For an out of warranty consumer item that you may have paid $500 (box+lifetime sub) for, you were able to get a replacement from the company for just $80?!?
Sounds like a good deal. I would KILL for that kind of replacement policy on anything else.
If you have a surround sound rig, you can probably just mute the center channel, and boost the surround channels. That should raise the crowb noise enough to almost drown out the commentary.
Even if you only have a two speaker (simple stereo) setup, you can connect the +left and +right wires to the two terminals of one speaker to get the L-R signal, which should be the surround sound, crowd noise. If you connect the +left and +right wires to one terminal of the speaker, and then ground the remaining terminal to -left and -right, you'll get the L+R signal, the commentator.
Disclaimer: if bad things befall your hifi doing this, it's not my fault.
Ah yes, the good old Commodores. Before Windows required you to use the oxymoronically labeled "Start" button to shutdown the PC, the Commodore's had the RUN STOP key.
Anyone know why yuo had to hold RUN STOP and then bang on the RESTORE key sharply to get it to stop? Why not just a regular press on RESTORE?
Q: Trekkies like to hear anecdotes. Tell us of some funny incident during the production of the movie.
A: Right in the middle of the most emotional moment of our interview with James Doohan the camera ran out of film, interrupting Mr. Doohan in the middle of his story about a suicide note he had received from a fan. He couldn't wait until the camera was reloaded because he was already late to be on stage. The convention security people said there would not be time for a second interview so it seemed like we would never find out what happened to the suicidal woman. We were determined to find out so we waited four hours until after Mr. Doohan spoke on stage and then signed several hundred autographs and then Denise asked him if he could kindly come back to finish his story. Despite being exhausted from the day's convention events, he graciously agreed, and he told us the rest of the story, which became the most touching moment in the film. I can't believe we almost didn't get that story.
I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark, When he made Pearl Harbor. I miss you more then that movie missed the point, And that's an awful lot girl. And now, now you've gone away, And all I'm trying to say, Is Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you
I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school, He was terrible in that film. I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part, He's way better then Ben Affleck. And now all I can think about is your smile, And that shitty movie too, Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you
(Interlude)
Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies. I guess Pearl Harbor sucked, Just a little bit more then I miss you.
I haven't been in a NYC crown vic cab since after 1998, so it could be that recent crown vics are as cushy as the linc townies.
I can tell you that subjectively, the towncar felt like a smoother nicer ride than crown vics at the time (early 90s). It could have been that the fleet of lincs were newer than your average yellow cab, that the cars were better maintained, that their drivers were more cautious, that the interior trim gave better noise insulation, etc etc.
As for price, it's been a while, so I can't recall. But in general, it's a pre-agreed amount that they will tell you over the phone when you book the car.
This is a very good point. Almost every mail in offer for "book of the month club" or "10$ rebate" has the fine print ON the thing you're mailing back. You need to make a photo copy of it, BOTH sides, before you send it back.
I've found car services in NYC (esp. the Lincoln company) to be very good. You can sit up front with the driver if you want, chat with them, etc. And a Lincoln towncar is a much more comfortable ride compared to a crown vic, esp over potholes.
Not so fast. You do realize that some agreements have a clause like this in them:
We [the company] reserve the right to change the terms of this agreement at any time...
Mildly worrying in a mag sub agreement, VERY scary in a credit card agreement. Credit card companies usually send out a tiny pamphlet with changes to their user agreement, and this is sometimes buried deep deep in the fine print.
Even if they autorenew you and bll you, you can cancel the sub. Unless the original subsction contract included a clause for billing you the full amount even if you cancel for the year, they can't go after you.
What they can do is ask you to renew, disguised as a bill. They can further diaguise the renewal attempt as an attempt to collect debt. That they had this renewal request come from a collection agency is totally scummy. Just because a "collection agency" sent you a request to pay money doesn't necessarily mean it's a legal debt collection action. They're hoping some folks won't known the difference and will pony up the $12.
Reading the responses about people having run in with credit card companies and debt collection agencies gets me very mad that such companies will prey on people. CC companies shotgun blast credit offers to everyone under the sun, give you low intro rates and cash rebates. But screw up once, and they think they own your ass.
Screw them. Unless it's tuition or a mortgage or possibly a car, it's not worth it to me to pay out interest payments. I don't carry debt otherwise. I don't need the latest video card with 1GB RAM or a bling 75" plasma.
If the letter is regarding legit debt, like an overdue credit card bill, then they can continue to send you letters and/or call you, within certain limits.
If you reply in writing that you don't believe that the debt is legit, as in they say you owe them for a mag subscription, but you never signed up for such, they have to stop pending further investigation. Usually, it ends here.
Know your rights, and don't be afraid to push back. Even if a collection agency is after you for legit debt, there are limits to what they are allowed to do.
This Wired thing, on the other hand, is bogus. It's just a "renew, please!" letter written to said vaguely legally threatening.
Parent nailed it perfectly. It doesn't matter that the question was about a car and coffee maker. The questions is to solicit from you what your priorities are in problem solving, and to give insight about how willing you are to ask questions.
The interviewee should have fired back all of these questions:
Why does this need to be done? What exactly do you need this to do? When does this need to be done? Who will be working on it? What boundaries are there on how this should be done?
If you got fixated on coffee and the car, you failed the question.
Mod the parent up. This is a serious concern. From the Apple fime print:
Section 2: Total approx. retail value of Grand Prize: U.S. $15,385 to $18,385. Section 9: Taxes. All taxes associated with the receipt or use of the prizes are the sole responsibility of each winner.
Assuming 20% tax, that's over $3,000 you'll need to pony up to the feds. Ouch.
If you look at the wood between the lcd screen and the scroll wheel, that thin segment of wood is running across the grain. That is a potential weak point.
Plus, he's using hot glue to hold the iPod components to the wood. Wouldn't the iPod get hot enough during playback and recharging to cause the hot glue to loosen? Yikes!
If it was a fresh install of the OS, I probably would have said Screw it and reinstalled the OS from disc. Not worth having the doubt that it may still be on the system somewhere.
I've with you on the matter of bad UI on DVD menus. I've seen several DVD menus where an setting will have two choices. There's no way to tell which setting is currently active, because one choice is lit up in one color, and the other is lit an another color. Thanks a lot.
That's not a bad idea. The only problem is that typical window air conditions only put out chilled air in bursts, during their duty cycles. The rest of the time, they just recirculate room air (to allow it refridgerant time to recompress, I believe). So during the recirculate part of the cycle, your PC would get room temperature air. Depending on your system, that might be ok, or disasterous.
I've heard of people who pump air from cool parts of their house into their PCs. Here's one link:
From the article: "To catch the show, go outside after sunset today and find a spot with a clear view of the western horizon, Young said. As the sky darkens, Venus will be the first astral body to emerge, as it's the brightest object in the heavens after the sun and moon. Mercury and Saturn will show themselves soon afterward -- both being about as bright as the other, and shining with a pale, yellowish light."
The Tick: Arthur! We need a battle cry! Something that'll strike fear in the hearts of our foes. Author: Well, how about "Not in the face, not in the face!" The Tick: Hmm, lacks vim, chum. How about... SPOON!!!
If you anchored the loose end of the media and threw out the cartridge, I would imagine that the cartridge would tumble in midair, and cause the unwinding tape to jam and snag. And probably snap.
If you anchored the cartridge and tossed the loose end of the media, I'd imagine that it would be a more controlled despooling. Until the spool bearing overheated and seized up.
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For an out of warranty consumer item that you may have paid $500 (box+lifetime sub) for, you were able to get a replacement from the company for just $80?!?
Sounds like a good deal. I would KILL for that kind of replacement policy on anything else.
Tom
If you have a surround sound rig, you can probably just mute the center channel, and boost the surround channels. That should raise the crowb noise enough to almost drown out the commentary.
Even if you only have a two speaker (simple stereo) setup, you can connect the +left and +right wires to the two terminals of one speaker to get the L-R signal, which should be the surround sound, crowd noise. If you connect the +left and +right wires to one terminal of the speaker, and then ground the remaining terminal to -left and -right, you'll get the L+R signal, the commentator.
Disclaimer: if bad things befall your hifi doing this, it's not my fault.
Tom
Ah yes, the good old Commodores. Before Windows required you to use the oxymoronically labeled "Start" button to shutdown the PC, the Commodore's had the RUN STOP key.
Anyone know why yuo had to hold RUN STOP and then bang on the RESTORE key sharply to get it to stop? Why not just a regular press on RESTORE?
Tom
I loved the scene in the documentary Trekkies where Doohan talks befriending a suicidal fan.
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I found this link which gave more info about that part of the documentary.
http://www.treknation.com/interviews/roger_nygard
Q: Trekkies like to hear anecdotes. Tell us of some funny incident during the production of the movie.
A: Right in the middle of the most emotional moment of our interview with James Doohan the camera ran out of film, interrupting Mr. Doohan in the middle of his story about a suicide note he had received from a fan. He couldn't wait until the camera was reloaded because he was already late to be on stage. The convention security people said there would not be time for a second interview so it seemed like we would never find out what happened to the suicidal woman. We were determined to find out so we waited four hours until after Mr. Doohan spoke on stage and then signed several hundred autographs and then Denise asked him if he could kindly come back to finish his story. Despite being exhausted from the day's convention events, he graciously agreed, and he told us the rest of the story, which became the most touching moment in the film. I can't believe we almost didn't get that story.
And us sitting in the theater at the time:
"OMG! He actually cursed!"
"OMG!!! They actually killed him off!!!"
Tom
Trey Parker & Matt Stone said it best.
Song: The End of an Act Lyrics
I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark,
When he made Pearl Harbor.
I miss you more then that movie missed the point,
And that's an awful lot girl.
And now, now you've gone away,
And all I'm trying to say,
Is Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you
I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school,
He was terrible in that film.
I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part,
He's way better then Ben Affleck.
And now all I can think about is your smile,
And that shitty movie too,
Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you
(Interlude)
Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies.
I guess Pearl Harbor sucked,
Just a little bit more then I miss you.
I didn't know about the shared Ford panther platform until you mentioned it. I found some interesting stuff here:
http://www.answers.com/topic/lincoln-town-car
http://www.answers.com/topic/ford-crown-victoria
I haven't been in a NYC crown vic cab since after 1998, so it could be that recent crown vics are as cushy as the linc townies.
I can tell you that subjectively, the towncar felt like a smoother nicer ride than crown vics at the time (early 90s). It could have been that the fleet of lincs were newer than your average yellow cab, that the cars were better maintained, that their drivers were more cautious, that the interior trim gave better noise insulation, etc etc.
As for price, it's been a while, so I can't recall. But in general, it's a pre-agreed amount that they will tell you over the phone when you book the car.
Tom
This is a very good point. Almost every mail in offer for "book of the month club" or "10$ rebate" has the fine print ON the thing you're mailing back. You need to make a photo copy of it, BOTH sides, before you send it back.
Tom
I've found car services in NYC (esp. the Lincoln company) to be very good. You can sit up front with the driver if you want, chat with them, etc. And a Lincoln towncar is a much more comfortable ride compared to a crown vic, esp over potholes.
Tom
Not so fast. You do realize that some agreements have a clause like this in them:
We [the company] reserve the right to change the terms of this agreement at any time...
Mildly worrying in a mag sub agreement, VERY scary in a credit card agreement. Credit card companies usually send out a tiny pamphlet with changes to their user agreement, and this is sometimes buried deep deep in the fine print.
Tom
Even if they autorenew you and bll you, you can cancel the sub. Unless the original subsction contract included a clause for billing you the full amount even if you cancel for the year, they can't go after you.
What they can do is ask you to renew, disguised as a bill. They can further diaguise the renewal attempt as an attempt to collect debt. That they had this renewal request come from a collection agency is totally scummy. Just because a "collection agency" sent you a request to pay money doesn't necessarily mean it's a legal debt collection action. They're hoping some folks won't known the difference and will pony up the $12.
Reading the responses about people having run in with credit card companies and debt collection agencies gets me very mad that such companies will prey on people. CC companies shotgun blast credit offers to everyone under the sun, give you low intro rates and cash rebates. But screw up once, and they think they own your ass.
Screw them. Unless it's tuition or a mortgage or possibly a car, it's not worth it to me to pay out interest payments. I don't carry debt otherwise. I don't need the latest video card with 1GB RAM or a bling 75" plasma.
Tom
You've described Instant Runoff Voting:
http://www.fairvote.org/?page=178
You rank the candidates in order of preference. If the candidate that you picked as #1 didn't beat everyone, then it doe to the #2 candidate, etc.
It's worth considering.
Tom
If the letter is regarding legit debt, like an overdue credit card bill, then they can continue to send you letters and/or call you, within certain limits.
If you reply in writing that you don't believe that the debt is legit, as in they say you owe them for a mag subscription, but you never signed up for such, they have to stop pending further investigation. Usually, it ends here.
Know your rights, and don't be afraid to push back. Even if a collection agency is after you for legit debt, there are limits to what they are allowed to do.
This Wired thing, on the other hand, is bogus. It's just a "renew, please!" letter written to said vaguely legally threatening.
Tom
Parent nailed it perfectly. It doesn't matter that the question was about a car and coffee maker. The questions is to solicit from you what your priorities are in problem solving, and to give insight about how willing you are to ask questions.
The interviewee should have fired back all of these questions:
Why does this need to be done?
What exactly do you need this to do?
When does this need to be done?
Who will be working on it?
What boundaries are there on how this should be done?
If you got fixated on coffee and the car, you failed the question.
Tom
Mod the parent up. This is a serious concern. From the Apple fime print:
Section 2: Total approx. retail value of Grand Prize: U.S. $15,385 to $18,385.
Section 9: Taxes. All taxes associated with the receipt or use of the prizes are the sole responsibility of each winner.
Assuming 20% tax, that's over $3,000 you'll need to pony up to the feds. Ouch.
Tom
LOL! If I still had my C=64, I'd try that out right now.
Color me gullible.
Tom
If you look at the wood between the lcd screen and the scroll wheel, that thin segment of wood is running across the grain. That is a potential weak point.
Plus, he's using hot glue to hold the iPod components to the wood. Wouldn't the iPod get hot enough during playback and recharging to cause the hot glue to loosen? Yikes!
Tom
If it was a fresh install of the OS, I probably would have said Screw it and reinstalled the OS from disc. Not worth having the doubt that it may still be on the system somewhere.
Tom
I've with you on the matter of bad UI on DVD menus. I've seen several DVD menus where an setting will have two choices. There's no way to tell which setting is currently active, because one choice is lit up in one color, and the other is lit an another color. Thanks a lot.
Tom
That's not a bad idea. The only problem is that typical window air conditions only put out chilled air in bursts, during their duty cycles. The rest of the time, they just recirculate room air (to allow it refridgerant time to recompress, I believe). So during the recirculate part of the cycle, your PC would get room temperature air. Depending on your system, that might be ok, or disasterous.
I've heard of people who pump air from cool parts of their house into their PCs. Here's one link:
http://overclockers.com/tips1121/
Tom
From the article: "To catch the show, go outside after sunset today and find a spot with a clear view of the western horizon, Young said. As the sky darkens, Venus will be the first astral body to emerge, as it's the brightest object in the heavens after the sun and moon. Mercury and Saturn will show themselves soon afterward -- both being about as bright as the other, and shining with a pale, yellowish light."
Tom
> "Shoot him in the face! Shoot him in the face!"
[paraphrased from memory]
The Tick: Arthur! We need a battle cry! Something that'll strike fear in the hearts of our foes.
Author: Well, how about "Not in the face, not in the face!"
The Tick: Hmm, lacks vim, chum. How about... SPOON!!!
Tom
If you anchored the loose end of the media and threw out the cartridge, I would imagine that the cartridge would tumble in midair, and cause the unwinding tape to jam and snag. And probably snap.
If you anchored the cartridge and tossed the loose end of the media, I'd imagine that it would be a more controlled despooling. Until the spool bearing overheated and seized up.
Tom
http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php
in case you can't be bothered to convert binary to decimal to ascii...
New outfits came as a distraction during a restructuring of benefits. Yes, you worker bees no longer get a pension, but look, new outfits!
As for the new accent, they outsourced.
Tom