http://www.statenews.com I miss my iPod. The little thing literally expired the first day of classes this semester, without a chance for me to say goodbye. After about two years of moderate use, it had a good, long life. en-us Foundry4 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:25:06 -0500 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:44:33 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10121/view I know how you feel, Lindsey. I miss my Weighted Companion Cube. Oh god! I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to hurt you, Cube! :( Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:34:18 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10121/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10128/view Nine Inch Nails? What? I stopped reading at that point. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:17:23 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10128/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10130/view what the hell was the point of this column Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:19:28 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10130/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10131/view Wow, I think this column is in good competition with that one a few days ago crying about pronouncing last names for the all time WORST article in the State News. Second of all, you people are idiots for getting onto this ipod bandwagon. There is no such thing as an “ipod”, it is merely a portable hard drive that has software to play MP3-format music. That is just a fraud that Apple has perpetrated on America. There are so many other MP3 players that you can purchase that are higher quality and less money. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:14:01 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10131/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10133/view This article isn’t about the best MP3 on the market, it’s about the major influence that new technology, some as little as an easily portable music player, has on our society. It seems technology breeds different fads and behavior while it endlessly advances. I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but it surely creates new values that people hold; such as prioritizing music over interacting with other students while on campus. I’d say some behaviors are more harmful than beneficial in regards to some traditions, or whatever culture America could be considered to have, but it definitely has a different role for each generation. I only hope that I’ll be able to keep up with “the times” as I get older and technology progresses beyond my wildest dreams. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:24:25 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10133/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10134/view Did you know your last name means “fish” in French? Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:28:43 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10134/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10136/view “Did you know your last name means “fish” in French?” I like your reference to her other royally pointless column. This girl has yet to write a worth while column. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:05:24 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10136/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10138/view Another painfully pointless column by Ms. poison…no…err…french fish? Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:48:04 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10138/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10149/view Good article. Sometimes it’s fun to write about silly stuff, which I appreciate. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:36:19 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10149/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10156/view I think it’s an interesting piece. We get so used to having certain things on our person that we take them for granted, and then when they’re gone, there’s this strange hole in our lives, because the routine we’ve adopted has been altered. I know one person who’s gone through two ipods recently: one stolen, one broken. And since she really really really uses the hell out of it, the absence throws her for a loop. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:04:53 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10156/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10167/view Did you know your last name means “fish” in French? Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:46:01 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10167/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10170/view Steve, is anyone (other than you of course) not an idiot? I think if we searched the comments sections and counted up all of the groups of people you proclaim idiots it just might include the entire population of the Earth. But what can I say, I am, obviously, an idiot. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:13:48 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10170/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10172/view You say that it your I-pod use isn’t anti-social, but offer no support. Cell phones are functional. Video games are just entertainment, but they are also sociable (or at least are meant to be). MP3 players are neither functional nor sociable. When you wear your earbuds all around campus, you’re shutting your hearing off to anyone who might approach you. You’re also advertising the fact that you don’t want to interact with people with the noticeable wires hanging from your head. ———- Your last two columns have been whining about people mispronouncing your name when you don’t introduce yourself, and whining about how hard it is not to listen to music all the time. Great work! Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:28:42 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10172/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10177/view While I agree that this column and the last were both really dumb, it got me thinking. I have an MP3 player but no cell phone. Don’t really want one. If you had to, would you rather give up your MP3 player or your phone? My choice is obvious. What about anyone else? Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:37:56 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10177/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10182/view How have billions of people for the last 6,000 years survived without an i-pod? If you’re so hooked on your little techno gadgets that you can’t imagine life without it, you need to put the damn thing down and get a grip on reality. Of course, it’s easier to get lost in a world of trashy music than it is to sit back and actually reflect on life. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:06:18 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10182/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10184/view An ipod can be social if you use it to play music at a party and the millions of people who own them would probably argue that they are functional as MP3 players. As you pointed out, they are not funcitonal as self-defense objects, especially since they keep getting smaller and smaller. My ipod broke recently and I’ve quickly grown used to its absence, reading while riding the bus, listening to old cds etc. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:10:42 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10184/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10192/view Steve, Billions of people have also survived for the past 6,000 years with out antibiotics, refrigeration, and cars. You really need to give up anything that is not needed to prove your point. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:55:14 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10192/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10196/view It’s too bad you’ve bought into a proprietary file format perpetuated by Apple and cluelessly absorbed by the public. When my Creative MP3 player crapped out, I bought a $50 Sandisk player with twice the capacity and pushed my industry-standard MP3 playlist onto it. Good luck getting back to your music as cheaply and with such ease. Maybe you’ll take your newfound independence and find time to do something different – you know, interact with real people, take in your surroundings, read about how Americans are being lulled into a collective state of ignorance via mass entertainment, etc. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:18:31 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10196/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10200/view Matthew – If you search the articles there are some view points that I do strongly support. This one is not one of them. This girl has yet to write an article. The only thing she demonstrated is that she too has become a sucker for the social fraud perpetrated by Apple on our society. Not to mention, there is more than one “Steve” posting on this column. I have not posted all the “Steve” comments on the editorial section. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:56:06 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10200/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10210/view I can understand. But I don’t own an ipod yet. Simple, I have no computers[I use library’s computers]. As a classical music fanatic for forty years I grew up with the regular stereo system. You know: the receiver or amplifier, turntable, speakers and cassette player. Then the cd player. But now stereo systems can only be ordered through the internet. And many ar calling them “obsoletes”. I still play lps from MSU library and bought from secondhand stores. But mostly cds most of the time. And play my cds in a dvd player connected to an amplifier with wireless headphones. It works. And other times play cds in a tv dvd combo with a connected headphone. But then, people listen to music without these gadgets. The real Mozart and Beethoven, and the rest of their pals, never had these systems. And yes, I go to concerts once in a while. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:18:22 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10210/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10231/view What an amazing story! Really, it’s breathtaking. Have you considered adapting it for the stage? Please Lindsey, I beg you, tell us more about how you hate when people mispronounce your name. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:29:23 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10231/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10235/view C’mon Mark, seriously. Comparing an ipod, which provides absolutly no benefit to society (well, except apple share holders), to antibiotics which save lives. Maybe you should re-read your post, “Billions of people have also survived for the past 6,000 years with out antibiotics”. In 1928 penicillin was discovered and saved many lives. An example is the navy. Being afraid of having soldiers die of appendicitis (which its very easy to die from without treatment), the navy brought blocks of mold (penicillin) with them to treat soldiers who experienced it. Yes they had to use it and yes it saved lives. Some people were not able to live without antibiotics. And I’m sorry but in todays day and age refrigerators and cars are necessities, ipods are not. Give up using statements like that to prove your points. It doesn’t work. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:31:37 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10235/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10238/view D.J., you prove Mark’s point correct and discredit yourself in the process of your explanation. If something, such as medicine, cars, ipods etc are used enough, they become apart of one’s life. So what if medicine saves lives, people did and still do live without it. In addition, your fact about the Navy and Penicillin don’t make your point any stronger. Good try. To some, an ipod is essential part of their life- much like homosexual porn are apart of yours. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:52:40 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10238/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10305/view This is yet another reason why the State News is a joke. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:05:49 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10305/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10312/view I don’t think two years is very long-lived. Maybe you should invest in a higher quality product instead of trying to follow a horrible trend. Apple is good at selling crap and making it look like gold. And it’d be nice if the State News would offer some more wholesome articles. I didn’t realize it was turning into the livejournal of a 14 year old girl. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:32:58 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10312/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10328/view I believe her livejournal can be found at inner-fish-thigh-cutter.livejournal.com. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:44:33 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/10328/view