What is an MP3 player?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:46 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
Cynth wrote:OH! OH! Mercy! I believe I've got it!!!! wayne1 is Dale!!!!!!
Who's this "wayne1" to whom you refer?

Those who don't bother with electronics depts,
make your own MP3 player in an Altoids tin!
http://web.media.mit.edu/~ladyada/make/minty/index.html

It's Dale of course. My question is, who is wyatt1?

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:14 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:
fearfaoin wrote:
Cynth wrote:OH! OH! Mercy! I believe I've got it!!!! wayne1 is Dale!!!!!!
Who's this "wayne1" to whom you refer?

Those who don't bother with electronics depts,
make your own MP3 player in an Altoids tin!
http://web.media.mit.edu/~ladyada/make/minty/index.html
It's Dale of course. My question is, who is wyatt1?

Dang. I swear I never could keep those boys straight. wayne1 is up studying electronics with his brother Darryl. So it is actually wyatt1 who is Dale. Oops!

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:47 am

Wow ... an amazing and surprising thread.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:31 am

MTGuru wrote:Wow ... an amazing and surprising thread.

First your take on the initial post, and now this.

I envy your perpetual sense of wonder, MTGuru.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:06 am

consistency is considered a virtue by some

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:14 pm

Denny wrote:consistency is considered a virtue by some

I couldn't agree more. Sort of like posting images of the same theme for years on end......

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:18 pm

I guess I have no virtue then.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:33 pm

you are somewhat consistently inconsistent

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:35 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:
Denny wrote:consistency is considered a virtue by some

I couldn't agree more. Sort of like posting images of the same theme for years on end......

yeah...kills about 30 seconds every day

rough it is

talasiga · Post by **talasiga** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:33 pm

MTGuru wrote:......
Wow ... an amazing and surprising thread.

I am not amazed by the thread and I am not surprised by your surprise. I know about threads.

Threads, by their very nature, twist and turn. Even if nothing much is said, even in still air , a thread will collapse upon itself and create a random twisted bundle. Threads are consistently like this.

There is no such thing as an innately upright thread
and nothing worthwhile and enduring can be made with threads
without needles.

And that, dear children, is why most moderators
are a little twisted .....

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:26 pm

Very complex knots can be made with threads without needles, and I think knots are very worthwhile and enduring.
I think twisted and turned threads are much more like knots than random twisted bundles.
You don't end up with a neat little line of stitches, but who could fail to be awed by the elegant overs and unders
and apparent snarls which resolve into a lovely form when someone brilliantly tightens the strands?

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:35 am

awildman wrote:I for one find it hard to believe that somebody knows what a 'link' is but not an mp3 player. They have the ability and knowledge to use a computer, but don't pay attention when they walk through the electronics section of their Walmart or Target or Fred Meyers? Or they never see young people using them? Or watch TV ads?

And that leads me to ask this: How do they know what one is called without knowing what one is? A person who has only a passing interest would be satisfied with knowing it is a personal media player. If someone were more interested in the technology, they would most likely ask more specific questions.

While not definite, the odds are approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one that this is a troll. In which case he/she got the desired result.

I'm suspecting the thread is a new tactic in message-board spam.

The first poster referenced a post by carter18 about the "best mp3 payer". It was Wyatt's only post.

carter18 has only ever posted to push an online electronics company.

By posting in a way to make things look conversational, they're less likely to be detected as spam, and thus, carter18's posts don't get deleted, helping the rank of that company in Google's search algorithms.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:38 am

Ooo! Ooo! My strands are tightening! My brain hurts!

djm

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:47 am

Wanderer wrote:carter18 has only ever posted to push an online electronics company.

Well done. I was trying to figure out how it could be spam, but I
hadn't noticed the carter18 posts. Now, it's chicken and egg: did
wyatt1 post in order to hide carter18's spamming, or was the
carter18 spambot lured in by wyatt1's innocent thread title?

Methinks Occam's razor narrows it down to the former. QED.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:49 am

fearfaoin wrote:
Wanderer wrote:carter18 has only ever posted to push an online electronics company.
Well done. I was trying to figure out how it could be spam, but I
hadn't noticed the carter18 posts. Now, it's chicken and egg: did
wyatt1 post in order to hide carter18's spamming, or was the
carter18 spambot lured in by wyatt1's innocent thread title?

Methinks Occam's razor narrows it down to the former. QED.

Oh that makes me sooo sad...