Posts by FletcherB
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And on another subject....
Does $500 really seem too much to ask for the new-to-market decoder?
I dont have that sort of money spare, and wont be getting one until the price has settled.... but considering the price history of any new technology.... Commodore 64, PC, CD-Player, VHS, Playstation, Playstation2, etc.... all started in excess of $1000 before finishing their retail life at sub $200... Your $1800 TV would have been over $5000 three years ago, maybe $8000?
$500 just doesnt seem all that outrageous a starting point to me?
Early adopters always pay extra.... Seems the premium is lower than usual?
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I didnt hear Ralston before 5:00pm but he came back on after the news around 5:10 with "and I'm not going to talk about Russel Brown any more"... and then went on to make several of the comments you mentioned...
There was no reason given or explanation of what topic lead to it... but presumably it was a follow-up to something earlier. it was DEFINITELY "frothing at the mouth" stuff...
btw. you missed the 'best' line... "Journalist? He's not even a journalists bottom!"
I was bemused.... He does seem to rant a bit, and even plays up at being a curmudgeon... I wonder if its an intentional artificial persona?
Or, maybe the vast right wing conspiracy has put out secret instructions? Discredit the Brown.
:)
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Missed out on the free beer as all gone @ 11:05 am.
But did get a 2 for price of 1 offer as consolation... -
Must be some pretty funky maths that gives statistics under 0% or over 100%. I think we can be 100% certain that the real values will not be outside that range.
I think thats the whole point of providing the funky numbers..... to show how poor the original data is...
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I completely sympathize with Colin's "WTF"...
And that is why I loved the post... Thanks for warping my brain....
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When's the last time you saw even one doctor in a kiwi hospital?
In a public hospital? I've never seen ONE that I recall....
They seem to travel in packs.... you spend hours not seeing any, and then six arrive all at once.... One talks to you and the others all take notes and mumble to themselves. I assume this is training, but its never explained.... you're just gratefull you've been seen at all.
And then a nurse comes by and tells you whats actually happening...
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Worse still...
Although I havent seen it for a couple of years..
I twice saw email junk rumors, easily de-bunkable at www.snopes.com presented as fact in those little 1 or 2 paragraph side articles in the last column ... some six months or so after I first saw them in my email box.
You know the type of thing.... forward this hoax virus-warning to all your friends :)
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I completely jumped to a wrong conclusion from the subject of the post...
TV advertised in my childhood and still around 30 years later, but not well-enough known to have a wiki entry... ?
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I would have assumed the Pope would know he was being infallible when God told him he was?
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The only thing I know about the effectiveness of SSRI's (Aropax to be precise) was that it was pretty easy to guess when my flat-mate hadnt taken them....