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Most Outrageous Vendor Lie Ever Told?
i8msft writes "CIO published a guide on How To Cut Through Vendor Hype. While light, the article did prompt me to wonder what is the most outrageous lie ever told by a vendor? I mean, in person, face to face, preferably with witnesses (boss, coworkers, someone on your side of the fence). Forget press releases, trade show presentations and the like, where they lie like dogs! Specific examples only, please."
We have it deployed at our office. It's stable, easy to maintain, and nobody ever manages to break it.
"Derp de derp."
Cheif Information Officer
or something like that...
"Cigarettes don't kill people."
Better watch out, or Slashdot may get harrassed like google did by the Scientologists!
Ref: Wired News Story
Hahahaha funny original, why didn't I think of that?
Why is it 99% of people who dis MS never actually code/develop programs anyways? I mean you can knock MSFT all you want and I'd still say the chances of you hacking into my box are slim to none. [Specially considering I am behind a router].
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Slashdot already has been harassed by the Scientologists.
The Register news story
Maybe because the PS2 software has yet to need *any* patches? This whole "patch" thing is more or less unheard of in the console world. The only bug I've ever seen in a PS2 game is in FF-X, where the text will sometimes smear due to the way the game engine does the water wave effect. In fact, the only time a console has ever crashed on me is once in 1996, when my N64 crashed playing Mario. Most computer users would kill for 6 months without a crash, much less 6 years!
A deep unwavering belief is a sure sign you're missing something...
So I
a) have opinions
b) Not childish like you to hide behind AC.
See what AC tells me is that you are just a coward and doesn't believe in what you are saying. See when you grow up an ounce and get a bit of self-respect you will be able to post your real thoughts without hiding.
Until then keep your commy loving thoughts to yourself.
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Why is it that some dolt (you) feels it necessary to reply to some cliched anti-Microsoft post with a cliched 'you linux geeks suck' post of his own?
and by the way, where did you come up with your 99% figure? did your imaginary friend give you that one?
At least be my freak, okay?
Not to say they aren't lying, they are, but capacitors can be charged to a higher voltage than the source using a voltage doubler circuit or a flyback voltage multiplier. Doesn't give you any more power but does trade current for voltage. See this page for some example circuits.
Of course they could. Or they could use an 18V 150mA AC adapter instead of a 9V 300mA AC adapter - which, it would strike me, would be a lot cheaper than adding to the parts count.
The only time DC-DC converter circuits are used in amps is car stereo amplifiers, where the power supply is DC and limited to 13.8V, which really can't offer you more than 20W into 4 ohms. (4 ohm speakers were initially brought into use as car stereo systems evolved from utilitarian car radios.)
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
Two mistakes here.
Nope.
First, you said it was a 9V AC adaptor so the DC peak is ~13V.In North America, the accepted definition of the term "AC adapter" is a plug-mounted power supply which outputs a low AC or DC voltage. The reference to AC refers to the fact that it plugs into AC. If you're unclear about the common usage of the English language in this regard, you can see it in context merely by typing "ac adapter" into Yahoo's search field.
Second, a voltage doubler before the rectifier is entirely possible.At least two diodes and at least two electrolytic capacitors. Why not just buy different rating AC adapters at the same price?
It doesn't have a voltage doubler in it, and neither you or I needs to open it to prove it. Doing so would be only marginally more ridiculous than looking for a flyback transformer in an AM radio.
It's not quite this simple with dynamic components (inductors/capacitors/coils). That's why speakers have 8 ohms impedance, not 8 ohms resistance.Of course not. Maybe you'd like to teach the new Slashdot course, "Differential Calculus for Electrical Engineering", if you think that my ballpark approach, which anyone with high school physics ought to handle, is too simplistic.
There's no need to go to all this effort.Sure there is. I was trying to prove my point mathematically.
You already said the AC adaptor is 300mA at 9V. Sustainable power is therefore approximately 3W. Peak power is an unknown because the internal circuitry could easily store enough energy to give 100s of watts of power, even if only for a short time.Sure. Like looking for a pulse generator and a stack of oil-filled capacitors in a transistor radio. I dunno how they build electronics down under, but around here, we don't add the complexity, cost or unreliability of adding components unnecessarily.
Without opening the speaker boxes you can't make any judgement.Sure I can. It's got a pair of LM386 ICs, held on with dull-gray blobs of solder on a printed circuit board that looks like the layout was done by a Parkinsons patient's left hand. Components will be skewed on the board, held in place only by cold solder joints. You might find it's actually built of discrete parts; I don't know and I don't care - but I assure you that there won't even be anything as substantial as a TDA2002 in them, despite the 250W claim.
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
Sure I can. It's got a pair of LM386 ICs, held on with dull-gray blobs of solder on a printed circuit board that looks like the layout was done by a Parkinsons patient's left hand. Components will be skewed on the board, held in place only by cold solder joints. You might find it's actually built of discrete parts; I don't know and I don't care - but I assure you that there won't even be anything as substantial as a TDA2002 in them, despite the 250W claim.
Yep. And don't forget the REEAL simple power test: how BIG is the unit? Acoustically-good audio systems ted NOT to be extremely power-efficient, but even if it's relatively power-efficient, that means 50% or so at best, meaning that the box gotta DISSIPATE on the order of 250 watts, which means it has to have some size to it in order to get rid of that heat. I bet it doesn't even have a heatsink...
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