And, they are right.
The lamps degrade over time, as well as the panels.
I see so many projectors fail due to non-cleaning.
panel overheats are an issue... because no end user really owns a projector, they usually use one at work and none of these people bother to clean the units filter.
This just adds to the speed of the failure.
most projectors I see have failures of the lamp and ballast units before the panels, probably because I get these downed projectors, find them filthy, clean and repair them before it kills the panels.
I have seen many, many kinds of projectors in both LCD and DLP, and the ones that seem to last longer are DLP units.
LCD units start biting the bullet after 3-4 years
and usually after 2 years the image quality is starting to degrade.
My recommendation to anyone that has ant of these projectors is to clean them regularly, allow them to cool properly (another BIG problem)
and, replace the lamp after the recommended usage.
some are 3,000 hours... some are 2,000...
If you do not replace the lamp after the usage limit, you risk an exploding lamp, damaged ballast, or main power supply. if its a DLP unit the color wheel can be shattered by an exploding lamp. I have had to replace quite a few of these because of this.
The projectors I find that fail the LEAST are
made by Sharp and Toshiba.
these are well made units that have lifespans of 10 years or more.
I see 10 year old sharps all the time.
altho, the panels are about wasted.
Remember, keep the filters clean, allow the units to cool properly and change the lamps when recommended, and your unit should function for many years before needing service.
I hope that someone finds this infoarmation informative and useful.
I pay for the bandwidth. I should use it in any way I want.
eventually, the cable companies, ect will decide to tap this resource and make you pay for every machine in your house.
even that internet enabled refrigerator:)
the subject says it all.
this looks and smells like a microsoft tactic.
please, everyone that reads this.. use their feedback link and tell them that this is just
NOT ACCEPTABLE.
we cannot allow companies the rights to use the laws that they lobby for against us.
This goes deeper, I encourage anyone to vote for your independants. not these 'bought' politicians.
They are targeting broadband in general.
I work for an electronics repair company...
we use road runner buisness class.
At work, I just recently wrote an application that interfaces with our database, and sends our customers email containing the status of their equiptment.
I just checked to see how many emails we send to that domain, and its a fair amount, I would say 15% of our customers.
this would create a problem for us communicating with potential or current customers.
im all for fighting spam, but are we collateral damage in this war?
Micro$oft coordinating the new gulf war.
The only thing they are doing at this point is damage control.
They are just attacking the younger generation with propaganda.
They need the support of a younger generation, because most of us arent listening to it.
this hardly seems fair.
I hope some company tries to sue them.
just because they dont want to pay to use the "Designed for Windows XP" logo, they are made to suffer?
If office depot does it, there will be others that follow suit.
I suggest that everyone watch this very closely, this will only get more interesting as time goes on.
looks like another tactic of Micro$oft to snatch that last dollar from some small company.
It could mean that some companies have to lay people off to pay the 'Micro$oft tax'
sad..
that perhaps the reason they dont see this in developing countries has anything to do with the quality of medical care? we find it, because we have better care and doctors to diagnose it, ect. in developing countries, your lucky to SEE a doctor. I hope they considered this factor...
DALnet has operators and admins that just dont care. Lets go back in history some. Everyone knows that there are some DALnet admins that were also packet kiddies. these admins basically tell the existing kiddies "you are free to do what you want, just dont attack my server" meanwhile, dalnet holds the largest kiddie population and they dont do anything about it. a network that I have a server on was attacked by these same kiddies. naturally, I find them on DALnet staging attacks. I have told the admins, opers and the EB of DALnet about this. I just get ignored or in some cases, killed. they dont want to hear it. a lot of the opers and admins have 'made deals with the devil' I am labeled as a threatening user because I hate packet kiddies.
NOW, as far as the trading if files, that will never stop. what are they going to do about it? they cant possibly close all of those channels or stop all of those people from doing it. looks like another DCC restriction. if you are looking for a network to put a server, dont even think about DALnet. I can get into many, many things but this would turn into a flame war. if you want to know more contact me off/. I can fill your inbox with logs, and incriminating information. such as, admins that ARE packet kiddies. and I will leave it at that.
How is this legal? How is this allowed?
If I owned a company and said hell with Microsoft software, and they walked into my company, I would throw them right out on the curb.
It's just that simple.
WHY are companies/municipalities allowing this!?
Just say no, you cant browse our computers to look for stuff, its private and none of their buisness!
End this madness!
I just happen to work in this industy.
it will take someone with exceptional soldering skills to pull this off, as too much heat will ruin that resistor.
my advise to anyone doing this is to get a friend that can solder well, or works in electronics.
I work with these components every day, all day.
and its not all its cracked up to be.
Use a low wattage iron, I recommend doing it as quickly as possible, the componenets are not forgiving!
If you burn it, well... get another one:)
If you ruin your card, you have been warned.
Get yourself a low wattage iron, some flux and some SMT wick and do it right.
and some solvents to clean the flux then your done.
probably not.
windows xp anti-piracy was cracked.
so was most of the other anti-piracy software.
I think these companies need to wake up and realise that the reason noone is buying their products is because they are trash.
not because of piracy....
piracy is a scapegoat they use with the shareholders to avoid the 'your products are trash, fix them!' response from shareholders.
I found it interesting that when M$ said it may pay a dividend, and that it beat the streets expectations, the stock price dropped.
looks like consumers are watching.
perhaps they want to spend their new found cash on nuclear weapons?
who knows...
remember, they are in a conflict with pakistan and they need to save money, and open source is the key to saving it.
linux, in my opinion will free the world of microsoft. but... I fear...
something will have to fill the void.
I just dont know who or what will. but lets hope its not worse than M$
'No technology is foolproof--anyone who has a computer knows how many times it crashes.'
lets hope the guns dont run Micoro$oft Window$
Otherwise, we are in big trouble.....
im glad someone is doing this on the behalf of its users. if only other isps do the same.
lets hope this is a wakeup call to the internet community at large.
spam will not be tolerated.
please, report your spam to spamcop, or your isp.
can someone enlighten me as to what the "average speed" is?
I was unaware there was an "average speed"
either you have a 12x or a 16x or a 48x
is there an "average speed"
give me a break.
I own several 48x burners and several 4x burners.
so, the average being 20x is what... 1 burner? or 10 burners?
bah... RIAA discusts me.
I just happen to be a technician, and the problem with todays electronics is definately cheap components.
I think one of the reasons for this problem is that noone takes pride in what they do, they just try to sell as many products as they can to meet shareholder expectations.
as far as Sony is concerned I have not seen many products failing in the warranty period, reason being is that they are designed to last at least until the warranty lapses.
this is why the extended service plans are starting to look really good.
I see more units with an ESP than with a manufacturer warranty, that are less than a year old.
its not just sony, but others as well... such as JVC, Phillips, Misubishi, GE, Sharp, ect.
if you want a quality product, the only products that are made to last these days are units labeled for commercial use.
these products typically use slightly better electrical parts, and some mechanical parts.
an example of a good quality commercial line is the Panasonic one.
they last, they keep parts in stock a long time, and they last.
its not uncommon to see commercial cameras and VCRs over 10-15 years old getting their first servicing. and they are still in use.
another decent line is the Sony commercial line.
I dont hold much hopes for Sharp or JVC, they look too much like upgraded consumer units.
a MAJOR problem with electronics nowadays is the massive failure of capacitors!
I see capacitors failing in power supplies every day. from cameras to recievers to TVs
this is a real problem.
and its costing the consumer millions because a $.10 part fails and takes down an entire circuit.
then, we get customers that look at this capacitor and say, "your charging me $75 to replace that thing?!"
they dont understand that we dont just open the unit and 'see' this. a lot of the time you cant tell by looking at it.
some of the time you have to remove the component to test it.
impossible when your dealing with SMT caps. once its out, its out for good.
you have to replace it.
its not uncommon to have a customer come in with a camera 'acting weird' thats 10 years old with bad caps.
open the tape door and take a smell, if you smell a repulsive fishy smell, kiss it goodbye.
so, the quality is definately declining at an alarming rate. and what are we goind to do with the waste? send it to southeast asia, as usual.
its a problem I think we as consumers and technicians need to address.
they steal our bandwidth, resources.
they steal our time.
surely something in here can be prosecuted for?
I doubt that even if we put him in jail that the spam would stop. there are too many of them and the only solution I see is pressure on isps and the SBL
soon isps arent going to want the negative publicity. perhaps a spam operation to promote awareness?
anything to educate the public to not buy what they read about in email. you have to hit them where it hurts, in the pocket. they will move on.
they are stealing MY bandwidth and MY screen space, as well as MY electricity and other things. MY cpu time and ram.... I can go on....
this is ridiculous. WE are stealing from THEM is ludicrous.
"I've even found one company that wants 10 years experience specifically with.NET -- go figure!"
is it just me, or has.NET not been around for 10 years? why post such ridiculous requirements if they are not possible?
I think not.
before long we will have 500 gig hard drives, which will make that 20-30 gig movie seem like nothing. the only thing stopping this is the fact that not everyone has a T3 at their disposal. there will always be piracy, and it always starts small, regardless of how large the storage requirements are.
Slashdot Mirror
And, they are right.
The lamps degrade over time, as well as the panels.
I see so many projectors fail due to non-cleaning.
panel overheats are an issue... because no end user really owns a projector, they usually use one at work and none of these people bother to clean the units filter.
This just adds to the speed of the failure. most projectors I see have failures of the lamp and ballast units before the panels, probably because I get these downed projectors, find them filthy, clean and repair them before it kills the panels.
I have seen many, many kinds of projectors in both LCD and DLP, and the ones that seem to last longer are DLP units.
LCD units start biting the bullet after 3-4 years and usually after 2 years the image quality is starting to degrade.
My recommendation to anyone that has ant of these projectors is to clean them regularly, allow them to cool properly (another BIG problem) and, replace the lamp after the recommended usage.
some are 3,000 hours... some are 2,000...
If you do not replace the lamp after the usage limit, you risk an exploding lamp, damaged ballast, or main power supply. if its a DLP unit the color wheel can be shattered by an exploding lamp. I have had to replace quite a few of these because of this.
The projectors I find that fail the LEAST are made by Sharp and Toshiba. these are well made units that have lifespans of 10 years or more.
I see 10 year old sharps all the time. altho, the panels are about wasted.
Remember, keep the filters clean, allow the units to cool properly and change the lamps when recommended, and your unit should function for many years before needing service.
I hope that someone finds this infoarmation informative and useful.
I pay for the bandwidth. I should use it in any way I want. :)
eventually, the cable companies, ect will decide to tap this resource and make you pay for every machine in your house.
even that internet enabled refrigerator
the subject says it all.
this looks and smells like a microsoft tactic.
please, everyone that reads this.. use their feedback link and tell them that this is just NOT ACCEPTABLE.
we cannot allow companies the rights to use the laws that they lobby for against us.
This goes deeper, I encourage anyone to vote for your independants. not these 'bought' politicians.
They are targeting broadband in general.
I work for an electronics repair company...
we use road runner buisness class.
At work, I just recently wrote an application that interfaces with our database, and sends our customers email containing the status of their equiptment.
I just checked to see how many emails we send to that domain, and its a fair amount, I would say 15% of our customers.
this would create a problem for us communicating with potential or current customers.
im all for fighting spam, but are we collateral damage in this war?
Micro$oft coordinating the new gulf war.
The only thing they are doing at this point is damage control.
They are just attacking the younger generation with propaganda.
They need the support of a younger generation, because most of us arent listening to it.
this hardly seems fair.
I hope some company tries to sue them.
just because they dont want to pay to use the "Designed for Windows XP" logo, they are made to suffer?
If office depot does it, there will be others that follow suit. I suggest that everyone watch this very closely, this will only get more interesting as time goes on.
looks like another tactic of Micro$oft to snatch that last dollar from some small company.
It could mean that some companies have to lay people off to pay the 'Micro$oft tax'
sad..
that perhaps the reason they dont see this in developing countries has anything to do with the quality of medical care?
we find it, because we have better care and doctors to diagnose it, ect.
in developing countries, your lucky to SEE a doctor.
I hope they considered this factor...
DALnet has operators and admins that just dont care.
/.
Lets go back in history some.
Everyone knows that there are some DALnet admins that were also packet kiddies.
these admins basically tell the existing kiddies "you are free to do what you want, just dont attack my server"
meanwhile, dalnet holds the largest kiddie population and they dont do anything about it.
a network that I have a server on was attacked by these same kiddies. naturally, I find them on DALnet staging attacks.
I have told the admins, opers and the EB of DALnet about this.
I just get ignored or in some cases, killed.
they dont want to hear it.
a lot of the opers and admins have 'made deals with the devil'
I am labeled as a threatening user because I hate packet kiddies.
NOW, as far as the trading if files, that will never stop.
what are they going to do about it?
they cant possibly close all of those channels
or stop all of those people from doing it.
looks like another DCC restriction.
if you are looking for a network to put a server, dont even think about DALnet.
I can get into many, many things but this would turn into a flame war.
if you want to know more contact me off
I can fill your inbox with logs, and incriminating information.
such as, admins that ARE packet kiddies.
and I will leave it at that.
How is this legal? How is this allowed?
If I owned a company and said hell with Microsoft software, and they walked into my company, I would throw them right out on the curb.
It's just that simple.
WHY are companies/municipalities allowing this!?
Just say no, you cant browse our computers to look for stuff, its private and none of their buisness!
End this madness!
I just happen to work in this industy. :)
it will take someone with exceptional soldering skills to pull this off, as too much heat will ruin that resistor.
my advise to anyone doing this is to get a friend that can solder well, or works in electronics.
I work with these components every day, all day. and its not all its cracked up to be.
Use a low wattage iron, I recommend doing it as quickly as possible, the componenets are not forgiving!
If you burn it, well... get another one
If you ruin your card, you have been warned.
Get yourself a low wattage iron, some flux and some SMT wick and do it right. and some solvents to clean the flux then your done.
Do it carefully!
probably not.
windows xp anti-piracy was cracked.
so was most of the other anti-piracy software.
I think these companies need to wake up and realise that the reason noone is buying their products is because they are trash.
not because of piracy....
piracy is a scapegoat they use with the shareholders to avoid the 'your products are trash, fix them!' response from shareholders.
I found it interesting that when M$ said it may pay a dividend, and that it beat the streets expectations, the stock price dropped.
looks like consumers are watching.
we are slashdot.
resistance is futile.
Are we using iPods WITH Linux or are we installing linux on the iPod and then installing the iPod stuff on linux? :)
needs a little clarification
troll. sod off and die. last thing we need are trolls.
perhaps they want to spend their new found cash on nuclear weapons?
who knows...
remember, they are in a conflict with pakistan and they need to save money, and open source is the key to saving it.
linux, in my opinion will free the world of microsoft. but... I fear...
something will have to fill the void.
I just dont know who or what will. but lets hope its not worse than M$
'No technology is foolproof--anyone who has a computer knows how many times it crashes.'
lets hope the guns dont run Micoro$oft Window$
Otherwise, we are in big trouble.....
im glad someone is doing this on the behalf of its users. if only other isps do the same. lets hope this is a wakeup call to the internet community at large. spam will not be tolerated. please, report your spam to spamcop, or your isp.
can someone enlighten me as to what the "average speed" is? I was unaware there was an "average speed" either you have a 12x or a 16x or a 48x is there an "average speed" give me a break. I own several 48x burners and several 4x burners. so, the average being 20x is what... 1 burner? or 10 burners? bah... RIAA discusts me.
I just happen to be a technician, and the problem with todays electronics is definately cheap components. I think one of the reasons for this problem is that noone takes pride in what they do, they just try to sell as many products as they can to meet shareholder expectations. as far as Sony is concerned I have not seen many products failing in the warranty period, reason being is that they are designed to last at least until the warranty lapses. this is why the extended service plans are starting to look really good. I see more units with an ESP than with a manufacturer warranty, that are less than a year old. its not just sony, but others as well... such as JVC, Phillips, Misubishi, GE, Sharp, ect. if you want a quality product, the only products that are made to last these days are units labeled for commercial use. these products typically use slightly better electrical parts, and some mechanical parts. an example of a good quality commercial line is the Panasonic one. they last, they keep parts in stock a long time, and they last. its not uncommon to see commercial cameras and VCRs over 10-15 years old getting their first servicing. and they are still in use. another decent line is the Sony commercial line. I dont hold much hopes for Sharp or JVC, they look too much like upgraded consumer units. a MAJOR problem with electronics nowadays is the massive failure of capacitors! I see capacitors failing in power supplies every day. from cameras to recievers to TVs this is a real problem. and its costing the consumer millions because a $.10 part fails and takes down an entire circuit. then, we get customers that look at this capacitor and say, "your charging me $75 to replace that thing?!" they dont understand that we dont just open the unit and 'see' this. a lot of the time you cant tell by looking at it. some of the time you have to remove the component to test it. impossible when your dealing with SMT caps. once its out, its out for good. you have to replace it. its not uncommon to have a customer come in with a camera 'acting weird' thats 10 years old with bad caps. open the tape door and take a smell, if you smell a repulsive fishy smell, kiss it goodbye. so, the quality is definately declining at an alarming rate. and what are we goind to do with the waste? send it to southeast asia, as usual. its a problem I think we as consumers and technicians need to address.
they steal our bandwidth, resources.
they steal our time.
surely something in here can be prosecuted for? I doubt that even if we put him in jail that the spam would stop. there are too many of them and the only solution I see is pressure on isps and the SBL soon isps arent going to want the negative publicity. perhaps a spam operation to promote awareness? anything to educate the public to not buy what they read about in email. you have to hit them where it hurts, in the pocket. they will move on.
they are stealing MY bandwidth and MY screen space, as well as MY electricity and other things. MY cpu time and ram.... I can go on.... this is ridiculous. WE are stealing from THEM is ludicrous.
"I've even found one company that wants 10 years experience specifically with .NET -- go figure!"
.NET not been around for 10 years? why post such ridiculous requirements if they are not possible?
is it just me, or has
oh, no! the spam will get thru!
stop this slashdotting immediately!
how will they get paid, after all the parent company is bankrupt :)
:P
so, the RIAA will never see a dime from MCI.
just my 2 cents, also
I think not. before long we will have 500 gig hard drives, which will make that 20-30 gig movie seem like nothing.
the only thing stopping this is the fact that not everyone has a T3 at their disposal.
there will always be piracy, and it always starts small, regardless of how large the storage requirements are.