500,000 songs on my new iPod

[jydk]

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[Dan02]

good luck finding 500000 songs worth listening too

[Bobblehead]

"racetrack" memory is something IBM has been working on for a while. It is usually discussed when talking about solid state drives, and might be evolutionary.

However, like OLED displays, it may take a while for it to be scaled to allow mass production.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Dan02

good luck finding 500000 songs worth listening too

Absolutely. To me the value in this is just being able to fit a large amount of data onto a small device. In terms of music I can't see it being terribly useful to too many people outside the entertainment/dj industry. I have 20 gigs used up on mine and I probably have never even listened to 80% of it.

[ken0042]

This is one of my pet peaves. Some new bit of geeky news comes out, and they have to dumb it down to how many songs, as opposed to how many gigabytes. Of course, no mention further of what bitrate of songs, nor how long they set as an average song length.

[fredr123]

Do you have any idea how long it would take a CBSA officer to go through 500,000 songs while you're trying to cross the border?

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by ken0042

This is one of my pet peaves. Some new bit of geeky news comes out, and they have to dumb it down to how many songs, as opposed to how many gigabytes. Of course, no mention further of what bitrate of songs, nor how long they set as an average song length.

I agree. Although, referring to gigabytes (as you no doubt know) can be similarly confusing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

There are two different definitions of gigabyte in general use:

• 1,000,000,000 bytes or 109 bytes is the decimal definition, used in telecommunications (such as network speeds) and most computer storage manufacturers (such as hard disks and flash drives). This usage is compatible with SI. Quote from Seagate: "For drive storage capacity, 1 gigabyte = 1,000,000,000 bytes (or one billion bytes).",[2] Similar quotes are found on the websites of other storage manufacturers.
• 1,073,741,824 bytes, equal to 10243, or 230 bytes. This is the definition commonly used for computer memory and file sizes. Microsoft uses this definition to display hard drive sizes,[3] as do most other operating systems and programs by default. By this definition, there are 1,0243, or 1024×1024×1024 bytes in a gigabyte. (This is equivalent to 1,024 megabytes, where one megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes or 220 bytes.) Since 1999, the IEC recommends that this unit should instead be called a gibibyte (abbreviated GiB). Although there is little other usage of the term "gigabyte" apart from referring to memory, file sizes, or storage capacity, the IEC's recommendations are frequently ignored amongst computer professionals, and "gigabyte" is used colloquially to mean 10243 bytes. The standard body JEDEC Solid State Technology Association acknowledges the conflict and the existence of the IEC recommendations but, in recognition of the widespread colloquial usage, continues to recognize the definition of 10243 bytes.[4]

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by jydk

Thats pretty crazy, I can't imagine the late night parties I can host with that kind of music list.

I'd imagine it would be the same wouldn't it? You still can't hear an entire iPod in one party.

[llama64]

Hello full digital lossless rips! Screw MP3's!

Dunno... first thought I had.

[troutman]

My 80 GB is only half full with 11,000 songs. I can't imagine ever needing more than a 160 GB. Unless you are also storing videos.

I heard somewhere that in 10 years they can make a small device that could store every movie ever made. Urban legend?

[gottabekd]

My first thought is "That's going to cost a lot of money to fill up your iPod, paying $0.99/song."

[REDVAN]

Originally Posted by gottabekd

My first thought is "That's going to cost a lot of money to fill up your iPod, paying $0.99/song."

Not sure if my math is correct, but that will cost you almost half a million dollars.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by fredr123

Do you have any idea how long it would take a CBSA officer to go through 500,000 songs while you're trying to cross the border?

haha, what a segway!

This would be sweet for movies ...

[Barnes]

So in 10 years, solid state storage capacity will be 50 times what it is today. Seems like a really low bar to set considering it's doubling like every 6 months as it is.

In other future news....

10 years from now, IBM still not innovative.

[old-fart]

So... uh... how much porn is that?

Like, almost half the nudie pictures ever taken of Pamela Anderson! Wow!

[nickerjones]

Originally Posted by old-fart

So... uh... how much porn is that?

Like, almost half the nudie pictures ever taken of Pamela Anderson! Wow!

[Azure]

AnthonyCook will like this.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by troutman

My 80 GB is only half full with 11,000 songs. I can't imagine ever needing more than a 160 GB. Unless you are also storing videos.

I recall saying something similar about a 40G HD i used to have

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by gottabekd

My first thought is "That's going to cost a lot of money to fill up your iPod, paying $0.99/song."

except in Canada downloaded music is free, so quit paying for it already

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Dan02

I recall saying something similar about a 40G HD i used to have

No one needs more than 640k of memory.