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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (183362)	2/1/2006 5:50:46 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: my point is that if something is against his social agenda he won't spend a dime And this somehow surprises you? Dems always put money to things not on their social agenda.....get real! Re: He also was incredibly stingy on worldwide catastrophes like the Tsunami So we are supposed to rebuild the world now? Was he "stingy" when he committed $15B to Africa/AIDS?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (183362)	2/2/2006 2:34:04 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

This is definitely a valid point: mercurynews.com Lawsuit: iPods can lead to permanent hearing loss By John BoudreauMercury News It would be rather easy for manufacturing to paint a white line on the iPOD hardware voume control (say on a black dial) so people know not to exceed a certain decibel, so why not do this? Rather than shipping a decibel measurer on every unit, they could use a decibel measurer for one of the iPOD pilots so manufacturing could figure out where to paint a white line on its black volume dial so users know what's unsafe. Then measure the positioning of the white line and replicate this to other units in the manufacturing process. It's really no different than trying to place a logo perfectly in the correct place. Every 10,000 units they could QA the position of the white line to make sure manufacturing equipment continues to paint the line correctly. Manufacturing is usually pretty accurate - recalibration is rare. Common sense says they should at least provide the info so people know what is safe and what isn't. The little brochures saying "anything above 100 decibels can cause deafness" is useless - how many people have decibel readers in their homes to measure thus know if their iPOD volume is safe? Or, if mucking with manufacturing design is a hassle, maybe they could provide a "100Decibel Song" that plays for 3 seconds at 100 decibels (and temporarily overrides hardware vol ctrl) so people know what 100 decibels is and what is safe. The article says European iPods don't exceed 100 decibels so you don't go deaf. I'd rather own a European iPOD than an American iPOD, because at least you know what is safe. I think this is an excellent, worthy lawsuit. Would expect Apple to improve their design and be a leader rather than fight this legally.