Jan 25, 2016 08:28 AM
(This post was last modified: Jan 25, 2016 08:35 AM by kmz22222.)
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▤Fact Of The Day▤
When the first prototype of Apple's iPod was shown to Steve Jobs, he dropped it in an aquarium and used the air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made smaller.
The Prototype:
![[Image: PTleVne.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/PTleVne.jpg)
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●E╳Tℛ AS●
When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they presented their work to Steve Jobs for his approval.
Jobs played with the device, scrutinized it, weighed it in his hands, and promptly rejected it.
It was too big.
[img]http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/first-gen-ipod.jpg[/img]
The engineers explained that they had to reinvent inventing to create the iPod, and that it was simply impossible to make it any smaller.
Jobs was quiet for a moment.
![[Image: j5wtWEH.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/j5wtWEH.jpg)
Finally he stood, walked over to an aquarium, and dropped the iPod in the tank.
[img]http://freakinfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ipod-water.jpg[/img]
After it touched bottom, bubbles floated to the top.
[img]http://il5.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/4002211/thumb/1.jpg[/img]
“Those are air bubbles,” he snapped. “That means there’s space in there. Make it smaller.”
[img]http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4ea4384e6bb3f72a33000006/steve-jobs-presented-the-first-ipod-10-years-ago-today.jpg[/img]
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☛Fun Fact ☚
Steve Jobs never wrote a single line of programming code.
[img]http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/steve_jobs_AP070611032783.jpg[/img]
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☛Another Fun Fact☚
Steve Jobs was dyslexic
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Changelog:
#UPDATED: Edited the title.
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ΞPrevious FactsΞ
#1 https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5144246
#2 https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5145348
========================
▤Fact Of The Day▤
When the first prototype of Apple's iPod was shown to Steve Jobs, he dropped it in an aquarium and used the air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made smaller.
The Prototype:
![[Image: PTleVne.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/PTleVne.jpg)
========================
●E╳Tℛ AS●
When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they presented their work to Steve Jobs for his approval.
Jobs played with the device, scrutinized it, weighed it in his hands, and promptly rejected it.
It was too big.
[img]http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/first-gen-ipod.jpg[/img]
The engineers explained that they had to reinvent inventing to create the iPod, and that it was simply impossible to make it any smaller.
Jobs was quiet for a moment.
![[Image: j5wtWEH.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/j5wtWEH.jpg)
Finally he stood, walked over to an aquarium, and dropped the iPod in the tank.
[img]http://freakinfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ipod-water.jpg[/img]
After it touched bottom, bubbles floated to the top.
[img]http://il5.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/4002211/thumb/1.jpg[/img]
“Those are air bubbles,” he snapped. “That means there’s space in there. Make it smaller.”
[img]http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4ea4384e6bb3f72a33000006/steve-jobs-presented-the-first-ipod-10-years-ago-today.jpg[/img]
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☛Fun Fact ☚
Steve Jobs never wrote a single line of programming code.
[img]http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/steve_jobs_AP070611032783.jpg[/img]
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☛Another Fun Fact☚
Steve Jobs was dyslexic
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≪The Slogan≫
FactOfTheDay: The more you know the less you need.
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Changelog:
#UPDATED: Edited the title.



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