a dodgy secondhand car salesman. • potentially dangerous : e.g. activities like these could be dodgy for your heart. • of low quality."
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Originally Posted by OB1
"dodgey"? Frequently used in the UK.
No, not dodgy, I mean using the word squirt like that. Trying to make a word hip instead of letting the word develop on its own. You know, like the word blog.
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Nothing wrong with the word blog. It's a logical shortening of weblog, which is a perfectly legitimate portmanteau word. A lot of words are made like that. Like "brunch" and "animatronics" and a million others.
But yeah, "squirt" is disgusting. Hm. What about "iSquirt."
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Originally Posted by euchomai
No, not dodgy, I mean using the word squirt like that. Trying to make a word hip instead of letting the word develop on its own. You know, like the word blog.
Oh, I see. You're quite right. How silly of them. I'm sure they'd like to be able to influence us that easily.
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Originally Posted by Apple Pro Underwear
I think I am pretty clear minded but... is the Zune not a complete disaster? Is this thing selling?
I work in Corporate sales for a large computer retailer. We have it on display in two areas in the store. The only one that we have sold (in the 1+ week that it's been on sale) was returned last night. I would be surprised if it is still on the shelves this time next year.
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Kids are going to feel terrible when they rip open a present and see a Zune their parents bought instead of an iPod. Christmas RUINED!
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Great article I picked up from Slashdot:
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Andy Ihnatko :: Avoid the loony Zune
I don't know quite what they were thinking when they made this thing, but they seriously screwed up. From the article, the point is really driven home:
"You'll find that the Zune Planet orbits the music industry's Bizarro World, where users aren't allowed to do anything that isn't in the industry's direct interests."
I also need to add that Microsoft needs to ditch the term "Squirt", and ditch it right now. Who came up with that? Did that person spend any time considering what associations this word has, especially to their target audience?
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so let's say you are in a room full of zune users.
you squirt a pic of poop to a guy.
does he know: 1 what the pic is about before accepting it and 2 who sent it to him?
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Originally Posted by ironknee
so let's say you are in a room full of zune users.
you squirt a pic of poop to a guy.
does he know: 1 what the pic is about before accepting it and 2 who sent it to him?
Makes me wonder if you could hide some code in a JPG and execute some sort of script that deletes their music library.
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Oh man Ihnatko ripped the Zune and MS in that piece.
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Originally Posted by himself
Squirts? According to this website, it's more like a plop.
Yikes, how did they get that smell into my computer 
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hahaha
Zune = Christmas Ruined!
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Id hate to be squirted by that thing, i dont want to smell like pooh.. i mean the color of it looks like fresh dog pooh
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I smell (hehe) a South Park episode in the works.
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OMG Kenny was squirted with DMCA Stormtrooper virus from the ZUNE... Kennys dead
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