Yes, of course - the eeeevile telemarketers cracked into his checking account, debited it for this instrument, and shipped it to him, whereupon it used its eeeevile marketing mindcontrol powers to make him tell his secretary to plug it in and set it up.
Considering he's having to cold-call people just for handyman work, I'll bet his IQ isn't on the higher side of the bell curve. Of course, no salesman would ever take advantage of the customer's lack of intelligence just to make a sale.
First off, I wasn't trolling, just pointing out something that wasn't so obvious unless the article was read: This was not some 200-minimum-wage-lackies-in-a-smoky-room-telemarke ter, it was a normal human being who made a mistake.
Now I know your retort will be "well! The law code is so hard that the average person can't understand it and can't afford a lawyer to double check the legality of every action! WAAAAAAAA!"
Wrong. I'm sure that whatever honest firm that sold him the autodialer told him everything there is to know about telemarketing law, explaining it in plain English.
This sounds like some poor schmo who was sold an autodialer and forced his (now unemployed) secretary to program it. Sucks that the lawyer had to go after a legit business owner that actually works hard for that $500.
Too bad he couldn't just extort the name of the phone number list seller out of the guy, and go after "the dealer."
At school we had an LCD projector that has severe color skew after 2 1/2 years of use.
Come on, confess. You know you dropped the projector.
The only ways for image alignment to go bad on an LCD projector is either severe circuitry problems or rapid decelleration. I'd bet it's the second choice.
There really wasn't much information provided on the methodology in this article. Did they leave just the one image or did it shift thru? Were any of the projectors shut off at any point (besides changing bulbs)? What were the conditions of the room/area in which the projectors were stored - ventilation, sunlight, etc.?
Good point! A DLP chip is basically just a bunch of reflectors on swivels. On a still image, the reflectors never swivel, thus theoretically the DLP chip will last 'forever.'
Being a mechanical device, the DLP will wear according to the level of activity in the projected image.
A real test of lifespan for these would be off-channel snow from a TV tuner. (Basically random video noise.)
Isn't the average lifespan for the bulbs in these projectors around 5000 hrs of use? Perhaps a weak bulb is incapable of providing a crisp image after that long.
Nope. Average lifespans are about 1500 hours. A weak lamp will only dims the image, it does not affect sharpness of the image.
Oh, and the LCD and DLP projectors both use the same type of lamps, with the same lifespans and problems.
There's a black pixel on this post just a little above the third '0' of "Apple?s iTunes Music store sold 275,000". It's supposed to be some sort of.gif but if you click on it it does a search for this post...talk about redundant. I think it might be some sort of FBI spy pixel maskerading as something innocent. Then again, maybe it's time for an increase in my dosage.
Don't you worry. It's just a kiddypr0n pic posted with Width and Height tags = 1.
So far the only real complaint I'd have against the apple store is the light selection in comparison to amazon.com. I'm beginning to think this is the real reason they made safari and the browser was an after thought.
Amazon isn't having to deal with song-by-song distribution like Apple is, nor do they have to procure rights from individual record labels.
Also some one-hit-wonders have protected their one hit by not letting it be purchased alone (Dirty Vegas - Days Go By). Sorta goes against the whole principle of downloadable music empowering the consumer.
I don't know if it's true in the case of Dirty Vegas, but some songs are hindered by performance rights issues, especially if they contain samples. The owners of the song's rights may have released them with the stipulation that the song remain part of the whole album package. There are many albums in The Store that are incomplete for these very reasons.
Do you mean Sound Check? I don't have a Mac to check right now, but if I understand that technology correctly, it smooths the volume of the entire song.
Actually, it adjusts the level of the complete song as a package up to where the loudest point in the song is at maximum volume.
Anti-Shock protection? Hard drives and solid state electronics skip now? Since when? Did I miss a meeting again?
You must have. Hard drives (even sub-miniature ones) have mechanical parts that are sensitive to mechanical shock. The heads, tiny as they are, still have mass, and can still be momentarily misaligned by mechanical shocks.
Don't believe me? Toss your laptop on the floor during boot. You'll see.
(No, I'm not buying you a new laptop after you break yours.)
The widest part of an equilateral triangle is at the edge. If it doesn't fall through when placed correctly there is no orientation where it will fall through, since no other orientation is wider than an edge.
You're still not thinking in 3 dimensions.
Rotate the cover on either the X or Y axis. For simplicity, do this by picking up one corner and standing the cover on one edge. Now, rotate the cover 60 degrees on an axis perpendicular to the cover's current position. Now you've got it standing on one corner, with one edge perpendicular to the ground. Now you can drop it right down the hole, because the width of the cover from the center of the (now) vertical edge to the opposing point is less than the length of the edge of the hole.
Unfortunately for Blockbuster, the lie is a bit more visible as new DVDs already sell for LESS or the same than VHS copies of the same movies- and this is with bonus materials! They're raising their prices because they've managed to displace the little guys in most areas and their profits are lower because of the recession.
Could also be that DVDs are proving to be much more easily damaged than VHS tapes were. Some time back the story was started with the general public that CD-sized disks were 'perfect and impervious to damage.' Thus, Mr. Public cares not about sliding the disks across their coffee table and letting Jr cram it into the machine. Get a glitch (even torn tapes can be repaired to a playable condition) in a VHS tape, and the player just keeps on rolling tape. Get a glitch (minor scratch, etc.) in a DVD, and you're lucky if you don't have to restart the movie entirely.
Yes, I've had to get the Mother's Mag Wheel Polish after a few rental DVDs just to get them to play.
The glorious special effects contained therein caused me to reflect on how, up until very recently, it would have been impossible to effectively realize many great science fiction novels on film.
Actually it is quite easy to 'realize' a great scifi story on film. Unfortunately, most people would dismiss it as "a cartoon" and wouldn't allow themselves to enjoy it.
It's called 'animation.'
Actually, most scifi movies now are just animation, but at a much higher resolution and framerate.
All the technology in the world doesn't make the storytelling any better. (*cough* Star Wars Episode 1 *cough*)
I'll never use OSX until Apple drastically reduces thair hardware cost. OSX simply isn't an issue.
Good. Don't.
Should Apple choose to do what it takes to "drastically reduce their hardware costs" (ie: Use cheap hardware, eliminate tech support, increase tolerances) I won't be using OSX any more. I hate buying crap that doesn't last.
I should probably mention, however, that I am perfectly aware of the origins of the name "Easter" - yet, that is another case of paganism polluting Christianity, not the other way around.
However, as far as "forcing beliefs" on people - you are a bit of a jackass, aren't you?
The first time I go a week without hearing how evil I must be for choosing not to be christian is the week become less of a jackass.
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It's got nothing to do with God coming to earth in the form of a man to pay the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. Let's dress this holiday up just like we dress up every other Christian holiday and turn something sacred into a great way to sell Cadbury Eggs.
It's a pagan holiday. Just because you christians decide to celebrate somthing else this weekend doesn't mean you can dictate the was the rest of us spend our day.
I can't stand the silliness that is indulged in the name of "celebrating" Christian holidays. I hate Satan "I do not exist" Claus, and I DESPISE the "easter bunny." If you wanna be a pagan, fine - not my business - but for those who claim to be Christian to celebrate the most holy-days of our faith with pagan nonsense is stupid.
Why stupid? Christmas is just a bunch of pagan celebrations (Winter Solstice, etc.) misapproprated by christians for their own use in forcing their beliefs on the general public. Think Easter is any different?
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Too bad he couldn't just extort the name of the phone number list seller out of the guy, and go after "the dealer."
The only ways for image alignment to go bad on an LCD projector is either severe circuitry problems or rapid decelleration. I'd bet it's the second choice.
Being a mechanical device, the DLP will wear according to the level of activity in the projected image.
A real test of lifespan for these would be off-channel snow from a TV tuner. (Basically random video noise.)
Of course, that might not make TI look good.
Oh, and the LCD and DLP projectors both use the same type of lamps, with the same lifespans and problems.
Please unlock your front door for us. Thanks.
If you're telling me you can tell the difference (with your ears) while sitting at your computer or in your car, then you are full of shit.
Really, we will.
We won't break too much along the way.
We promise.
(It's humor, laugh.)
Don't believe me? Toss your laptop on the floor during boot. You'll see.
(No, I'm not buying you a new laptop after you break yours.)
- Risk dying upon reentry if the calculated damage figures are correct.
- Meet the certain fate of freezing to death staying out in space while committees decide if they can bring you home.
I don't want any warning before I die. My affairs are in order. So were the affairs of the astronauts.Rotate the cover on either the X or Y axis. For simplicity, do this by picking up one corner and standing the cover on one edge. Now, rotate the cover 60 degrees on an axis perpendicular to the cover's current position. Now you've got it standing on one corner, with one edge perpendicular to the ground. Now you can drop it right down the hole, because the width of the cover from the center of the (now) vertical edge to the opposing point is less than the length of the edge of the hole.
Pythagoras can probably explain this better.
Yes, I've had to get the Mother's Mag Wheel Polish after a few rental DVDs just to get them to play.
It's called 'animation.'
Actually, most scifi movies now are just animation, but at a much higher resolution and framerate.
All the technology in the world doesn't make the storytelling any better. (*cough* Star Wars Episode 1 *cough*)
Should Apple choose to do what it takes to "drastically reduce their hardware costs" (ie: Use cheap hardware, eliminate tech support, increase tolerances) I won't be using OSX any more. I hate buying crap that doesn't last.
ps: Fb- is the father.
B: You got your christianity in my paganism!
Mmmm, tasty!
Don't believe me? Here's the real story about how Eastre was originally a pagan celebration