2. the military has no wireless network? and this only helps confuse the matter because don't you frequently GO AROUND THE WORLD, how would an fm tuner that changes stations when you cross a state line work in IRAQ? wouldn't you end up listening to...persian radio...the worst of all radio?
Wireless network is a major security stability risk. I live on base where I have wireless internet but that means I'm also in my house on my computer where I have internet radio.
3. universities, hospitals, airports (diggity's imed from airports and besides why's this a point anyways you'd have your laptop which should provide non internet shit to do anyways if it's a significant trip), houses in almost any suburb, lots of fast food places. there are three wireless networks in my culdesac alone. where do you live man, I couldn't hit a city block in Raleigh without finding a wireless connection.
I don't live near any
open wireless connection other than my own. Besides, all the universities here have private wireless meaning you have to be a student and they give you a password to access it.
4. you've got to be kidding. you're getting an MP3 player that you will get bored of when you're jogging. most albums are about an hour long dude you're telling me you're just gonna jog through twenty albums or something and get bored of them and want to listen to some idiot who doesn't know math stammer about baseball players instead?
I thought we already established in the trip-hop topic that I'm music illiterate? I buy maybe one album a year and the rest of the stuff I download based on internet recommendations, get bored of it, and then listen to radio or find some other internet recommendations. My current play list consists of
a perfect circle/tool
dream theater
megadeth
gnarls barkley
some old outkast album
aphex twin
the latest album on my zune is st. elsewhere from 2007... every other album is like pre 2003! i don't follow music
at all because the music scene changes way too rapidly for me. This is why every time you bring up some metaphor or turn of phrase using a modern musician I scratch my head and go to wikipedia then follow up with a "UR DUMB I HEARD BETTER."
I could have gotten something cheaper as any 50$ walkman has an fm tuner but now I get a tuner, movies, file formats that aren't restricted or compressed or require me to deal with a program i absolutely hate (itunes and microsoft store *shudder*)