New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported 422
An anonymous reader writes "After 36 hours of reverse engineering, the method for producing the checksum on new iPods has been discovered." You can also get linux support working if that's what you crave for your shiny new toy.
Unimpressive (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Half way there (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Good because linux support is more better (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What's the draw? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What's the draw? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Half way there (Score:3, Funny)
iPods running Linux (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What's the draw? (Score:5, Funny)
Hey! It's a problem because we are the experts, ok? People should ask us what to buy. And we'll suggest some sort of unheard-of niche device, because that's why you asked an expert. Do you need an expert to suggest the most popular device? No. Do you need an expert to configure something that's easy to use? No. We're important. Don't you know that? We know better. We can't look down on the ignorant masses when we acknowledge they made the right choice. So they didn't, no matter how happy they are.
I can't believe you even asked.
Re:What's the draw? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What's the draw? (Score:5, Funny)
If you want to use it in a way it's not designed to be used, then don't be surprised if it doesn't "work out of the box" for that.
My efforts to use my iPod as a waffle-iron have met with little success so far.
Re:iTunes can do everything you listed. (Score:3, Funny)
It's kind of silly to assume that everyone who downloads iTunes will buy an entire Macintosh computer to run it on.
Re:What's the draw? (Score:3, Funny)
In any case, earbuds are easily replaceable, and if you buy an nice high end set, you'll have great sound quality.
The earbuds that typically come with ALL MP3s players suck; typically. It's always best to upgrade them if you're anywhere near an audiophile. And of course, you have to use lossless compression because if you're an audiophile, MP3s suck. Not to mention you have to listen in a soundproofed baffled room, and you have to have not flown on an aircraft recently so your ears haven't been subjected to pressure changes.
Heh, I'm going too far. In any case, default earbuds suck. Buy better ones.
Re:What's the draw? (Score:2, Funny)