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RWebb 08-21-2020 10:48 AM
a special iPod
 
https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ipod/

Amail 08-21-2020 11:55 AM
Cool read!

masraum 08-21-2020 12:13 PM
Not through the whole thing yet, but so far very cool.

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(Those audio codecs were written by two engineers with advanced degrees from Berkeley and Stanford. When they weren’t teasing each other about which school was better, they were writing mathematical audio code that I was scared to touch. You would no more let a regular engineer mess with code like that than you’d let a bike mechanic rebuild the transmission in a Porsche. They had an occasional poker game I played in. The only reason I didn’t lose all my money was that one of them enjoyed his vodka.)

wildthing 08-22-2020 07:09 AM
And no one can verify the story... great barber shop tale.

masraum 08-22-2020 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by wildthing (Post 10995861)
And no one can verify the story... great barber shop tale.
Well duh, the author can verify it!

wildthing 08-22-2020 08:28 PM
Well apparently some other ex-employees tweeted to corroborate the story. And of course tweets are as reliable as any source on the Internet. :)

Otter74 08-23-2020 01:38 PM
I am skeptical that an SVP would have OKed that without letting the CEO know.


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