The System 413.5: The New iTunes

September 3rd, 2010

UPDATE: mig25 just pointed out there was already a “413″ so I made this one “413.5″ since at this point many are based on this sequence already. If seeing a half-number is really throwing you, close your eyes, click next, and think of England.

I updated the Appearances and About pages. If you can make it to any of the upcoming conventions and other events in the next couple of weeks, let me know!

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gmcalpin

Dude. T-shirt with the devil horns and lightning bolts in a burst (minus the pointer). Make it happen.
- rosscott
  
  Hmm a possibility. Anyone else agree?
  - Chibby
    
    HYES!
Oscar Cunningham

The BBC iPlayer volume control goes all the way to 11. It's very cool.
- nebadger
  
  the only problem is unless your in the UK the BBC iPlayer is fairly useless :'(
Rossmom

Not having any device that downloads/stores iTunes, I'm at a loss as to the possible design flaw. However having done a little searching I have learned, "Don't put the volume at 11 (good thing if you can't) because it will destroy your hearing."

(I can't personally attest to that, but it sounds perfectly logical to me.)

As to Apple's possible design flaw, a new version will probably be out next week.
anon

Rossmom

shut up and go see This Is Spinal Tap
Kieran

: D

Clearly a HUGE design flaw.

(I also don't like how album art shows up now, and the new icon is kind of unoriginal, but those are less funny gripes)
No0ne

I have run a mixing board at several local events when I was in high school. I met someone who had rewired his mixing board so he could dial it up to 11 so to speak. He then promptly blew out his speakers and probably damaged the hearing of everyone in the general area. The moral of this story is, only dial it up to 11 when you aren’t using equipment worth lots of money that is also happens your way of making money to buy food with, and if you don’t mind not being able to hear ever again…
Kyle

I a smart engineer, I can make you a music program that goes to 12 for 100$
- Kyle
  
  wow, proof read much? As a smart engineer…. I blame the keyboard.
- Sledge
  
  Wow, that's less than $10 per … uh … that's a good deal!
- Skott
  
  Unintentionally or intentionally stolen from xkcd.
  - Kyle
    
    Intentionally of course.
    - rosscott
      
      Would it be this one? http://xkcd.com/670/
      
      Because in that case we're both just ripping off Spinal Tap. I'd like to think the joke comes more from the "3 places to adjust your volume" than just another reference to an albeit amazing movie.
pegpeg66

A kid at my school's amp goes up to twelve!
quizonn@yahoo.com

Apple devices decide for you what is too loud. They only go up to 7.
- Kyle
  
  And yet are still loud enough to damage your hearing and annoy everyone else withing a 8 meter radius, defeating the purpose of headphones.
http://lorinhalpert.com Lorin

Logitech's Z-5500's actually have two easter eggs built into the volume knob, after you max out the volume (which would already deafen you under most normal circumstances) and keep spinning it, it goes into "BOOST VOLUME" mode which GOES TO ELEVEN!

BUT WAIT… holding down the mute key while turning the knob gives you ANOTHER +11 at any point, giving you a TOTAL OF 22!

At this point your windows will shatter and ear drums will instantly evaporate into nothingness.
Kevin

Am I the only one to have noticed that the (presumably) amp dial already has 11 tick marks on it? Problem solved!
parasitepaladin

Nothing a piece of tape and a maker can't fix. However taking it on and off your computer screen can have negative drawbacks.
-spinaltap

In IRIX, the OS that runs on old SGI workstations, there’s practically only one place to adjust the volume, the audio panel. I absolutely love this thing, because, while it looks a bit like the windows volume control, this thing just works and gives clear indications of what it’s doing, much in the way the windows thing doesn’t. AND it has the -spinaltap option, which makes all volume controls go to 11.
jon

0-10 could be 0-11. Ah, the joys of relativity…..
hcn

There's a fourth way to adjust volume involving iTunes. Right-click 'Get Info' on whichever song you want to make louder and under 'options' there's a slider that you can adjust from 0% to 200%
mig25

The previous comic was also numbered #413
- rosscott
  
  Too late to fix it now without re-numbering lots of others! I just updated the name to 413.5 and am noting it in the post. Thanks for the catch!

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