• Enterprise Architect (unregistered) in reply to KP
    KP:
    The actual think is probably like 5' high…
    74 inches actually, or a bit over 6 feet. They do list the actual size on the page.
  • (cs) in reply to Design Pattern

    There's nothing wrong with the first pic. The area just has depth testing disabled.

    Design Pattern:
    I didn't know that you could use vi to edit the info on your credit card.

    Even if that costs a "fee fee", i think it is a convincing argument in the great emacs/vi editor-wars.

    Hm, but i guess that $ vi visa works only on VISA cards and for American Express you have to type: $ emacs amex

    For Mastercard, there's everything else.
  • quisling (unregistered) in reply to operagost
    operagost:
    Steve the Cynic:
    Technically it is a brokerage fee. The booking agent from which you buy the ticket (e.g. Ticketmaster, a name USians might know) charges you a fee to support their operation.
    Usians, eh? I'm in Ukia right now, but next time I'm in Usia I'll be sure to ask about Ticketmaster.
    You must be a VB programmer... No? Eiffel?
  • sino (unregistered) in reply to quisling
    quisling:
    operagost:
    Steve the Cynic:
    Technically it is a brokerage fee. The booking agent from which you buy the ticket (e.g. Ticketmaster, a name USians might know) charges you a fee to support their operation.
    Usians, eh? I'm in Ukia right now, but next time I'm in Usia I'll be sure to ask about Ticketmaster.
    You must be a VB programmer... No? Eiffel?
    I SEe WHat YOu DId THere.
  • (cs)

    No fair taking business away from Photoshop Disasters, I say! No fair!

  • (cs) in reply to KP

    Maybe it's in fact the Bonsai Bouncer (zing!)

  • (cs) in reply to powerlord

    [quote user="powerlord"][quote]You think that's weird? There are some people who think weird is spelled "wierd!"[/quote]

    It is a new word to describe very odd cable configurations -- wired weirdly -- wierd

  • (cs) in reply to Warren
    Warren:
    If you want to comment on this article, just save it to your desktop, open it in Word, print it out, scan it in, place the picture in Word, save the document to your desktop, and email the Word document to Alex.

    you got the sequence wrong save to desktop open in word print it out place on wooden table have a digital photo taken by Irish Girl scan the photo in open in word save it to the desktop then mail it to Alex

  • Someone (unregistered) in reply to avflinsch
    avflinsch:
    Warren:
    If you want to comment on this article, just save it to your desktop, open it in Word, print it out, scan it in, place the picture in Word, save the document to your desktop, and email the Word document to Alex.

    you got the sequence wrong save to desktop open in word print it out place on wooden table have a digital photo taken by Irish Girl scan the photo in open in word save it to the desktop then mail it to Alex

    What about the step where you fax it to 911?

  • //Rumen (unregistered) in reply to Someone
    Yo:
    Dawg:
    We heard you like comments.....
    So we put a comment in your comment
    So you can troll while you troll.

    incassum - Run to the nearest exit incassum ergency

    (damn i'm bored)

  • Dirge (unregistered) in reply to Steve the Cynic
    Steve the Cynic:
    Technically it is a brokerage fee. The booking agent from which you buy the ticket (e.g. Ticketmaster, a name USians might know) charges you a fee to support their operation. In effect, you pay them (up to a point) because they do the legwork / negotiation / whatever to have all[*] the concerts from all[*] the venues on one listing.

    This would be true when discussing most companies that aren't Ticketmaster. However, when you buy tickets from them, you're already paying something like $15 extra even before they charge you the 5 or so fees they've tacked on over the years. IE the base price already includes the markup any retailer would add. They just tack on even more after that in multiple smaller fees so that by the time you've received the total, you've already gotten attached to buying the tickets and mentally they've bypassed the immediate rejection that would have resulted if the price for a single concert ticket had been $50 up front.

  • Jay (unregistered)

    RE fee fee: I got an offer from my mortgage company recently that would allow me to get my statements by email and make my mortgage payments on a web page rather than sending mail and a paper check back and forth, for a mere $20 per month service charge.

    So let me see, they want me to get statements by email to save them the cost of printing and postage. They want me to make payments on-line so that they get the money faster and don't have to pay a clerk to open envelopes and type all this information into their computer. And in exchange for me saving them all this time and effort, they will charge me only $20 per month! What a deal!

    Yeah, paying on-line is more convenient for me too, but not $20 more convenient.

  • (cs)
    E-mail your good news to family and friends...

    Often, websites consider that copyright infringement.

  • iToad (unregistered)

    Is "Grrr Grrr" Portuguese for "Blub Blub"?

    immitto: I was in immitto danger of misspelling "Portuguese".

  • (cs)

    I love the reviews for the bouncer: Houseof5 says "The picture you see must be computer enhanced..." ZhuZhuPetsFan says "If you look really closely...you will see that it is like they are copying and pasting pictures to make their product look good." MomTo4LittleMonkeys does not recommend this product, although her monkeys have used it every day for 3-4 months. TaPooky "had to buy a generator because it use so much electricity."

  • the beholder (unregistered) in reply to iToad
    iToad:
    Is "Grrr Grrr" Portuguese for "Blub Blub"?
    No, it is the sound of a growl. Those fishes must be VERY angry.
  • Shinobu (unregistered)

    Woah... those are some seriously disgruntled fish!

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to monkeypants

    Looks like Walm*rt has taken the picture offline. Aww. ;)

  • Assum, Inc. (unregistered) in reply to Enterprise Architect
    Enterprise Architect:
    Re: the Walmart pic

    I was wondering why they didn't just take a picture or two of real kids playing on their product, but then I read this priceless review from WalMart's site: "The picture you see must be computer enhanced because my one year old is almost too big for this sad, misadvertised product."

    I guess now we know why it was shopped.

    Isn't that somewhat obvious, judging from the size of the pool in the background and the blades of grass on the foreground!

  • believe the blurbs (unregistered) in reply to silent d
    silent d:
    Moviegoer:
    Alan:
    It is fairly common during the protracted negotiations between studios, agents and actors for poster positioning to get mangled. Maybe winona and mickey couldnt agree who got better billing so they compromised?

    Not to mention that the woman on the picture is NOT Winona Ryder, that is actually Amber Heard.

    So Billy Bob Thornton and Kim Basinger play themselves, Mickey Rourke plays Winona Ryder, and Amber Heard plays Mickey Rourke? Now I'm really confused.

    It's those electrifying performances that are the guilty pleasures.

  • (cs)
  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered) in reply to RayS
    RayS:
    Well obviously the 42U cabinet is where they store the micro chips and dips.

    What?

    No chips there. No visible freezer compartment…

  • eyrieowl (unregistered) in reply to DaveK

    Yes, I was going to bring that up. I was looking at one of their products a while back and started reading up on their amazon reviews. If you look at their various products on Amazon, there are any number of them where they essentially misrepresent what you're getting on the package. I have to say that the example here probably takes the cake...they make it look like it's a full-size bounce house. It's really a bit shameful that retailers still do business with them. I don't have a problem with selling crappy little worthless toys, but at least show things actual scale.

  • James (unregistered)

    Maybe the DVD player is missing a driver - oh wait, a driver would be little use without the car....

  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered)

    The fish are saying “DO NOT WANT”.

  • Alargule (unregistered)

    WalMart has taken the picture offline, BTW...:-P

  • (cs) in reply to Fred
    Fred:
    Steve the Cynic:
    The FEE FEE reminds me of going to a bank many moons ago, say about 200 moons, and being given a form to apply to be given a form to apply for a loan. Yes, a Loan Application Form Application Form.
    Well, you see, the government made it illegal for banks to discriminate against loan applicants on the basis of things like, say, inability to repay the loan. So they're just trying to make sure only qualified people can apply for the loan in the first place!

    That's okay, it's a pretty simple form, as there is only one question:

    Our loan officer is available to review applications on the fifth Tuesday of odd months ending in "er", from 2:53 until 3:18. Will you be available during one of those times? [] Yes* [] No

    • Answering "Yes" does not guarantee an opening
  • bogus (unregistered) in reply to concerned citizen
    ... which is not unusual on embedded platforms with no file system.
    I'm curious, can somebody point me to the post/wtf/comment that started this embedded platform with no file system joke?

    ... because I'm actually working on an embedded platform with a simple RTOS and no filesystem (and it's endless fun).

  • (cs) in reply to bogus
    bogus:
    ... which is not unusual on embedded platforms with no file system.
    I'm curious, can somebody point me to the post/wtf/comment that started this embedded platform with no file system joke?

    ... because I'm actually working on an embedded platform with a simple RTOS and no filesystem (and it's endless fun).

    There. But please don't start posting "That's normal on an embedded platform without file system." That ceased to be funny on the second day.

  • (cs)

    Dang, the quality of spammers has gone down. Last one I saw at least knew how to make hyperlinks...

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to silverpie
    silverpie:
    Dang, the quality of spammers has gone down. Last one I saw at least knew how to make hyperlinks...
    Agreed. And LED spam? WTF?

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