I hate replying to myself, but here's another way of looking at it. Say we are contacted by a alien race, and they invite (or force) us to become part of a huge interstellar economy. What value would our brand names have there? None of us are ever likely to know, but I'd be willing to bet the answer would be somewhere between nada and zilch.
I think what he was trying to say is that a "brand", whether it's a collection of phonemes or a bitimage, has no value other than the artificial one that economics gives it (yes, artificial, meaning abstract human label).
As an example: You're in the desert on a survival course. What has "value" to you there is air, food, and water. Whether they're a brand name or found naturally is irrelevant to their true value, which is that of keeping you alive.
I agree that a brand *can* have an intrinsic value, but only within the context of it's economic system. Personally, given the many types of economies possible, I think it's likely that a lot of them have little true basis in reality....
LOL agreed about sports. Never understood why some people get so fanatical about watching sports (I like a good backyard scrap game of football once in a while, but I'm not fanatical about it).
Politics makes me mostly angry. That shouldn't surprise anyone:-)
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Slashdot has been terrible during business hours all week, for me. Traceroute shows it dying around Santa Clara somewhere...actually I've been noticing odd things all over the web this week. Must be all those streaming war videos. or something.
I think I saw some sleep once in Walmart....no, it was sold out. Here I am at 7:30AM posting on Slashdot instead of getting an extra hour of snooze. Sigh.;-)
What you saw is what is often labeled as a mirage. In a particularly clear atmosphere and certain conditions, light can be bent enough to see objects out of your direct line of sight. Sometimes they can even be magnified. The phenonmenon is common in deserts, less common around the ocean.
There are some people who think this is a myth, but I've seen them myself, in Arizona on particularly clear days (especially during days when the morning wind has scoured the sky clean, then subsided).
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Time to take out a large loan ?;-) I WANT one of these babies!
From what I've seen these kinds of problems vary a lot from printer to printer even within the same models. FE I have an 870 that *always* aligns nicely, while a friend nearby with an 870 has the same sorts of problems you do. He's printed far fewer sheets with his, too. OTOH mine has been completely disassembled, cleaned and reassembled.
Funny that; although Lexmark printers often have horrid print quality, and are slow, die sooner, etc...some of them seem to be more consistent aligning page to page. Of course most of the ones I've seen were newer. Hrm.
LOL. Reminds me of the old hardcopy terminal days, some of those things were so loud and jerked around so much printing.... we used to have some really good jokes.
You got a good one, then. I've seen lots of Apollos that failed within the first year, usually with the same symptoms you describe (worn moving parts; they're cheaply made) and small ink carridges.
I could have sworn they ones I've seen were remarked Lexmarks. Interesting....
I saw a Canon allinone about a year ago that was also a great photocopier; but man, was it slow. Print quality was worse then copy quality too (I just don't get that;-)
What I hate about the all-in-one stuff is trying to do basic maintenance - cleaning and rollers. They are a real beast to take apart and worse to put back together. More stuff to fail in them, too. If I was going to buy one, I'd make sure to spend a good chunk, and get an extended warranty, if possible.
How many cartridges have you gone thru, and does it seem to be staying true? I'd be interested in knowing.
"I had assumed that all HP models would have it in by now." Not the low end stuff I work on, but then I work on printers much less nowadays then I used to. Neither does my parents' HP - can't remember the model, but it's the one(one of the ones?) with the integrated memory card reader, and they just bought it about a year and a half ago. When I installed it for them it did the standard alignment sheet questionaire.
I wasn't aware that a lot of newer printers have autoalign. Time to do some catchup reading.;-) I mostly see the lower end stuff; very, very rarely see anything more than a couple hundred bucks, as generally offices have their own paid support.
Mayhaps I'll go take a look at HPs printer listings when I have time...
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I hate replying to myself, but here's another way of looking at it. Say we are contacted by a alien race, and they invite (or force) us to become part of a huge interstellar economy. What value would our brand names have there? None of us are ever likely to know, but I'd be willing to bet the answer would be somewhere between nada and zilch.
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I think what he was trying to say is that a "brand", whether it's a collection of phonemes or a bitimage, has no value other than the artificial one that economics gives it (yes, artificial, meaning abstract human label).
As an example: You're in the desert on a survival course. What has "value" to you there is air, food, and water. Whether they're a brand name or found naturally is irrelevant to their true value, which is that of keeping you alive.
I agree that a brand *can* have an intrinsic value, but only within the context of it's economic system. Personally, given the many types of economies possible, I think it's likely that a lot of them have little true basis in reality....
Disclaimer: IANAEconomist
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LOL agreed about sports. Never understood why some people get so fanatical about watching sports (I like a good backyard scrap game of football once in a while, but I'm not fanatical about it).
Politics makes me mostly angry. That shouldn't surprise anyone
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Well, they wanted the trout for breakfast.
*/me runs*
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As long as I'm not sitting in front of it!
Were you watching sports, or the news? Heh.
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I dropped a 19" out of a 3 story apartment window into an empty dumpster in the alleyway once.
What a blast that was. Talk about an earth-shattering *kaboom*. Funny thing was, nobody even seemed to notice. No cops, nothing. *grin*
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That struck me as odd too. Does that mean we get to do it again next year? ;-)
woohoo!
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Maybe it's Taco streaming his morning p0rn.
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Slashdot has been terrible during business hours all week, for me. Traceroute shows it dying around Santa Clara somewhere...actually I've been noticing odd things all over the web this week. Must be all those streaming war videos. or something.
;-)
I think I saw some sleep once in Walmart....no, it was sold out. Here I am at 7:30AM posting on Slashdot instead of getting an extra hour of snooze. Sigh.
SB
I stand corrected. Thanks, cscx.
Thank GOD they've quit selling those junkers. Now if they'll only die off, and go to landfills...I never, ever want to see one again.
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What you saw is what is often labeled as a mirage. In a particularly clear atmosphere and certain conditions, light can be bent enough to see objects out of your direct line of sight. Sometimes they can even be magnified. The phenonmenon is common in deserts, less common around the ocean.
There are some people who think this is a myth, but I've seen them myself, in Arizona on particularly clear days (especially during days when the morning wind has scoured the sky clean, then subsided).
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Now THAT'S a Beowulf cluster!
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Snap together cases are a repairmans nightmare.
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Mr. Reagan, sir:
I am so awed by that quote attributed to you:
"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes."
That quote will always be viewed as a insightful statement by one of our country's most revered leaders.
SB
*humor! guys!*
* 2 and 4 CPU models
;-) I WANT one of these babies!
* Up to 24Gb of RAM (6 * 4Gb modules)
* Built in boardcom TOE gigabit
* AGP 8X/Pro 110
* Optional SCSI or SATA adapters on board
* ZCRaid compatible for either SCSI or SATA RAID
Time to take out a large loan ?
*drool*
SB
"And does this make AMD part of the Axis of Evil now?"
Yup, time to start bombing those locations.
Oh...wait...I'm running an Athlon....
Oh, sh [ no carrier ]
Sheep don't moo.
SB
and it isn't just my socks.
A little while ago, Patriot II was leaked. There was an enormous hue and cry about it.
Whups, Plan A didn't work, let's try Plan B....
SB
From what I've seen these kinds of problems vary a lot from printer to printer even within the same models. FE I have an 870 that *always* aligns nicely, while a friend nearby with an 870 has the same sorts of problems you do. He's printed far fewer sheets with his, too. OTOH mine has been completely disassembled, cleaned and reassembled.
Funny that; although Lexmark printers often have horrid print quality, and are slow, die sooner, etc...some of them seem to be more consistent aligning page to page. Of course most of the ones I've seen were newer. Hrm.
SB
LOL. Reminds me of the old hardcopy terminal days, some of those things were so loud and jerked around so much printing.... we used to have some really good jokes.
Two lawyers, eh? No great loss, then.
SB
Hey, that's slick. Now I have something I can use my linux laptop to test printers with. Have to find time to try that out. Thanks.
SB
If they're horizontal lines, look for fuzzies/hair on the cartridge head.
If vertical there's probably an inked fuzzy somewhere in the feed system.
Yup on the cartridges. That's one nice thing about *some* Canons, the carts are lots cheaper. HP carts are expensive....sigh.
SB
You got a good one, then. I've seen lots of Apollos that failed within the first year, usually with the same symptoms you describe (worn moving parts; they're cheaply made) and small ink carridges.
I could have sworn they ones I've seen were remarked Lexmarks. Interesting....
SB
I saw a Canon allinone about a year ago that was also a great photocopier; but man, was it slow. Print quality was worse then copy quality too (I just don't get that
What I hate about the all-in-one stuff is trying to do basic maintenance - cleaning and rollers. They are a real beast to take apart and worse to put back together. More stuff to fail in them, too. If I was going to buy one, I'd make sure to spend a good chunk, and get an extended warranty, if possible.
Coffee time...
SB
How many cartridges have you gone thru, and does it seem to be staying true? I'd be interested in knowing.
;-) I mostly see the lower end stuff; very, very rarely see anything more than a couple hundred bucks, as generally offices have their own paid support.
"I had assumed that all HP models would have it in by now."
Not the low end stuff I work on, but then I work on printers much less nowadays then I used to. Neither does my parents' HP - can't remember the model, but it's the one(one of the ones?) with the integrated memory card reader, and they just bought it about a year and a half ago. When I installed it for them it did the standard alignment sheet questionaire.
I wasn't aware that a lot of newer printers have autoalign. Time to do some catchup reading.
Mayhaps I'll go take a look at HPs printer listings when I have time...
SB