OMG! Loud music causes hearing loss?!?!?! - Page 2

BarTopDancer · 03-29-2006, 11:20 AM

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"With the increased attention (on digital music players), we want to offer customers an easy-to-use option to set their own personal volume limit," Greg Joswiak, Apple vice president of worldwide iPod product marketing, said in a statement.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-29-2006, 11:21 AM

Seems like a reasonable solution.

Now, for Apple's next legal battle.

Apple Records (the Beatles' label) is suing on the basis that iPod and iTunes violate a 1991 agreement that Apple Computers would stay out of the music business so as not to cause Trademark confusion.

mousepod · 03-29-2006, 11:28 AM

The Beatles story brings up one of my favorite Apple anecdotes: after the agreement that Apple computers wouldn't have anything to do with audio, Apple introduced sounds to the OS. One of the first chimes (that's still in the alert sounds list)? "Sosumi".

Ghoulish Delight · 03-29-2006, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

One of the first chimes (that's still in the alert sounds list)? "Sosumi".

Bwahaha. Sosumi was always my favorite Mac alert sound, glad to know the origin now

ETA: Heh, Apple also uses 'Sosumi' as the name of the CSS style for their website's copyright notice

Kevy Baby · 03-29-2006, 10:08 PM

One of the things I love about Apple (besides their tres cool products) is their sense of humour (more so in the earlier days). One of my favorites (courtesy of Wikipedia):

In 1994, Apple Computer began developing the Power Macintosh 7100. They chose the internal code name "Carl Sagan," in honor of the astronomer. Though the project name was strictly internal and never used in public marketing, when Sagan learned of this internal usage, he sued Apple Computer to use a different project name — other projects had names like "Cold fusion" and "Piltdown Man", and he was displeased at being associated with what he considered pseudoscience. Though Sagan lost the suit, Apple engineers complied with his demands anyway, renaming the project "BHA" (Butthead Astronomer). Sagan sued Apple for libel over the new name, claiming that it subjected him to contempt and ridicule. Sagan lost this lawsuit as well; still, the 7100 saw another name change: it was lastly called "LAW" (Lawyers Are Wimps).

Kevy Baby · 03-29-2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Apple offers volume limits for iPods.

So basically, Apple is offering a device which would accomplish the same task as say, oh I don't know...

TURNING DOWN THE VOLUME?!?

Ghoulish Delight · 03-29-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

So basically, Apple is offering a device which would accomplish the same task as say, oh I don't know...

TURNING DOWN THE VOLUME?!?

It's mostly for parents to put on their kids' iPods.

BarTopDancer · 03-29-2006, 11:15 PM

How did we ever make to adult-hood being able to hear with our walkmans not having volume control... (there were buds around way back when)

Ghoulish Delight · 03-29-2006, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

How did we ever make to adult-hood being able to hear with our walkmans not having volume control... (there were buds around way back when)

How many hours did you listen to your walkman compared to how many hours the average kid listens to their iPod?

Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 07:57 AM

I wish there was a program somewhere that would even out the volume of the songs for me on my iPod. Some songs are louder than others.
'Lose Control' by Missy Elliott totally blew my ears away after listening to 'History Repeating' by the Lemonheads/Shirley Bassey the other day. I'm not sure why, but Missy was wayyy wayyy louder.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Seems like a reasonable solution. Now, for Apple's next legal battle. Apple Records (the Beatles' label) is suing on the basis that iPod and iTunes violate a 1991 agreement that Apple Computers would stay out of the music business so as not to cause Trademark confusion. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	The Beatles story brings up one of my favorite Apple anecdotes: after the agreement that Apple computers wouldn't have anything to do with audio, Apple introduced sounds to the OS. One of the first chimes (that's still in the alert sounds list)? "Sosumi". __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	One of the things I love about Apple (besides their tres cool products) is their sense of humour (more so in the earlier days). One of my favorites (courtesy of Wikipedia): In 1994, Apple Computer began developing the Power Macintosh 7100. They chose the internal code name "Carl Sagan," in honor of the astronomer. Though the project name was strictly internal and never used in public marketing, when Sagan learned of this internal usage, he sued Apple Computer to use a different project name — other projects had names like "Cold fusion" and "Piltdown Man", and he was displeased at being associated with what he considered pseudoscience. Though Sagan lost the suit, Apple engineers complied with his demands anyway, renaming the project "BHA" (Butthead Astronomer). Sagan sued Apple for libel over the new name, claiming that it subjected him to contempt and ridicule. Sagan lost this lawsuit as well; still, the 7100 saw another name change: it was lastly called "LAW" (Lawyers Are Wimps). __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I wish there was a program somewhere that would even out the volume of the songs for me on my iPod. Some songs are louder than others. 'Lose Control' by Missy Elliott totally blew my ears away after listening to 'History Repeating' by the Lemonheads/Shirley Bassey the other day. I'm not sure why, but Missy was wayyy wayyy louder.
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