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Using iPod in a steam room

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Q: All right, this might be a dumb question, but can I use my iPod in the steam room at the gym?

- Chris

A: It’s not a dumb question; in fact, it’s safer to ask than to try it out on your own. Apple says the following:

• Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

This suggests that a steam room is a bad place to use an iPod. The biggest problem is the humidity, which, once you left the steam room, would be likely to condense inside the iPod, causing water to accumulate and potentially damaging the device.

Kirk McElhearn is the author of several books including iPod & iTunes Garage. His blog, Kirkville features articles about the iPod, iTunes, Mac OS X and much more.

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Comments

1

The iPod uses pseudo-random numbers. All computer-generated numbers are p-r rather than purely random. Random numbers can only be obtained by observing something external to the computer, commonly the decay of a radioactive isotope.

Posted by mattwardfh in Texas on March 6, 2005 at 9:20 PM (PST)

2

How do you retrieve your library from the Ipod to restore it to the PC after a system crash

Posted by BAR in Maryland on March 7, 2005 at 6:02 AM (PST)

3

Hi I am thinking and have heard about the ipod’s battery running out of life. Is this true. Will i have to buy a new ipod if this happens?, or is there a way to put a new battery in?

-Michael

Posted by GBABY in MOTOWN, CALI on March 7, 2005 at 11:01 AM (PST)

4

Well, my iPod’s shuffle seems like it has a memory thing going on. When I shuffle my library, the same 50 or so songs tend to come up at the beginning. It seems like a “smart” shuffle system to me.

Posted by Joshdude in Long Beach, CA on March 8, 2005 at 5:49 PM (PST)

5

Here’s a formula to see how many different ways the shuffle can mix all the songs in different, distinctive orders:

Say you have 50 songs on the iPod shuffle.
On your calculator find the radical symbol (!)

Take 50 and enter the symbol in before (or after) 50 to give you the number of different ways the shuffle’s songs can be mixed.

This is going to be a huge number (close to a google,) so ask a math teacher or someone in the know.

Good luck on your project!

Posted by e-baby on March 9, 2005 at 2:10 PM (PST)

6

Oh yeah, and get ahold of one of them decaying radioactive isotopes as well for true validity!

Posted by e-baby on March 9, 2005 at 2:11 PM (PST)

7

I just got an iPod Photo and I have a Windows machine (with XP). I have iTunes 4.7 .. still the iPod doesn’t work. It’s plugged in but then it doesn’t let me do the RESTORE on the update, it gives a firmware update failure .. how can I solve this?

Thank you!

Posted by RitMo in USA on March 12, 2005 at 2:13 PM (PST)

8

My computer crashed and the ipod will not sync unless I erase my songs and basically start over. Is there a way I can save the songs from the ipod to a disc or to the computer? Any help will be appreciated.

Posted by Gina on June 28, 2009 at 2:48 PM (PST)

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