When I was installing sat systems, back in the dawn of HD content, four times I was handed a shiny box of Monster brand component cables by a grinning customer. "use these" they all said.
Three times, those cables failed to work. Three times out of four I used the cheap no-name included cables (which always worked, by the way... 0 failures out of perhaps 100.)and handed the customer their open box of monster cables and said "get a refund"
From that experience alone I would not use a Monster product unless it was handed to me free.
I doubth the first person he asked said "I promise they won't clean it". He probably kept calling until he found someone who would say what he wanted to hear.
I've worked in the biz, happens all the time. idiot calls in time and time again, gets the same answer. finally calls in and gets the answer he likes, then screams "broken verbal contract" when the first dozen calls he made gave the correct answer and the last call gave the wrong, desired answer.
Eh. some people call in a million times until they get the answer they want to hear.
Then, when after 20 "no sir" they are shocked and dismayed that the one "I think so" from the fresh-out-of-training kidn that made their day...was in error....
and expect the company to live up to the one "maybe" instead of the 20 emphatic "no" answers.
People complain about agents giving inconsistant answers, but those same people call in multiple times until they get the answer they want to hear.
What these guys want is a way to get cash for the few willing to pay.
Meanwhile, I have a way to speed the lines for all, and the cost is minimal.
But because it helps regular passengers, is ridiculously simple to implement, and impossible to patent, they don't want it.
Maybe the TSA will have a prize....
with the right bacteria, sawdust can be turned to ethanol, as can rotting food. Hell, even plastic can be degraded back into the petroleum substances it's composed of, given a "smart" enough bacteria with the right enzymes.
have faith in solar, it's getting far better and truly viable.
also, consider that cars can get a lot more efficient, turbine is the future for hybrids. Small turbine engines are more efficient, have no moving parts, and the lack in low-end torque is irrelevant in hybrids, which would benefit from the constant speed of a turbine. Tack high-efficiency next-gen solar to a car, and 150 MPG is no dream.
Goes to show, the way to be virus-proof is to capture less than 20% of users (who bothers to ignore the 80% and go for the 20?)
If there was a similar, but far more popular device, I'll bet the apple crowd would be happily touting the virus-proof iphone as their competitor sufferred attacks.
Bad as Microsoft code is, it's the popularity that makes people attack it, similar to a trapper laying rabbit traps in a field, instead of bear traps. Far more rabbits, even if the bear's a juicier target.
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When I was installing sat systems, back in the dawn of HD content, four times I was handed a shiny box of Monster brand component cables by a grinning customer. "use these" they all said. Three times, those cables failed to work. Three times out of four I used the cheap no-name included cables (which always worked, by the way... 0 failures out of perhaps 100.)and handed the customer their open box of monster cables and said "get a refund" From that experience alone I would not use a Monster product unless it was handed to me free.
I doubth the first person he asked said "I promise they won't clean it". He probably kept calling until he found someone who would say what he wanted to hear. I've worked in the biz, happens all the time. idiot calls in time and time again, gets the same answer. finally calls in and gets the answer he likes, then screams "broken verbal contract" when the first dozen calls he made gave the correct answer and the last call gave the wrong, desired answer.
Eh. some people call in a million times until they get the answer they want to hear. Then, when after 20 "no sir" they are shocked and dismayed that the one "I think so" from the fresh-out-of-training kidn that made their day...was in error.... and expect the company to live up to the one "maybe" instead of the 20 emphatic "no" answers. People complain about agents giving inconsistant answers, but those same people call in multiple times until they get the answer they want to hear.
What these guys want is a way to get cash for the few willing to pay. Meanwhile, I have a way to speed the lines for all, and the cost is minimal. But because it helps regular passengers, is ridiculously simple to implement, and impossible to patent, they don't want it. Maybe the TSA will have a prize....
Well, they're using it for a far more insidious thing that profit.... they're using it to further their campaign of brainwashing.
with the right bacteria, sawdust can be turned to ethanol, as can rotting food. Hell, even plastic can be degraded back into the petroleum substances it's composed of, given a "smart" enough bacteria with the right enzymes. have faith in solar, it's getting far better and truly viable. also, consider that cars can get a lot more efficient, turbine is the future for hybrids. Small turbine engines are more efficient, have no moving parts, and the lack in low-end torque is irrelevant in hybrids, which would benefit from the constant speed of a turbine. Tack high-efficiency next-gen solar to a car, and 150 MPG is no dream.
Goes to show, the way to be virus-proof is to capture less than 20% of users (who bothers to ignore the 80% and go for the 20?) If there was a similar, but far more popular device, I'll bet the apple crowd would be happily touting the virus-proof iphone as their competitor sufferred attacks. Bad as Microsoft code is, it's the popularity that makes people attack it, similar to a trapper laying rabbit traps in a field, instead of bear traps. Far more rabbits, even if the bear's a juicier target.