>Nope.

Nope what?

>IPods can have the same affect by subconscienously "brainwashing" a person to hear music over and over again in his mind. It's an evil big compnay plot.

Same effect as what?

>
>>It's terrible: Once it was de rigeur to have a Walkman, then, when Discmans came out the tape m/c was old-hat. Now you're square unless you've got an iPod. What next - cochlea inplants?
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>>>I go to the gym and listen to CDs. But when I look across at my neighbor, typically they are listening to an IPod. So I doubt too many have heard this.
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>>>>The latest iPods have capacity of up to 80 GB. Personally I would not invest in one of those given the proneness to failure. Apple doesn't shout this in their ads but iPods are basically expected to last a year or two.
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>>>>>I wonder when will MP3 players catch up with these larger capacities. They still seem to be hung up at 2 Gbytes. My children have Zens and the way they treat them and the words disc drive make me wonder they work as long as they do.
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>>>>> >Verbatim announced a 12 GB USB drive that will retail for $179. I think it will available in the next month or so. It's a 1 inch by 3 inch drive. So it will still fit in your pocket.
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>>>>>>>http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4f59
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Soon be able to back up everything on these
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Nick