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Mithras · Jul 20, 2007, 01:03 AM

They gave 'em to all the interns at Microsoft this summer. (Hey, I'm in MS Research, it's the hip and interesting part of the evil empire...)

So what should I do with this thing?

KisforKennedy · Jul 20, 2007, 01:08 AM

ebay.

Art Vandelay · Jul 20, 2007, 01:12 AM

You could throw it into the iPod Amnesty Bin that they have in the Zune offices.

goMac · Jul 20, 2007, 01:52 AM

I like Art's idea.

OldManMac · Jul 20, 2007, 02:08 AM

eBay; $10.

Stogieman · Jul 20, 2007, 03:29 AM

Hide-a-pod

cjrivera · Jul 20, 2007, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

eBay; $10.

$10? No, he's only got 1 to sell...

PB2K · Jul 20, 2007, 04:31 AM

it squirts

badidea · Jul 20, 2007, 04:49 AM

Check if it blends!

(Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec)

analogika · Jul 20, 2007, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by Art Vandelay

You could throw it into the iPod Amnesty Bin that they have in the Zune offices.

I love how somebody threw an iPod battery in there - meaning he replaced the battery in order to continue using the iPod!

JoshuaZ · Jul 20, 2007, 07:12 AM

Drop kick. Boil it. Run over it. Use a mangnifine glass and melt it. Shoot it. Feed it to a shark. Have a karate master chop it in half. Find a samurai and cut it in half. Shoot it from a cannon. Drag it behind your car. Wood chipper. Chain saw. Blade saw. Hammer. Play baseball with it. Play soccer with it. Give it to a SCUBA diver and have them take it down to a deep depth. Ax it.

Ok, I could go on for pages. The point is, make sure you do something with it soit never harms another person again.

analogika · Jul 20, 2007, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

mangnifine glass

A veritable goldmine of a word invention.

Brilliant!

JoshuaZ · Jul 20, 2007, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by analogika

A veritable goldmine of a word invention.

Brilliant!

Damn it all. I hate not having auto spell check on my work computer. Sighh....

lavar78 · Jul 20, 2007, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by Mithras

Give it to a starving child.

That's just mean.

"I asked for food and all I got was this worthless Zune."

Dakarʒ · Jul 20, 2007, 08:39 AM

Do you have an industrial strength blender?

xi_hyperon · Jul 20, 2007, 10:01 AM

Tape a phone to the back of it, write iZune w/ a sharpie pen and hook it on your belt. The wimmens will be all over you as soon as you step out.

Railroader · Jul 20, 2007, 10:30 AM

Use it. It actually plays videos better than the iPod video.

Chuckit · Jul 20, 2007, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

Do you have an industrial strength blender?

Beat me to it.

rickey939 · Jul 20, 2007, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by badidea

Check if it blends!

(Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec)

Blended Apple iPhone and a Blendtec Total Blender on eBay Small Kitchen Appliances, Kitchen, Home Garden

WTF?

Dakarʒ · Jul 20, 2007, 11:10 AM

It's an advertisement for how kick ass the bender is.

TheoCryst · Jul 20, 2007, 11:23 AM

I agree wholeheartedly with the "Will it Blend?" suggestions. And if that doesn't pan out, I have two words for you. Blow. Torch.

Kerrigan · Jul 20, 2007, 01:52 PM

I'd sell it fast.

Rumor · Jul 20, 2007, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by xi_hyperon

Tape a phone to the back of it, write iZune w/ a sharpie pen and hook it on your belt. The wimmens will be all over you as soon as you step out.

You mean ZunePhone, right?

Mithras · Oct 2, 2007, 08:47 AM

Well, you guys voted for it, and I did it:

I'm still working on making a connector for the headphone and such. I did make a fake Zune screen to put under the plastic window, figuring that seeing an iPod under there would kind of negate the theft-prevention value...

Laminar · Oct 2, 2007, 10:06 AM

Hahahahaha...nice.

mutelight · Oct 2, 2007, 10:31 AM

Now that is funny!

I was going to recommend walking into your nearest electronics shop and putting it up on the shelf where all the other Zunes remain.

Mithras · Oct 2, 2007, 11:05 AM

Update:
I fashioned a very gimpy but workable headphone rerouting, so I can actually listen to the iPod while it's in the Zune case.

Action shots of opening the case:

SirCastor · Oct 2, 2007, 01:31 PM

Although it's too late, I would have recommend (and you may still be able to to some degree) you try a social experiment. setup a video camera hidden, and leave the Zune out on a park bench or something. Then see how many people look at it, and if anyone tries to take it.

At any rate, your hide a pod is pretty cool.

Laminar · Oct 2, 2007, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by SirCastor

Although it's too late, I would have recommend (and you may still be able to to some degree) you try a social experiment. setup a video camera hidden, and leave the Zune out on a park bench or something. Then see how many people look at it, and if anyone tries to take it.

At any rate, your hide a pod is pretty cool.

Why is it too late? It still looks like a Zune. And in all seroiusness, NO ONE will refrain from picking it up simply because it's a Zune. If nothing else, it's like seeing $200 sitting there.

Big Mac · Oct 2, 2007, 01:58 PM

It's like seeing $200 that someone defecated on.

angelmb · Oct 2, 2007, 02:14 PM

the fake zune screen is pure genious, kind of related, little gamers comic strip

Little Gamers &hearts; Hot swedish love

SirCastor · Oct 2, 2007, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Why is it too late? It still looks like a Zune. And in all seroiusness, NO ONE will refrain from picking it up simply because it's a Zune. If nothing else, it's like seeing $200 sitting there.

I don't think it's quite the same. I think recognition has a huge part to play in it. It's a bit like that report that came out a few years ago that said that people who were stealing iPods were more likely to keep them than to sell them off later.

If a person sees a Zune, do they pick it up because they want it? Or because they're interested. The further experiment is with an iPod or a Zune. How many people pick up and take the iPod? How many pick up and take the Zune?

Of course, you'd have to do a bit of work to eliminate the extra data.

I think a number of people would pick up the Zune and there would be a lot who think "Oh $200! Sweet" or something like that, but I'd want to know the reaction time, the interest, etc.

brassplayersrock² · Oct 2, 2007, 02:37 PM

that poor nano

Oisín · Oct 2, 2007, 03:05 PM

This is far off topic, but I have to say Mithras is quite cute.

Laminar · Oct 2, 2007, 03:21 PM

...Salty?

brassplayersrock² · Oct 2, 2007, 03:43 PM

and since i am super comfortable with my sexuality as a straight male, I'll have to agree with you oisin (sorry i don't know how to make the accent above the second i)

Alex

Laminar · Oct 2, 2007, 03:44 PM

Oisín.
Copy and paste?

d4nth3m4n · Oct 2, 2007, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

This is far off topic, but I have to say Mithras is quite cute.

oh, you get so fresh on your birthday.

brassplayersrock² · Oct 2, 2007, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Oisín.
Copy and paste?

by george you're a smarty. what school do you go to, might have to join.

Alex

Oisín · Oct 2, 2007, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n

oh, you get so fresh on your birthday.

Likewise, apparently

Peter · Oct 3, 2007, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

This is far off topic, but I have to say Mithras is quite cute.

I thought the same thing to be honest

turtle777 · Oct 3, 2007, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

I thought the same thing to be honest

Salty ?

Oh wait, that's been used already. Darn

-t

Oisín · Oct 3, 2007, 07:30 PM

Apparently telling other members they happen to be good-looking will now land you a comparison to Salty. I find this very unfair. I’ve been complimenting/hitting on random hot members here much longer than Salty.

I should have made a closet show of myself for a few years before coming clean, that was my mistake.

turtle777 · Oct 3, 2007, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

I should have made a closet show of myself for a few years before coming clean, that was my mistake.

I agree, that would have been much more entertaining

-t

Cadaver · Oct 3, 2007, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by badidea

Check if it blends!

(Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec)

That was going to be my suggestion.

Mac User #001 · Oct 3, 2007, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

and since i am super comfortable with my sexuality as a straight male, I'll have to agree with you oisin (sorry i don't know how to make the accent above the second i)

Alex

Hold option and `, and it will highlight yellow, then type whatever letter you need it on.

brassplayersrock² · Oct 3, 2007, 11:30 PM

:-) thank you very much Mac User #001

Alex

TheoCryst · Oct 4, 2007, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by Mac User #001

Hold option and `, and it will highlight yellow, then type whatever letter you need it on.

Wrong accent, that produces ì. We're looking for í, which is Option-E followed by the letter you wish to accent.

I still would have rather seen it blended, personally. But that's probably because I never could have done that on my own.

Mithras · Oct 4, 2007, 09:59 AM

Well, uh, thanks for the flattery, guys. And now I too can type Oisín.
As for the blending, well, I spent $200 and got an iPod nano out of it; not so sure what I'd do with a Blendtec...

Mac User #001 · Oct 4, 2007, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by TheoCryst

Wrong accent, that produces ì. We're looking for í, which is Option-E followed by the letter you wish to accent.

I still would have rather seen it blended, personally. But that's probably because I never could have done that on my own.

Ahh. Shoot. But thanks. Now I can type it; correctly.