But "they" told me!

[EricKei]

At work I haven't noticed any trends of a bunch of Samsung devices crapping out right near their warranty period.

I actually wouldn't have a problem with devices that crap out shortly BEFORE the warranty ends ^_^, provided that they were eligible for a cheap or free replacement if so. Much better than crapping out just afterwards...

[AccountingDrone]

I would love one of the old Nokia immortal stick phones, unfortunately I have Red Checkmark and it has the wrong phone service type I loved my old Treo before they changed to the type that required the data plan.

I just wish they would stop "improving" things that didn't need improving, and forcing it down my throat.

[Jester]

But "they" told me...

I don't know who this mysterious "they" are but apparently they are some shadowy group that only exist to make outrageous promises to our customers without leaving any record behind apparently as a means of playing some kind of sick joke on us.

Actually, I DO know who "they" are. In reality, "they" are imaginary people, because "they" don't exist. "They" is merely a flat out LIE told by asswipes to try to get something for free or on the cheap. And I had a perfect example of this yesterday at The Bar...

Couple sits down at the bar, just a few feet from the hostess stand.
WOMAN: "Hostess told us that we could get a Bloody Mary as a well drink."
ME: "I'm sorry that she told you that, but that is incorrect."
HOSTESS: (having overheard all of this, decides to interject) "Actually, what I said was I wasn't sure, and that you should ask Jester."
ME: "Sorry about the confusion."
WOMAN: "Well, at a lot of other places, a Bloody Mary is considered a well drink."
ME: "Yes, it is. But here it is not. I don't make the rules, folks. I just know them."

And at that, the couple decides to go somewhere else. Where else? Don't know. Don't care. Fuck those cheap bastards.

And they were cheaper than the above makes it sound. Because the above makes it sound like they were trying to get a Bloody Mary at the price of a well drink (not gonna happen) or as part of our happy hour special that has half price well drinks (also not gonna happen, as our happy hour is only Monday-Friday this time of year). But know, they were trying to get a Bloody Mary as the four dollar drink special we have on weekends. Which is not a well drink, but a particular and very specific cocktail that the bartenders decide on at the beginning of the day.

Ah, the dreaded 'this is ridiculous!' I never knew before I worked in tech support that this phrase is the battle cry of the entitled.

I don't think these people truly understand what the word ridiculous actually means. Having a piece of technology crap out on you and not getting a free replacement is not an example of ridiculous, but of inconvenient. Perhaps annoying. Maybe even aggravating. But not ridiculous.

Ridiculous is a person dressed in a pink elephant costume with a rainbow wig and a striped tutu hopping around on a pogo stick offering people free readings of Tolstoy in Pig Latin while accompanied by a backup band of kazoo-playing nuns on roller blades.

Besides the vibration motor, what moving parts does a Samsung Galaxy 3 contain?

All those angry birds and bad piggies, of course.

[XCashier]

I don't think these people truly understand what the word ridiculous actually means. Having a piece of technology crap out on you and not getting a free replacement is not an example of ridiculous, but of inconvenient. Perhaps annoying. Maybe even aggravating. But not ridiculous.

Ridiculous is a person dressed in a pink elephant costume with a rainbow wig and a striped tutu hopping around on a pogo stick offering people free readings of Tolstoy in Pig Latin while accompanied by a backup band of kazoo-playing nuns on roller blades.

If that weren't so long, I'd put it as my new signature! But you're right. SCs just don't have any sense of proportion. Everything less-than-wonderful that happens to them is a big, huge, earth-shattering tragedy.

[gerund]

Ridiculous is a person dressed in a pink elephant costume with a rainbow wig and a striped tutu hopping around on a pogo stick offering people free readings of Tolstoy in Pig Latin while accompanied by a backup band of kazoo-playing nuns on roller blades.

You forgot the bathtub full of multicoloured tools and the giraffe.

[Jester]

You forgot the bathtub full of multicoloured tools and the giraffe.

Now you're just getting kinky.

[dalesys]

... is a person dressed in a pink elephant costume with a rainbow wig and a striped tutu hopping around on a pogo stick offering people free readings of Tolstoy in Pig Latin while accompanied by a backup band of kazoo-playing nuns on roller blades.

You forgot the bathtub full of multicoloured tools and the giraffe.

Now that's what I call Church!
(Corn French weekend here)

[Jay 2K Winger]

Ridiculous is a person dressed in a pink elephant costume with a rainbow wig and a striped tutu hopping around on a pogo stick offering people free readings of Tolstoy in Pig Latin while accompanied by a backup band of kazoo-playing nuns on roller blades.

Or, as it's known in Key West (the capital city of Weird, USA): "Tuesday."

[Jester]

Key Weird, that's us!

[Kagato]

Keep in mind the S/NES had almost no moving parts. Its the mechanicals that get you ;P

Also, I wouldn't want to see the size of the cart it would take to get a Bluray game on.

Ever seen a Neo-Geo cartridge?

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That being said, neo-geo games are arcade-accurate, so they have an excuse to be massive cartridges

[Catwoman2965]

You'll pay full price for your phone that way, but flip phones are generally a hundred bucks or less these days.

Yes, but in the end, its still cheaper than getting one under contract for free, or next to nothing. I have VM no contract, and a Galaxy S2. I've had it about 2+ years. Phone was about $250, and my monthly cost (grandfathered in under their previous low rate) is $30 a month. So for phone and service, for 2 years, total cost is just under $1k. Its now about $40 a month (incl. tax) so just a bit more.

Figure on a 2 year contract, if the phone was say $99, but cost of service is double that, or even more, as it was when I gave the red checkmark the boot, current $60 a month, plus $99 for the phone, just over $1500 for 2 years. Or, at the higher previous rate of $100 a month, cost for 2 years would have been about $2500. I like to check out what they offer every now and again, but always realize I still get a better deal with what I have.

ALhtough I barely use my phone. I consider it an annoying necessity.

[Geek King]

Ever seen a Neo-Geo cartridge?

That being said, neo-geo games are arcade-accurate, so they have an excuse to be massive cartridges

I have seen those, in person, actually. And they should be arcade accurate, since its the same hardware you can get in the arcade cabinet, except the arcade cabinet had some extra bits for the coin-op and switching between four different games. There's a reason NEO-GEOs cost $800-1000 when they first came out.