On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 6:08:31 PM UTC-4, Bill Baxter wrote:
On 04/12/2016 03:26 PM, JackA wrote:
On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 2:30:47 PM UTC-4, Bill Baxter wrote:
On 04/12/2016 02:12 PM, Nil wrote:
On 12 Apr 2016, Bill Baxter wrote in
rec.audio.pro:
I personally had no problem with the Clip+. It was in my car for
years, never taken out so all sorts of temperatures, and up until
a couple of weeks ago worked fine. Basically, it ended up
freezing on the "clover" at bootup and there was no way to unlock
it.
My Clip Zip+ does freeze up every once in a great while. There's a
certain combination of button presses that can reboot it. Have you
tried that solution? I can probably find the recipe if you need it.
Thanks. I tried everything I could find about unfreezing the unit, but
to no avail as it just wouldn't go past the clover screen. The only
thing I didn't try was opening it up and shorting the pins as some
recommended.
The phone idea someone mentioned might be feasible, but as someone
else pointed out, I do imagine the quality would suffer over a
standard player.
I wouldn't assume the quality would be worse. I think it would probably
be comparable.
I don't know if it's just me, but I notice quality degradation of
products more and more over time when the product is supposedly
upgraded to a better model.
I see that, too. I imagine that when a product is first developed and
marketed, they try to fill it up with miraculous features to attract
consumers. Later on, they try to lower manufacturing overhead by
eliminating features they think people don't care about (even if many
of them do) and by cheapening materials where they think people won't
notice (even if many of them do.)
Sort of like "Coke Classic" and the "new" Coke. The latter went over
really well, not!
More enjoyable when they included COCAINE!
Jack
You know, I never knew that until I was nearly 30 years old.
Bill
Things and trends I watch that tell me America is degrading or in an act of desperation.
A.) When growing up, when Mom cooked Chicken, I never recall anyone wanting the wings. Felt they were scrap. Sure enough, I check online and in the 50's they were considered scrap. These days, they are like a delicacy!
B.) Friend and I were chatting about Energy Drinks, like 5-Hour Energy. They can be costly, at $3.49 a bottle. I joked and said, you watch, someone will offer clean air in a can. Months later, I go to Wall Mart and on their shelf is, by weight, empty cans. What is it? Pure oxygen, 20 shots! Not cheap!
[At one time, with newborns in incubators, they felt pure oxygen was best for them. Later, they discovered that pure oxygen caused many to go blind]!!
C.) Maybe because prepared food tastes so bland, everyone is on the "Buffalo" kick, spice-up everything!!
Just my two cents
Jack