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Post by hydrophilic on Apr 11, 2015 8:02:29 GMT
So in recent USA commercials, there is an advertisement which states (in regards to a light bulb):
"Slightly less than 24 years [endurance]. Slightly more than 24 dollars [price]."
Although I can't verify, I assume their claim of 23.X years is valid... (slightly less than 24)
On the other hand, their claim of "slightly more than $24" is total crap!
This advertisement is for GE Bulbs at the price of $24.99... in my opinion (hope we all agree), that $24.99 is not slightly more than $24, but in fact, is the absolute maximum more than $24 (yet less than $25).
In summary, GE makes me think they are a bunch of lying mother fû¢kers.... Is it just me (wrong/stupid)?
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Post by VDC 8x2 on Apr 11, 2015 14:20:13 GMT
They should of said: Slightly less then 25 dollars [price].
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Post by buzbard on Apr 11, 2015 16:12:17 GMT
I remember ads for the C64, stating it was the first home computer under $600 C64 ad (1982)It was advertised for $595. When you add tax to that and it went above $600.
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Post by hydrophilic on Apr 12, 2015 9:02:56 GMT
And $600 was quite a chunk of money back then! I dunno, $900 or $1000 today? Isn't technology cool? You could buy/build a kick-ass system with $900 today! I think I would gladly pay $40 or $50 for a light bulb that lasts 24 years... I mean some (like in a lamp) are quick to replace, but when you have to get a stool/ladder and remove/replace a light fixture just to get to the bulb, you might spend 10 minutes of your time. If the conventional light bulb lasts 1 year, then this GE Bulb would save you about 230 minutes... about 4 hours. How much is four hours of time worth to you? I hope you said more than $24
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Post by donno128 on Apr 12, 2015 16:32:35 GMT
$25 for the promise a light bulb might work 24 years from now? Not a good bet on any level. For instance, I would be 88. i may move 3 or 4 more times. Am I taking the bulb with me? Then again, I've never seen these promises of how well new technology will work and last be accurate. My new style efficient high intensity sodium ight bulbs have not lasted as advertised. So far, it seems they last about 20% of the time advertised.... CDs were supposed to last forever. They get bitrot and pick up atmospheric impurities and go bad. And they are becoming hard to find and replace. On the other hand, my C128 is 30 years old, as are the three 15xx series disk drives... who would have thought these would function 30 years later? The floppies are lasting better than 30 year old compact disks, that's for sure. And... It's about as easy to get new DSDD disks as compact disks. Finally, I agree, my general sentiment is GE does suck. The newer light bulbs are a scam to extract extra money from the general populace up front. Yeah, the old ones are inefficient for lighting, but they produce heat, which comes in handy in the winter.
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Post by hydrophilic on Apr 14, 2015 12:25:10 GMT
Like I said, I have no way to verify their claim of "almost" 24 years... I *presume* this is a reasonably accurate claim (?)
Yeah, despite "bit rot", my classic CBM floppies do well most of the time (but I have a terribly damaged GEOS disk thanks to shoddy 1571... note to self = insert link here [ugly photo] )
I am very skeptical/dubious of GE advertisements... but even if their ads are inaccurate, I still agree with you: their heat comes in handy during the winter!
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Post by donno128 on Apr 21, 2015 19:52:29 GMT
I almost lost my 1571 to a bad original disk of Chessmaster 2100. On further inspection the disk was just rusting... losing the magnetic medium as dust... ack!! Head cleaning and resetting the drive head worked. I never clean the heads except if something bad happens. They don't need it. Unless they stop working. It's usually disk speed or the heads got banged out of place by an overheated 1541.
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