Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-31 Thread briand
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:03:24 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell wrote: > > Manufacturers are not doing this because the consumer wants it. They > are doing it to cut costs. And they think they can get away with it. > And sadly, in most cases, they are right. Most consumers can't even > tell that they

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:35:49 -0500 (EST), Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:23:30 +0100 Simon Hollenbach wrote: >> Stephen Powell wrote: >>> ... >>> You might enjoy my anti-winmodem rant in the following web page: >>> >>>      http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm >>> >>> It's in the

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Simon Hollenbach
- Original message - > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:23:30 +0100 Simon Hollenbach > shared this with us all: > > > - Original message - > > > You might enjoy my anti-winmodem rant in the following web page: > > > > > >        http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm > > Link broken,

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:23:30 +0100 Simon Hollenbach shared this with us all: >- Original message - >> You might enjoy my anti-winmodem rant in the following web page: >> >>      http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm >Link broken, most certainly u meant: >http://users.wowway.com/~zl

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Simon Hollenbach
- Original message - > You might enjoy my anti-winmodem rant in the following web page: > >      http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm Link broken, most certainly u meant: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm > It's in the "Crucial Background Information" section. >    .'

[OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:53:00 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > ... > I would go with George Carlin here: When you see how stupid an average > consumer is, consider that half of them are even more stupid than that. > ... I enjoyed your rant. It reminds me of the "winmodems" which have been rammed