> Hyundai has one of the best warranties for a automobile manufacturer, And my experience is that Mitsubishi has the worst. It looks good when you read it, but wait until you try and make a claim...
In my experience, Sony's aftersales service on everything is shockingly poor. It's a shame, since they have some really great products. Although I never fail to be amazed by their just-out-of-warranty engineering. I have a Vaio F809K - the battery died when it was a week (actually 6 days) out of warranty. Most manufacturers would have replaced it either FOC or at a discout, just out of goodwill. Sony wanted full retail. I had a similar experience with a MiniDisc player (that was 3 weeks out of warranty). I dropped the stylus of my Clie which snapped the tip. I called Sony, and was told a replacement would be UK£8 (that's about US$12 - for a Palm stylus!). Since I had no option but to buy it from them, I ordered one and was told it would be delivered by courier next day (probably accounts, at lease it part, for the rediculous price). Two weeks later, I arrive home and find a soggy (it was raining) cardboard box on the doorstep - delivered by mail. The only GOOD story I have about Sony is my PS2 - it died a week before the warranty expired, so I took it back to the record store that supplied it - and they replaced it, no questions asked. But I do spend a lot of money in there.
So after the last 12 months experience, I doubt I'll be buying any more Sony products. Which, as I said before, is a shame, since they have some damn fine toys out there.
> jump out of airplanes before I take any customer support job. Sounds like a good deal to me (some of us like jumping out of perfectly good aeroplanes)
> And the rest of us, frankly, ran out of quality files to upload after a while. That's implicit in ratios, though. Ratios are - by definition - about quantity over quality. As you point out, imposing UL/DL ratios increases noise.
> Since it's such a high profile case, it probably won't negatively affect his employment opportunities. You should be right - the fact that he wrote DeCSS in the first place might have a positive affect - in inteverviews with techies. But most interviews are done by management, so maybe not so much help there. The more important issue is that in many countries, a criminal record is an automatic bar to obtaining the security clearance necessary to work on defence (military) contracts. That potentially rules out a lot of jobs. It might also make it much harder (or even impossible) for him to obtain the visas necessary to work abroad.
> Of course you'd never get goodies like this from the big boys (aka Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic). Information point: My Toshiba SD-200E plays all of the above except MP3s (and kitchen sinks!).
> I dont have it either. Your previous post implied otherwise: "...uploaded the code to my TiVo...". (my emphasis)
> The article said they uploaded the code as part of their regular software upgrade I know. I did actually read the article (unusual, I know:-)) - and it's not the delivery channel I'm questioning. You made the assertion that whis was done without consent when you wrote: "How can you trust a company which would upload code to your box without your consent !!!" How do you know that TiVo owners don't consent to having software updates when they sign up for the service?
I know for a fact that the subscription agreement for my satellite service allows the provider to upgrade the software in my receiver/decoder as and when they see fit (they have on several occasions) - and by signing the contract for the service, I consented to that condition. It's entirely possible that the contract for TiVo's service has a similar clause.
> For those of you that are not American, the $2 bill is something of a rarety since everybody hoards them. I'm not American, and don't live in the US, and I have one.
> How can you trust a company which would upload code to your box without your consent !!! Are you sure you didn't consent to it when you subscribed to their service? (This isn't a troll, it's a genuine question - I don't have TiVo)
> And 3 of the top ten shows are part of the law and order syndicate. That's pretty amazing if you ask me. Why? L&O (and its offshoots) are intelligently written, well acted and excellently produced... Oh, I see what you mean - they're good television, which generally doesn't make for popular television.
Sorry, I'm quite relaxed - and you're quite wrong. I have both the director's cut AND the "Studio" cut. In this very room. Check out this 3-disc edition
Slashdot Mirror
This looks promising as the basis of a new /. moderation system...
> DVD - Naughty Coed Cheerleaders in Heat IV
> Viewed 23,433 times
Does it have a good plot?
> f communication uses PKI, how do you spoof it?
Psycho Keneitc Interference? I'll just wear my aluminium foil propeller-head beanie!
> Quality Ratio
So people download loads of crud to reduce their quality DL.
Or they vote up the "quality rating" of stuff they've uploaded.
Of course, this is very client/server oriented, and doesn't translate well to P2P anyway.
> What other computer company creates actual 'brand loyalty' like Apple?
Commodore, Atari?
76.3% of all statistics are invented on the spot
> Hyundai has one of the best warranties for a automobile manufacturer,
And my experience is that Mitsubishi has the worst. It looks good when you read it, but wait until you try and make a claim...
In my experience, Sony's aftersales service on everything is shockingly poor. It's a shame, since they have some really great products. Although I never fail to be amazed by their just-out-of-warranty engineering. I have a Vaio F809K - the battery died when it was a week (actually 6 days) out of warranty. Most manufacturers would have replaced it either FOC or at a discout, just out of goodwill. Sony wanted full retail. I had a similar experience with a MiniDisc player (that was 3 weeks out of warranty).
I dropped the stylus of my Clie which snapped the tip. I called Sony, and was told a replacement would be UK£8 (that's about US$12 - for a Palm stylus!). Since I had no option but to buy it from them, I ordered one and was told it would be delivered by courier next day (probably accounts, at lease it part, for the rediculous price). Two weeks later, I arrive home and find a soggy (it was raining) cardboard box on the doorstep - delivered by mail.
The only GOOD story I have about Sony is my PS2 - it died a week before the warranty expired, so I took it back to the record store that supplied it - and they replaced it, no questions asked. But I do spend a lot of money in there.
So after the last 12 months experience, I doubt I'll be buying any more Sony products. Which, as I said before, is a shame, since they have some damn fine toys out there.
> How many times would those low scores be attributed to the consumer not having a clue
The consumer shouldn't be expected to have a clue. Or would you rather computers remained niche items owned only by the technological elite?
> jump out of airplanes before I take any customer support job.
Sounds like a good deal to me (some of us like jumping out of perfectly good aeroplanes)
> And the rest of us, frankly, ran out of quality files to upload after a while.
That's implicit in ratios, though. Ratios are - by definition - about quantity over quality. As you point out, imposing UL/DL ratios increases noise.
> Europeans contaminated the Americas with foreign animals and diseases etc..
Don't forget caucasians. They were our fault too...
> Since it's such a high profile case, it probably won't negatively affect his employment opportunities.
You should be right - the fact that he wrote DeCSS in the first place might have a positive affect - in inteverviews with techies. But most interviews are done by management, so maybe not so much help there.
The more important issue is that in many countries, a criminal record is an automatic bar to obtaining the security clearance necessary to work on defence (military) contracts. That potentially rules out a lot of jobs. It might also make it much harder (or even impossible) for him to obtain the visas necessary to work abroad.
> Of course you'd never get goodies like this from the big boys (aka Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic).
Information point: My Toshiba SD-200E plays all of the above except MP3s (and kitchen sinks!).
> I dont have it either.
:-)) - and it's not the delivery channel I'm questioning. You made the assertion that whis was done without consent when you wrote:
Your previous post implied otherwise:
"...uploaded the code to my TiVo...". (my emphasis)
> The article said they uploaded the code as part of their regular software upgrade
I know. I did actually read the article (unusual, I know
"How can you trust a company which would upload code to your box without your consent !!!"
How do you know that TiVo owners don't consent to having software updates when they sign up for the service?
I know for a fact that the subscription agreement for my satellite service allows the provider to upgrade the software in my receiver/decoder as and when they see fit (they have on several occasions) - and by signing the contract for the service, I consented to that condition. It's entirely possible that the contract for TiVo's service has a similar clause.
> For those of you that are not American, the $2 bill is something of a rarety since everybody hoards them.
I'm not American, and don't live in the US, and I have one.
> How can you trust a company which would upload code to your box without your consent !!!
Are you sure you didn't consent to it when you subscribed to their service? (This isn't a troll, it's a genuine question - I don't have TiVo)
> And 3 of the top ten shows are part of the law and order syndicate. That's pretty amazing if you ask me.
Why? L&O (and its offshoots) are intelligently written, well acted and excellently produced... Oh, I see what you mean - they're good television, which generally doesn't make for popular television.
Isn't that what search engines are for?
It'd help if I put in the URL, wouldn't it?
Sorry, I'm quite relaxed - and you're quite wrong. I have both the director's cut AND the "Studio" cut. In this very room. Check out this 3-disc edition
> the one with the whales
That would be Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
> It would have been better if they had a role for Tattoo in there.
Who?
This will be my 13th post today.
I'll help u (sic) with this one.
13 > 10
So take your randomly capitalised Insignificance and shove it up your ass.
no-one is your fsckin friend
I've made more than 2 posts today. And if I wanted to troll like you do, I'd make more than 10. What are you gibbering about?
I'm glad you aren't important enough to warrant your own name